Crashes
Oil Industry Shuts Down Interstate 95 In Connecticut
The driver of an gasoline tanker truck severed the busiest interstate highway in New England yesterday by turning their cargo into a firebomb that melted an overpass in Norwalk, Connecticut.
May 3, 2024
Freeway Drivers Keep Slamming into Bridge Railing in L.A.’s Griffith Park
Drivers keep smashing the Riverside Drive Bridge railing - plus a few other Griffith Park bike/walk updates.
April 30, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Narrow the Lanes!
At 30 to 35 miles per hour, research shows that 12- and 11-feet-wide lanes have significantly higher number of crashes than 10- or nine-feet-wide lanes.
January 4, 2024
As a Child, ‘Succession’ Star Jeremy Strong Narrowly Avoided Becoming Another Crash Victim on Boston’s Arborway
The Emmy-winning actor who plays Kendall Roy in HBO’s “Succession” grew up in Boston’s Jamaica Plain. But he very nearly didn’t grow up at all, thanks to the lethal traffic that speeds through the neighborhood.
October 4, 2023
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.
August 29, 2023
Advocates React To the Feds’ Latest Offensive Bike Safety PSA
This Fourth of July, we wish we could celebrate true freedom — from terrible public service announcements from our government.
July 4, 2023
So Much for ‘Carmageddon’ (Philadelphia Edition)
More capacity generates more travel, more sprawl, more pollution, and ultimately more congestion. It’s time to get off this treadmill.
Joe Cortright
June 13, 2023
