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Police Did Not Cite Drivers in Shawn Bradley Crash

By Kea Wilson and Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 25, 2021 | No Comments

No drivers were cited in the January car crash that paralyzed former NBA star and cyclist Shawn Bradley, and the road on which he was traveling did not have a protected bike lane.

The MUTCD is part of the reason why American speed limits are set based on how fast drivers feel compelled to go, and not how fast they should go to protect vulnerable road users. Image: Richard Drdul via Creative Commons

Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2021 | No Comments

A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.

Image: Michael Sheehan via Creative Commons

STUDY: Drivers Mostly Use Cruise Control to Speed

By Kea Wilson | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

"Cruise control" technology was invented to help drivers maintain a safe and steady speed — but more often, they use it to go faster than they would without it, a new study finds.

NBA Star Shawn Bradley Paralyzed in Crash

By Kea Wilson | Mar 18, 2021 | No Comments

Former Dallas Mavericks player Shawn Bradley announced today that he was struck by a driver while riding his bike, paralyzing the NBA star and reminding America that no one is safe from our national traffic violence epidemic until we commit to ending it.

How to Accelerate Parking Reform in U.S. Cities

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

"Electric vehicles won’t save us from climate change, but parking reform might," one researcher said.

We promise this Alta, Utah snow pile has a bus stop in it somewhere. Image: Nolan Levenson.

These Aren't Even the Sorriest Bus Stops!

By Kea Wilson | Mar 16, 2021 | No Comments

On Wednesday, we'll begin our annual contest to find the worst bus stop in America. Here are the dishonorable mentions.

Texas Highway Boondoggle Dealt Blow by Feds

By Kea Wilson | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

One of Texas's most-notorious highway expansion projects is being put on pause, thanks to a U.S. Department of Transportation that's newly committed to mitigating the racist impacts of federally funded transportation projects.

To help put a face to the horrific statistics in the new Pedestrian Danger Index report, LaTanya Byrd gave a moving speech about the loss of her niece, Samara Banks, and her niece's three young children, Saadeem, Saasean, and Saamir, in a horrific 2013 crash. The road where they were killed — twelve-lane Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, Pa. — only received speed cameras last year, and has yet to be significantly redesigned, despite being the site of more than 700 crashes a year on average.

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The Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers, Ranked

By Kea Wilson | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years — and the only one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.

Could this be a new dawn for transit in America? Image: Eric Kilby via Wikimedia Commons

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New COVID Bill Is a Strong Start For Transit Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Congress is poised to give the transit industry its most significant lifeline yet in the pandemic, but it may still leave some cities struggling to make it for the long haul, advocates argue.