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States that built streets for speed over safety experienced big fatality jumps even as driving diminished during the pandemic.

Taking a page from George Orwell, the government is now saying that bike lanes are unsafe and speed cameras are not proven to reduce crashes. In other words, freedom is slavery.

The surge of traffic deaths in the first year of the pandemic can't be completely explained by quarantine-emptied roads that made speeding easy — and new data on who, exactly, was involved in those crashes may lead to more questions than answers.

The environmental tradeoff between mining for battery materials and burning fossil fuels is tilting further toward the former, Jalopnik reports.

The U.S. DOT's statistics downplay the role of dangerous street designs in traffic deaths, says a top federal safety official.

Reminder: Bike helmet campaigns turn a collective problem into an individual one.

If history is any indication, cost overruns and bureaucratic foot-dragging will doom the Biden administration's big-ticket items.

Where you live probably has a lot to do with how much you walk.

A recent Washington Post article blamed bad driver's ed for America's dismal roadway safety stats — and gets a lot of facts wildly wrong.

Too many drivers are blind to their own role in the traffic violence crisis. Could human stories finally get them to pay attention?