Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Traffic Enforcement

Support For Camera Enforcement Increases When Put in Racial Justice Context, Study Finds

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 25, 2022 | No Comments

Researchers hope the results can increase support nationwide for swapping out cops for cameras, effective tools at keeping reckless drivers off the road and reducing fatal and injury-causing crashes.

When Should Cities Take Away Dangerous Drivers’ Cars?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2022 | No Comments

How many dangerous driving infractions should one motorist be able to rack up before he loses his car — and will taking it from him really make streets safer if the design of those streets isn't safe itself?

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EXCERPT: There are No ‘Accidents’ — We Have Been Fooled into Thinking There Are

By Jessie Singer | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments

This excerpt from the new book, "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster — Who Profits and Who Pays the Price" will make you rethink crashes, capitalism and culpability.

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Analysis: NYC’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.

STUDY: 20 Is Plenty — But Signs Alone Don’t Always Get Drivers to Slow Down

By Kea Wilson | Feb 2, 2022 | No Comments

Drivers did not slow really down after Portland lowered the speed limit in residential neighborhoods, but a new study suggests that the reason is more about road design than driver behavior.