Safety
Basics
Should We Regulate Ads that Promote Dangerous Driving?
They do it in the U.K. and Australia and Singapore and studies show it saves lives.
May 28, 2019
Best Bike Friendly Cities? Look to the Northwest
If you want to live and bike safely in a city head to the Northwest. And definitely get out of Tucson.
May 6, 2019
Fed E-Scooter Safety Study Raises Serious Concerns
A new CDC study raises some concerns. But we still don't know really how injury rates compare to other modes.
May 3, 2019
The Economic Value of Actually Following Through on a Bike Plan
Building out Kansas City's bike plan would add $500 million to the local economy and, save 36 lives a year, a new study finds.
April 12, 2019
The Mounting Fallout from Uber and Lyft’s Disruption of the Taxi Industry
From rapes and abductions to rising traffic congestion and fatalities, it's starting to become clear why the government gets involved with for-hire drivers.
April 11, 2019
Arkansas Passes the ‘Idaho Stop,’ Allowing Cyclists to Treat Red Lights Like Stop Signs
Arkansas becomes the second state to fully adopt Idaho's famous 1982 cycling safety law.
April 3, 2019
Aggressive Drivers See Cyclists as ‘Less than Human’
Almost half of non-cyclists in a study rated cyclists as less than fully human, using standard psychological surveys.
March 28, 2019
We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths
The death of three more pedestrians offers yet another example of what can go wrong when drivers do not exercise due care — and why so few drivers learn the lesson.
March 12, 2019
Uber Got Off the Hook for Killing a Pedestrian with its Self-Driving Car
Safety oversight for self-driving car companies is off to a bad start.
March 8, 2019
Europe Will Use Vehicle Tech to Prevent Speeding, Save Thousands of Lives
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?
March 5, 2019
