Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car crashes

The Brake: What Would the ‘Post-Automobility’ Future Look Like?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Last time on the Brake, we chatted with authors Robert Braun and Richard Randell about why automobility isn't really about cars at all — and how it's become what they call a "totalitarian system" that touches virtually every part of our lives.

Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) was killed with her driver Zach Potts (inset), who had tweeted aggressively. Photo: U.S. House of Representatives

Congresswoman’s Driver in Fatal Crash Had History of Troubling Tweets About Driving

By Kea Wilson | Aug 9, 2022 | No Comments

A 27-year-old staffer with a history of troubling tweets about fast driving was behind the wheel during the crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski, according to a revised police statement — and that raises troubling questions.

THE BRAKE: Why ‘Automobility’ Is About So Much More Than Automobiles

By Streetsblog | Jul 26, 2022 | No Comments

Is car culture really just about vehicles, roads, motorists and violent commercials on TV, or is it is a political system that's deeply entrenched in cultures around the world?

Photo: A typical Phoenix, Ariz. street. Photo: Tony Webster, CC

Why Pedestrian-Unfriendly Cities Have Fewer Car Crashes Per Mile

By Kea Wilson | Jul 19, 2022 | No Comments

Car-dominated Phoenix actually experiences fewer car crashes per mile than Vision Zero leaders like San Francisco and New York — but the real takeaway is that city leaders could use that next-gen safety data to make human-scaled streets safer for everyone, not just drivers.

Families use the street to wait for their children to be released from school in Hoboken, N.J. Photo: Juan Melli

A New Jersey City Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Trying to End Injuries, Too

By Kea Wilson | Jul 14, 2022 | No Comments

Hoboken, N.J. has a thing or two to teach its big time neighbor to the east about Vision Zero.

The First Step to Ending Pedestrian Deaths? Tax Heavy Cars In Cities

By Yonah Freemark and Wesley Jenkins | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments

Washington is the first city in the nation to propose a targeted charge by vehicle weight, but even that ambitious policy falls short of similar weight charges in other countries.

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