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Will Virginia’s New Plan Slow Down Drivers?
Controversies around equitable enforcement and the political unpopularity of speeding cameras mean that no one can say what Virginia's new road-safety program will look like when details are debuted this fall.
July 21, 2021
STUDY: Police Stops Don’t Stop Car Crashes
An explosive new study found that higher rates of state patrol traffic stops — which increase the possibility of dangerous contact between people of color and law enforcement — does not lessen car-crash rates.
July 14, 2021
California Won’t Be Getting Speed Enforcement Cameras
A bill that would have permitted cameras for speed enforcement was killed last week.
May 25, 2021
OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence Like Other Violence

May 15, 2021
Do Traffic Fines Make Streets Safer — And At What Cost?
Does automated enforcement always make our streets safer? Or do the traffic fines they spit out simply send poor drivers into a spiral of poverty, lost mobility, and even incarceration, without necessarily saving the lives of many vulnerable road users?
April 29, 2021
South Shore Line police-involved shooting raises questions about fare enforcement
What's the best way to deal with unruly fare evaders? It's a complex question, but a more lenient policy might be worth the downsides, if it helps prevent the kind of near-deadly scenario we saw last week.
March 10, 2021
Reducing the Role of Police in Traffic Enforcement Could Increase Safety for Everyone

August 6, 2020
Opinion: Urbanism is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment
Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.
July 27, 2020
Police must enforce the Stay at Home order fairly, without racial double-standards

April 8, 2020
Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving
Seattle is proving that cities can reduce the number of cars on the road and shift its population to rely on mass transit. Here are a few of those lessons.
November 25, 2019