The driver was operating their vehicle entirely lawfully at this intersection in Grand Junction, CO—yet a person was nearly killed and the driver’s car was totaled. Who do we blame? (And what’s the point of assigning blame?)
Read MoreFor the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety conducted tests on 14 widely available versions of self-driving technology. Here’s what they found.
Read MoreHoboken, NJ, has gained fame online for its safe streets. But does this urbanist’s paradise live up to the hype, in person? We sent Strong Towns Staff Writer Asia Mieleszko to do some on-the-ground investigating to find out.
Read MoreWe talk with Dr. Shima Hamidi of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, whose research cuts into the core assumptions of the civil engineering profession in regard to traffic design.
Read MoreWe need to rethink how we talk about car accidents involving pedestrians. Pedestrians are seen as obstacles for drivers who are often driving too fast and are too distracted along roads that are all too wide.
Read MoreOne reason communities hesitate to acknowledge their dangerous stroads is because the problem is so big, addressing it would paralyze our existing planning bureaucracies. But there is still a way forward.
Read MoreHow do we explain a situation where people are routinely killed—in the same location—and nothing is done?
Read MoreCities in Massachusetts are among the most walkable in the U.S., so why is progress for safer streets there so maddeningly slow?
Read MoreThe rise of trunk-or-treat is just another outcome of our streets becoming more dangerous, but it’s important we come together and save the tradition of trick-or-treating.
Read MoreWhen residents of Medicine Hat, AB, flagged a school crosswalk as dangerous, the city responded quickly with bollards and paint—showing that cities can (and should) implement street design changes before tragedy occurs.
Read MoreResidents of the Farmers Market District in Dallas, TX, thought they were buying into a “walkable” neighborhood…except its 9-lane road is too dangerous to walk by. And the city’s attempts at making it safer aren’t helping.
Read MoreCGI rendering shows what the future of a street could look like if we put people first.
Read MoreOttawa’s “jaywalking” campaign is putting pedestrians in an impossible catch-22.
Read MoreSpeed cameras are not even part of a solution to street safety. They are a dead end.
Read MoreDespite being identified as a high-collision corridor all the way back in 2015, San Jose, CA, has not done enough to make King Road safer. And now, a family has had to pay the ultimate price for the city’s inaction.
Read MoreFor the past half year, San Franciscans have seen first-hand evidence of how autonomous vehicles disobey traffic laws and compromise safety on city streets. Here’s how residents are making their grievances known.
Read MoreWhile multi-use paths are better than no infrastructure for people walking or biking, those that are useful for transportation tend to be busy, and often leave a lot to be desired.
Read MoreA mother’s death near a Sacramento school spurs fellow parents to step up and push for safety improvements to the stroad she lost her life on.
Read MoreBaltimore is reclaiming an urban landscape that has been made inhospitable by cars—using art!
Read MoreOn a summer evening, Grant Hamilton and his wife biked a few blocks home from a family birthday party. What started out as a normal day transformed into a night that changed the trajectory of Hamilton’s life.
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