Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Policy

Amateur Street Safety PSA Contest Yields Predictably Awful, Victim-Blaming Results

By John Greenfield | Mar 10, 2022 | No Comments

Recently Streetsblog contributor A.J. LaTrace discussed the absurdly large SUVs and pickup trucks on display at the Chicago Auto Show. These machines have massive blind spots that make it difficult to detect a child in front of the vehicle, and their absurdly high grilles that basically ensure that a struck pedestrian or bike rider will […]

Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark

By Jeff Wood | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.

Now this is a complete street! Image: American Fitness Index, CC

USDOT Tackles Overlooked Barriers to ‘Complete Streets’ — And Sparks Debate

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

No "complete streets" policy will truly be complete until federal agencies dismantle the structural barriers that make safe transportation networks so hard to build in the first place, new U.S. DOT guidance says.

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Chicago Auto Show Tweets Reignite Debate Over Unsafe Vehicle Design

By AJ LaTrace | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

It’s virtually impossible to ignore the increasing size of trucks and SUVs on the roads today. And seeing these vehicles up-close hammered home just how ridiculous this all is.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) Photos by Gage Skidmore.

McConnell Tells States To Just Ignore Biden’s Progressive New Road Priorities

By Kea Wilson | Feb 11, 2022 | No Comments

After the Biden administration told states that they should spend federal transportation dollars on projects that put safety, sustainability, equity, and road repair first, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Shelley Moore Capito told GOP governors to ignore the guidelines and spend the money any way they want.

Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Our Cities — And Not for the Better

By Kea Wilson | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

A recent Congressional hearing on "the road ahead for automated vehicles" largely ignored the potentially devastating effect that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.

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