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Making vehicles less deadly for walkers isn't just a matter of techy pedestrian detection systems like these. It's also a matter of simply making them smaller, lighter and slower. Source: Government Accountability Office.

Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.

Nuro Self-Driving Delivery Vehicle via Wikimedia Commons.

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Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs

By Kea Wilson | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

Eighty-five percent of Americans are concerned about sharing the road with still-untested autonomous cars. But perfecting the tech may not be enough to make AVs safer.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled the latest regulations for autonomous vehicle technology at Las Vegas CES on Wednesday. Image: Fortune Brainstorm Tech

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Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.

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Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…

By Aaron Short | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.

This is classic urban infrastructure. But a group of cities wants the president to fund transit more than highways. 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 […]

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