40,000 people die in automobile accidents every year in the United States. So why aren’t we responding to this obvious problem with more urgency?

New Report: America’s Epidemic of Traffic Deaths Is Getting Worse

Our streets are still dangerous by design. This report shows what we need to do about it.

Here’s Why We Respond in Force to One Amtrak Crash While Ignoring Thousands of Daily Car Crashes

A top-down approach to addressing accidents fails to make streets safer. A local approach could change that.

Sidewalk Cycling Explained

It can be intimidating for inexperienced cyclists to ride in the road with cars. If that’s you and you’d prefer to use the sidewalk, here’s how to do so safely and respectfully.

Why Transportation Nudges Are Stupid

Marketing campaigns to shame or shock don't change driver behavior. Changing the environment they drive in will.

Ryan Crane: Malpractice and Accountability in Engineering—A Surgeon's Take

When a patient dies, doctors review if and how their own actions led to that patient’s death. Shouldn’t engineers be doing the same, when people die in car crashes?

The Way We Design Our Streets Invites Driver Aggression

This motorcyclist was acting aggressive…but what in his environment signaled to him that aggressive driving was acceptable?

NTSB Chair After Car Crash: “There’s a Problem With That Road Design”

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy, recently survived a car crash. And she’s not blaming it on reckless driving.

Driving Went Down. Fatalities Went Up. Here's Why.

Americans drove less during the early months of pandemic, yet traffic fatalities increased—and have yet to go back down. And the “official” explanations for it are completely wrong.

What if Lexington Got Serious About Student Drunk Driving?

Following a recent fatal crash, the University of Kentucky is taking a hard look at campus drinking culture. But the city of Lexington needs to pick up the slack on the reasons students feel compelled to drive.

Gray, Top Story, ZoningNolan GrayOctober 18, 2018college, pedestrian safety, car crash

Safety For Whom?

A Strong Towns member’s original research on where pedestrians are and are not hit by vehicles in his city of Rockford, Illinois, makes clear that street design matters. A lot.

A New Vision for our Streets, Part 3

Cities across the nation can't maintain the massive amounts of infrastructure that their development patterns require. So why is this one proposing a bunch of new road projects it can't afford?

#SlowtheCars, Top Story, Success Story, #NoNewRoadsAlex PembertonMarch 15, 2018car crash, inspired

A New Vision for our Streets, Part 2

On September 3, 1967 in Sweden, something incredible happened. No one died in traffic. But what is truly incredible is why, and what happened next.

#SlowtheCars, Top StoryAlex PembertonMarch 14, 2018car crash

A New Vision for our Streets, Part I

A completely preventable traffic death shows us how street design makes our cities unsafe, and how simple adjustments could change that.

#SlowtheCars, Top StoryAlex PembertonMarch 13, 2018car crash, stc elected

More CARnage. More Silence

We should all be skeptical of the emptiness of thoughts and prayers in response to a preventable tragedy and demand real change. But we won't, because this is the city we've built.

#SlowtheCars, Top StoryAlex PembertonMarch 1, 2018car crash

Why Enforcement is Not Enough

There is no amount of signage or cops patrolling that will eliminate the problem of dangerous design. We have to address the root cause.

#SlowtheCars, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauJanuary 31, 2018enforcement, car crash, pedestrian safety, stc elected, stc ape

Gross Negligence

In this hard-hitting four-part series, we examine the root cause of America's dangerously designed roads, which take tens of thousands of lives every year.