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...
Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part II
In part I of this blog series, we reviewed the evidence on three roadway safety strategies that rely on changing driver behavior—education, enforcement, and...
We’re living in an arterial world
Photo by Richard RisembergThe 99% Invisible podcast discussed the Netflix show Old Enough, where Japanese children run their first errands, explaining how street design...
New reconciliation package includes funds for safety, access
In response to the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Transportation for America Director Beth Osborne released this statement:
We are glad to see Congress...
A decade of prioritizing speed over safety has led to 62 percent more deaths
Smart Growth America’s new report Dangerous by Design 2022 uses more data than ever to understand how design impacts travel behavior. The findings confirm...
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?...
VIDEO: Beth Osborne explains our broken approach to setting speed limits with WSJ
T4America director Beth Osborne joined Wall Street Journal correspondent George Downs to explain why one controversial method for setting speed limits results in higher...
Longer trips, faster speeds, fewer options: What’s really valued in the “value of time”?
Whose time are we saving? T4America photo by Steve Davis.Despite its name, the federal “value of time” guidance doesn’t actually value travelers’ time at...
USDOT road safety strategy finally acknowledges the importance of design on speeds and roadway...
On the release of the new Roadway Safety Strategy by the U.S. Department of Transportation, T4America director Beth Osborne issued this statement:
“We’re very happy...
Lemonade from lemons: Improvements worth celebrating within flawed infrastructure bill
Money from the finalized $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal is already flowing out to states and metro areas who are plugging it right into projects...
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