National Transportation Safety Board
Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time
For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?
April 7, 2021
Bike Group to Feds: Helmet Laws are Bad
The Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals has come out against mandatory helmet laws in a letter this week to the NTSB. We publish it in full.
January 17, 2020
Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars
At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.
January 8, 2020
It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money
It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.
November 6, 2019
WRONG! Safety Officials Think Tech Gadgets Will Save Pedestrians from Monster SUVs
We know SUVs are killing pedestrians. But none of the traffic safety agencies is willing to alert the public about it.
May 16, 2019
Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis
Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.
October 12, 2018
Safety Board Responds to Ped Crash Crisis
Better headlights. Safer front ends. More money and resources for pedestrian planning. That's NTSB's prescription for skyrocketing pedestrian deaths.
September 26, 2018
America Hasn’t Seen a Spike in Traffic Deaths This Bad in 50 Years
America's traffic safety record is going from bad to worse -- and federal transportation officials aren't speaking up about it.
October 11, 2017
Improving Biking Is as Much About Slowing Cars as Building Better Bike Lanes
One of the most important parts of bike infrastructure is invisible.
August 28, 2017
NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It
More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.
July 27, 2017
