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Joan Claybrook's official portrait for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source: NHTSA.

'The Auto Industry Went Beserk' Says Ex-NHTSA Head

By Kea Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments
The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.
A bike path in Amsterdam. Image: Px Here via Creative Commons

See How Far U.S. Street Safety Has Fallen Behind

By Kea Wilson | Oct 10, 2020 | No Comments
We knew it was bad, but not THIS bad.
Source: Px Here via Creative Commons

Study: Transit Is Failing Night Shift Workers

By Kea Wilson | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments
Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.
Image: Creative Commons.

Portland Asks: Should Corporations Pay for Transit?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments
The Portland area is poised to pass a ballot measure that could radically increase pedestrian infrastructure and transit access for communities of color — but opposition is coming from big corporations like Nike, which has virtue signaled Black Lives Matter.
New York City has found the money for mask dispensers like these — but without a national mask mandate on transit, it's unclear how many riders across the country will be wearing face coverings. Source: MTA via Creative Commons.

Even With COVID, Trump Blocks Transit Mask Mandate

By Kea Wilson | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments
The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.
Image description: Two emergency medical technicians crouch in front of an open ambulance on a roadway at night time. There is an empty gurney visible in the background. Source: Creative Commons

New Law Forcing Non-Drivers to Get Car Insurance

By Kea Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments
...and chances are, your state's insurance laws are probably even worse.
Sorry, Elon. Image: Steve Jurvetson via  Creative Commons.

Study: EVs Can't Curb Transport Emissions Enough

By Kea Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments
A major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer
Photo: Anthony Quintano/Flickr

Road Fatality Rates Reach Highest Level in 15 Years

By Kea Wilson | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments
It's official: walkers who ventured outdoors during COVID-19 lockdowns had a greater chance of being killed on our autocentric roads than any time in the past 15 years despite historic declines in driving.
Pedestrians are constantly in danger. Photo: AAA

'Safety Month' Must Be More than A Press Release

By Kea Wilson | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments
A coalition of transportation safety and consumer groups is urging Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to push for laws aimed at decreasing the pedestrian death toll on America's roadways, which reached a 30-year high of 6,590 last year.
This is the danger to pedestrians.

Fed 'Pedestrian Safety Month' Perpetuates Dangerous Myths

By Kea Wilson | Sep 30, 2020 | No Comments
Our tax dollars paid for this? The first federally funded "National Pedestrian Safety Month" is centered around a press campaign aimed at blaming walkers themselves.
Source: Creative Commons

Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access

By Kea Wilson | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments
And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt. 
Source: Pxhere via Creative Commons

Why Your City Doesn’t Map Its Worst Car Crashes

By Kea Wilson | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments
The idea of a "High Injury Network" isn't new. But a surprising number of cities don't bother to map it.
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