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Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Transportation System Success
Karel Martens on how transportation engineering is good at finding problems but not solving them — and a new tool to measure policy success.
July 24, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Highway Robbery
Ben Ross and Joe Cortright on how highway modeling is used to expand highways around the country.
January 9, 2025
Killed by a Traffic Engineer: CalBike Interviews Wes Marshall
There is nothing that says you have to design for the peak or for 20 years from now. It’s a choice we’re making.
The post Killed by a Traffic Engineer: CalBike Interviews Wes Marshall appeared first on Streetsblog California.
Laura McCamy
August 29, 2024
The Real Reason Why Traffic Engineers Design So Many Deadly Roads
Hint: they aren't deliberately trying to get us killed.
June 17, 2024
Friday Video: Debunking Engineers’ Excuses … With The Power of Hip-Hop
Buff Brown breaks down how to bust through traffic engineers' bullshit, one bar at a time.
June 13, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Killed by a Traffic Engineer
Author Wes Marshall on writing process, the ideas of risk and exposure and what he learned from pouring over old transportation engineering journals.
June 13, 2024
Why Traffic Engineers Learn Almost Nothing About Traffic Safety In School
Shocking as it may seem, civil engineering programs do not need to offer any transportation-specific courses. Here's why that's bad news.
Wes Marshall
June 11, 2024
Shifting Gears: Towards a New Way of Thinking About Transportation
Dr. Susan Handy investigates the ideas that have shaped the nation's car-oriented transportation to help uncover what needs to change to get to a safer, more sustainable system
The post Shifting Gears: Towards a New Way of Thinking About Transportation appeared first on Streetsblog California.
June 5, 2024
Why Public Health Officials Must Play a Central Role in Traffic Safety
A new study proposes public health officials and planners treat traffic violence as an epidemiological problem.
The post Why Public Health Officials Must Play a Central Role in Traffic Safety appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
August 28, 2023
