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Why Traffic Engineers Learn Almost Nothing About Traffic Safety In School
States, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!
How To Build a Car That Kills People: Cybertruck Edition
MEGA-CAR CRISIS: SUVs Kill Pedestrians, But So Do Blunt-Fronted Sedans, Study Says
Study: 12 Ft. Lanes Are Deadlier Than 10 Ft. Ones — So Why Do Many DOTs Build Them Anyway?
How Activists Are Making Streets Safer When Their Governments Won’t — And How You Can, Too
Road Feels Unsafe? Prove It!
Instead of proactively asserting a right for people to walk and roll safely and conveniently outside of a vehicle, the standards used to determine when and where to put safety infrastructure require people to either risk their bodies or experience harm before any paint or concrete are poured.
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Study: What Road Diets Mean For Older Drivers
"After a road diet, all motorists seem to drive at a rate that feels comfortable to a mildly-impaired older adult."
The post Study: What Road Diets Mean For Older Drivers appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All
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.
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