Texas Red Light Camera Ban Will Cause More Death
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Studies show when these cameras get turned off, fatalities increase.
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Texas Gov. Makes Life-Saving Red Light Cameras Illegal
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Greg Abbott tweeted a video of himself allowing motorists free rein on Texas's already dangerous roads. His tweet was viewed 1.37 million times, and received 61,883 likes and 14,683 retweets, in 48 hours.
As Cities Turn Off Red Light Cameras, Red Light Runners Claim More Lives
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A 17 percent rise in red light-running fatalities coincides with a 21 percent decline in the number of red light cameras in operation, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It
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More than 112,500 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes from 2005 to 2014, accounting for 31 percent of all traffic deaths in America over that period. In a draft report released earlier this week, the National Transportation Safety Board says excessive speed is a deadly problem in our nation's transportation system -- one that federal and state officials aren't doing enough to address.
For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows
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New research from New Jersey shows huge gaps in conventional wisdom.
Vox Pulls Back the Curtain on “Scam” to Save Lives With Red Light Cameras
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You can usually count on Vox for accurate, research-based explainers of public policy issues. That’s why the new Vox video on red light cameras is so monumentally disappointing. Researchers have established that red light cameras make streets safer by reducing potentially fatal T-bone collisions, though they do lead to more rear-end crashes, which tend not to be very serious. […]