Hey, Stroad Sister

MassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?

In Conversation With an Expert: Dan Burden of Blue Zones

Blue Zones Director of Innovation and Inspiration Dan Burden talks about challenges exist in changing our built environment, and what stood out in the crash he analyzed on a recent Crash Analysis Studio episode.

Speed Traps Have No Long-Term Effect on Speeding

This Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.

How to Calm a Street, Starting with Your Own Anger

Frustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.

Reckless Road Design is Killing Us, Not Reckless Drivers

An epidemic of roadway deaths aren’t caused by random rule breakers. The cause is the rule followers. It’s time to change the rules mandating speed and volume over safety and cost.

Not Just Bikes: The Wrong Way to Set Speed Limits (New Video)

Not Just Bikes has put together another brilliant video, this time explaining why we cannot manage the speeds on our roads separately from the design of our roads.

American Roads: Where Power Always Eclipses Responsibility

We romanticize the power of our vehicles, while downplaying our obligations to safety and community…with deadly results.

#SlowtheCars, Horbovetz, Top StoryArian HorbovetzJanuary 7, 2020cars, #SlowTheCars, Speeding

Why Routine Traffic Stops Don't Make Us Safer

Speed enforcement won’t fix what’s actually a street design problem. And the way we use speed enforcement as a tool to accomplish other goals unrelated to speeding ends up not making anyone safer.

Podcast, #SlowtheCars, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 25, 2019Speeding, traffic stops

Speed kills, so why do we keep designing for it?

Engineering professionals must change their approach to designing roads and setting speed limits or they will continue to be responsible for thousands of deaths on American streets every year.

#SlowtheCars, Engineering ProfessionBryan JonesJanuary 26, 2018Speeding, speed, stc ape

It's time to end the routine traffic stop

Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnOctober 31, 2017Speeding, Philando Castile, enforcement, stc elected

Ask R. Moses: Does Center Line Striping Make Streets Safer?

A local engineer told me striping was supposed to make the street safer, but it feels like it has had the opposite effect. Is there any evidence to suggest that striping a center line on residential streets actually improves safety or slows drivers down?

Ask R Moses, #SlowtheCars, Top StoryR. MosesNovember 1, 2016pedestrian safety, Speeding