Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NHTSA

Infrastructure needs to be maintained, but building more roads and bridges is a Ponzi scheme. Photo: Ohio River Bridges Flickr Page

It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money

By Aaron Short | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments

It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.

This driver survived. But the pedestrian he might have hit would likely have died. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Drivers Get Safety — The Rest of Us Get Slaughtered

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

Fatal car crashes are down for the second straight year across the nation — but the number of pedestrians and cyclists killed by motorists are up again, further evidence that cars are getting safer only for people inside the vehicle. According to final 2018 data released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 36,560 […]

A design firm proposed new guiding principles for planners and engineers: ethics, equity, and empathy. Image: Toole Design

Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’

By Aaron Short | Sep 20, 2019 | 2 Comments

A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.

Activists want San Francisco to consider car free zones in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin where a spate of pedestrian injuries and deaths have occurred this year.

Car-Free Zones Eyed in SF, Elsewhere

By Aaron Short | Sep 18, 2019 | 1 Comment

A string of pedestrian injuries and deaths in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district has spurred city leaders to demand a ban on cars in some densely populated neighborhoods — the latest in a nascent and long-overdue move by activists nationwide to get reckless drivers off at least a tiny handful of city streets. San Francisco Supervisor […]

A traffic jam caused by a crash on I-10 in Arizona.

Arizona Defends Deadly Highway Instead of Fixing It

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | 9 Comments

An Arizona highway has been rated one of the most dangerous roads in the country — but local officials are more upset at the bad press than the deadly roadway!

Europe's New Speed Limiter Mandate Will Save Thousands

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 5, 2019 | 35 Comments

A new E.U. rule requiring speed limiters in cars is expected to save 15,000 lives in 15 years. Why can't the U.S. do the same?

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