Our solutions for congestion are worse than the problem
For decades, transportation agencies have been trying to “solve” congestion by increasing road capacity, even when doing so can obliterate or divide communities, harm...
The infrastructure law and safety: Will it be able to move the needle?
A street in Atlanta that could easily be Anywhere, USA. T4 America photo by Stephen Lee Davis.The new infrastructure law authorizes around $650 billion...
WATCH: Safety and vehicle speed are fundamentally opposed
Sometimes we have to see it to believe it. How would street design really look if we prioritized the safety of all road users?...
Vision Zero won’t happen without Safe Streets for All
Signs like this one, while welcome, aren’t enough to lower the ever-climbing rate of pedestrian fatalities. Fortunately, localities have other resources to make on-the-ground...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part I
Billions of dollars in new federal highway funding are flowing into road safety programs, so we wanted to review the research on which interventions...
Assessing safety for the most vulnerable road users
Flickr photo by Eric Allix RogersBeginning in November of 2023, Vulnerable Road User (VRU) safety assessments will be required as appendices or addendum to...
Repealing jaywalking laws to refocus on street design
Washington could be the next state to repeal jaywalking laws. While the repeal could address racial and social justice issues, the effort could also...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part III: The Seven E’s
Cities across the world are arriving at the same conclusion: the only acceptable number of pedestrian crash-related deaths is zero. How can state departments...
Rising Fatalities a Sign to Modernize Federal Design Guidance
Over a month ago, on Monday, May 15, 2023, despite a statutory requirement in the IIJA to release, the FHWA failed to release the...
Sizing up deadly vehicles
To check the ever-increasing danger on our nation’s roadways, Transportation for America joined a coalition of advocates to call for stronger federal assessments of...
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