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Courses offered by advocacy groups can help public transit riders, enthusiasts, and community stakeholders understand their local transportation systems and power structures.

The post ‘Citizens Academies’ for Transit Riders Teach Self-Advocacy appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Every year, hundreds of people die horrific deaths in underride crashes U.S. roads. But a new documentary says regulators aren't counting the vast majority of them — or mandating a simple technology to save their lives.

The post Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All appeared first on Streetsblog California.

Too often, road user "education" in the U.S. looks like pedestrian-shaming PSAs, flimsy driver's ed courses, and lame signs on the side of the road. Streetsblog readers say there's a better way.

The post Five Better Ways to Do Traffic Safety Education Beyond PSAs appeared first on Streetsblog California.

More capacity generates more travel, more sprawl, more pollution, and ultimately more congestion. It’s time to get off this treadmill.

The post So Much for ‘Carmageddon’ (Philadelphia Edition) appeared first on Streetsblog California.

A new program will help smaller communities start the process of redesigning highways and other transportation investments that tore apart their communities — and shine a light on why it’s so hard for them to do it without outside help

The post Why Small Cities Torn Apart By Highways Need Extra Help to Heal appeared first on Streetsblog USA.

The post Why Small Cities Torn Apart By Highways Need Extra Help to Heal appeared first on Streetsblog California.

You get a flurry of local news coverage ... but not a lot of participation. No wonder pols all have the "windshield perspective."

Black cyclists are more than four times more likely to die while riding a bike than White ones, a new study finds — and the stats aren't much better for other modes or other racially marginalized groups.

Chevrolet's ad for the 2015 Colorado had claimed the title of America's Most Toxic Car Ad — but it's only the tip of a much larger toxic iceberg. In a decisive championship win, this bad ad won 64 percent of the vote over a rival Dodge spot, and pretty much lost whatever respect Chevy might have had from the Streetsblog audience. And in a way, it's not much of a surprise...because it's basically a look under the hood of how all automakers manipulate their customers into buying machines that kill. Here's how they do it.

An open letter to the American president that his constant cheerleading for electric mega-cars is not only a bad look, but bad policy.