Safety
Basics
Explaining Houston’s Sky-High Roadway ‘Death-Goal’
The Texas metropolis is a Vision Zero City. So why is its 2020 street fatality target HIGHER than last year's?
January 30, 2020
A Third of States Won’t Even Try To Reduce Road Deaths
Too many states don't even set a target of reducing road deaths — because the feds don't care.
January 24, 2020
DMV to Allow Testing of Driverless Light-Duty Trucks
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December 18, 2019
Federal Government Doing Nothing On AVs
Right now, Big Auto is developing technologies that will affect every single person in this country — and the federal government is sitting on its hands.
November 26, 2019
Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit
Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
November 18, 2019
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
November 7, 2019
It’s Progressives vs. Labor over Transportation Money
It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.
November 6, 2019
A Pumpkin-Protected Bike Lane on All Hallows’ Eve
In a bit of tactical urbanism, a murderer’s row of cheery orange spheroids was dropped into place just before the afternoon rush hour.
November 1, 2019
Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk
But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).
October 29, 2019
House Transport Chair Rips Uber, Lyft
This hearing takes on a topic that is already having far-reaching implications on transportation and mobility in our country. It should also serve also a wake-up call to the companies that have flooded our roadways with disruptive technologies and investor capital that their days of operating with little public policy and regulatory oversight in the transportation space are coming to an end.
October 18, 2019
