With an average of 39 collisions a day, Winnipeg, Canada, is a dangerous place for drivers and pedestrians alike. Residents have been fighting to change that for over 40 years, but progress is slow.
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This timeline of tragedy shows the many, many times city officials in Springfield, MA, should have addressed the unsafe conditions of State Street.
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One 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.
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Why does a deadly stroad like this even exist in a city trying to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2030?
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Drivers on this stroad in Huntsville, AL, are set up to fail. And now, because of that, a person has lost his life.
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This Alabama stroad features a sidewalk with ADA-compliant features, but no one could call this a safe place to exist outside of a vehicle.
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Incrementalism and humility are key to avoiding a gap between what we think we’re accomplishing with the designs of our built environment versus what people actually experience when navigating it.
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An impressive interactive map put together by a citizen advocate in Denver tells a sad but familiar tale: Stroads are disproportionately deadly.
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This neighborhood organization creates safe street design and stops speeding, but they might have to wait five years for a permanent fix.
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De-stroading the country will make everything better for everyone, including those who regularly drive, and create places we are proud of.
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Drivers tend to unconsciously regulate their speed based on visual cues. By taking some simple steps to narrow a street visually, we can make it less dangerous.
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At least 100 cars crash into buildings every day, and research suggests the death and injury toll of vehicle-in-building crashes is in the thousands. But that doesn’t have to be the case.
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The police department in Oakboro, North Carolina, has been asked to address drivers misusing a left-turn lane—but this is not a policing issue, and no level of enforcement can correct it. Instead, let’s look at the street’s design.
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Google Maps: “Let me tell you where the next freeway will be without telling you where the next freeway will be.”
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After a summer of public outreach, the Seattle Department of Transportation is hearing recurring themes people want for the future of a local street.
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Despite 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.
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A destroyed roadside sign in Mattapoisett, MA, highlights the dangers of the street it formerly stood on.
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An older resident lost his life while crossing a deadly stroad in Bradenton, FL. When Strong Towns member Danny Williams found out, he knew something had to be done.
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MassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?
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Agar Road in Hyattsville, MD, has been lauded as a successful "Complete Street." But this so-called Complete Street is, in reality, completely dangerous—and a woman has lost her life because of it.
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