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Opinion: How Roundabouts Increase Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
Congress has not only codified roundabouts into federal law for the first time, and put them at the top of the list of examples of highway safety improvement projects. They've also defined them as providing “for the safety of all road users.”
September 25, 2022
‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy
He's raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.
September 1, 2022
Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
The actor's crash is the kind of extreme collision about which even the most avowed Vision Zero advocates typically stay silent — possibly because, secretly, they are not totally sure the crash could have been prevented.
But Heche's crash was absolutely preventable. Here's why.
August 16, 2022
Congresswoman’s Driver in Fatal Crash Had History of Troubling Aggro Tweets
A 27-year-old staffer with a history of troubling tweets about fast driving was behind the wheel during the crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski, according to a revised police statement — and that raises troubling questions.
August 10, 2022
Bronx Pol Loses Fight Against Street Safety as DOT Moves Ahead on Riverdale Ave.
The Department of Transportation has dismissed complaints of a Bronx Council member and will move ahead with its life-saving plan to narrow Riverdale Avenue from a four-lane speedway into a slower residential street
August 4, 2022
This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers
Leave it to a Brooklyn artist to break through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.
July 28, 2022
Bad Road Design Is Stoking the U.S. Pedestrian Death Crisis: Report
States that built streets for speed over safety experienced big fatality jumps even as driving diminished during the pandemic.
July 13, 2022
DOT to Expedite Hylan ‘Road Diet’ After Fatal Weekend Crash on Staten Island
"Hylan has been dangerous for far too long," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.
July 11, 2022
How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones
A new guide by WRI and the World Bank sets out guidelines for planning, designing, implementing and evaluating low-speed zones. Check it out.
May 25, 2021
Boondoggle: ‘Transit Guy’ Chuck Schumer is Foolishly Supporting the Widening of NY Route 17, Locals Say
Construction interests — and Sen. Schumer — want to add a lane to the Catskills artery. It's madness.
March 15, 2021
