Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Washington DC

What It’s Really Like to Lose Someone to Traffic Violence

By Streetsblog | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

More than 100,000 Americans lose a loved one in a car crash every single year. So why don't more of us talk about it — and why don't more of us take action to prevent other families from enduring those tragedies, too?

Left (Austin): Steven Vance, CC. Center (Portland): Cole Keister, Unsplash. Right (Washington, DC): Andy Feliciotti, Unsplash

Cycling Through COVID-19: Austin, Portland and Washington, D.C.

By Ralph Buehler and John Pucher | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

These three U.S. cities took very different approaches to taking care of their cyclists during COVID-19. Find out who lowered speed limits, who expedited bike lane construction, and more.

DC May Soon Give Every Resident $100 Per Month For Transit, Improve Service

By John Besche | Oct 3, 2022 | No Comments

DC Council took a step toward putting $100 per month on District residents’ SmarTrip cards Monday as the Committee on Transportation and the Environment voted unanimously in favor of the Metro for DC Amendment Act of 2021.

Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | No Comments

The nation's capital is poised to become the second major city in the United States to repeal a dangerous law that allowed drivers to make right turns at red lights — and some advocates believe other communities are overdue to follow.

Driving is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco

By Nick Sementelli | Sep 2, 2022 | No Comments

Smoking, once a celebrated totem of American culture, is increasingly an ostracized habit of the marginal few. Getting there, though, took deliberate vision, coordinated efforts, and persistent policy trial and error over decades — and those efforts reveal a partial roadmap for breaking our country’s similarly dangerous addiction to cars.

Image description: Sarah and Dan Langenkamp pose with their two young sons at a swimming pool. Photo: GoFundMe

‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy

By Kea Wilson | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments

The husband of a U.S. diplomat who survived an evacuation from war-torn Ukraine only to be killed in a car crash as she biked on a Maryland road is raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.

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