traffic safety
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic
March 8, 2021
‘The Auto Industry Went Berserk’: Five Questions with Joan Claybrook, Former Head of NHTSA
The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.
October 16, 2020
What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety
What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?
June 22, 2020
Vehicle Safety Assessments Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 28, 2020
U.S. Breaks With World on Pact to Cut Road Deaths
American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.
February 24, 2020
Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths In 2019
Another world-class city has proven that Vision Zero isn't just wishful thinking — and its example puts the pressure on American communities to stop street carnage now.
February 11, 2020
EV Hummer Bummer, Part III: The Machine Still Kills
It's the third installment of our series examining why GMC's "quiet revolution" is just very loud greenwashing.
February 6, 2020
Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk
But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).
October 29, 2019
