Recent Streetsblog USA posts about traffic deaths

Are COVID and Traffic Deaths the Cost of Doing Business?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

The Second Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Via Creative Commons.

U.S. Breaks With World on Pact to Cut Road Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.

A car-free street in Tokyo. Source: Creative Commons.

Vision Zero is Missing Something: Reducing VMT

By Kea Wilson | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.

Peds Aren't Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings

By Kea Wilson | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes — because so many cars crash through building walls.

Metal bollards, beefed-up sidewalks, narrow lanes and more, via Creative Commons.

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Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths In 2019

By Kea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | No Comments

Coord invites cities and other curb managers to apply for its Digital Curb Challenge to undertake a free curb management pilot program in 2020. Applications close on Feb. 14. Click here for information. Another world-class city has proven that Vision Zero isn’t just wishful thinking — and its example puts the pressure on American communities to […]

The federal government will give you $7,500 to buy this. Photo: Motor Trend.

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part III: The Machine Still Kills

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

It's the third installment of our series examining why GMC's "quiet revolution" is just very loud greenwashing.

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