Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Governors Highway Safety Association

Report: States Must Fix Bias in Policing

By Fiifi Frimpong | Aug 9, 2021 | No Comments

"[The report] helps us ... address a lot of problems with law enforcement in this country,” said Russ Martin, the spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which undertook its review after the killing of George Floyd.

Road Death Rate Worse for Blacks, Indigenous People

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.

Pedestrian deaths have jumped by almost half in the decade from 2010 to 2019.

US Pedestrian Fatality Rate Up By Double Digits

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 23, 2021 | No Comments

The nation's battle with COVID-19 had a terrible side-effect for America's pedestrians: more death.

Why America Can’t Rein in Teen Speeding

By Kea Wilson | Feb 1, 2021 | No Comments

Teenage driver crash rates are four times higher than drivers over 20. But some advocates think addressing the problem will take far more than the enforcement and education. Let's dig in.

Source: Matthew T. Rader via Wikimedia Commons

Top Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing

By Kea Wilson | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.