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NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions
Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
June 30, 2022
OPINION: Feds Must Make New Cars Safer for Bikers, Too
Cyclists can't wait until 2025 for the administration to mandate the testing of life-saving technology.
May 27, 2022
What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing
A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in the transportation realm includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.
April 21, 2022
Road Deaths Rise — Again! — As Post-Quarantine Period Proves Particularly Perilous to Pedestrians
The decade-long pedestrian death crisis has worsened, with a double-digit percentage increase in deaths caused by U.S. drivers — and experts are blaming it on speeding, distracted driving, larger vehicles and roads that prioritize car drivers over everyone else.
April 7, 2022
Three-Quarters of Licensed Drivers Used a Mobile Device While Driving, New Survey Finds
Thank goodness April is "Distracted Driving Month."
March 30, 2022
USDOT Tackles Overlooked Barriers to ‘Complete Streets’ — And Sparks Debate
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.
March 3, 2022
For Pete’s Sake! Sec. Buttigieg Won’t Push Back on States that Ignore Equity, Climate Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary doesn't look like he's up to fight GOP lawmakers over the Biden climate and systemic racism agenda.
March 1, 2022
New Fed. Law Requires Some (But Not All!) States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety
The new-and-slightly-reformed Highway Safety Improvement Program could represent a turning point on U.S. roads, at least in the states that are required to spend the money right.
February 3, 2022
‘It Ain’t 94 Percent’: NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy Discusses the Role of Human Error in Car Crashes
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy talks to Streetsblog about how why it's so important to say the right things about our national traffic crash crisis.
January 31, 2022
What’s In the Groundbreaking New USDOT Safety Strategy — and What’s Missing
For the first time in history, the United States Department of Transportation has committed to using every available resource to end roadway deaths and serious injuries on American roads — and now, they face the critical challenge of getting the rest of America to buy in with them.
January 27, 2022
