Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Traffic Enforcement

This lab crash simulates a 2012 red-light-running crash in Yuma, Arizona. The driver was severely injured. Photo: IIHS

As Cities Turn Off Red Light Cameras, Red Light Runners Claim More Lives

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2018 | 26 Comments

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.

More than 112,500 people were killed in speeding-related crashes from 2005 to 2014 . Image: NTSB

NTSB: Speed Kills, and We’re Not Doing Enough to Stop It

By Stephen Miller | Jul 27, 2017 | 61 Comments

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.

A survey of Black and Latino residents in New Jersey reveals barriers to biking that are not discussed very often by bike-promotion pros. Photo: New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center.

For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows

By Michael Andersen | Apr 18, 2017 | 43 Comments

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

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2016 | 152 Comments

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. […]

Brutal Jaywalking Arrest in Austin Caught on Video

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2015 | 35 Comments

Austin police were captured on video beating a group of “jaywalkers” into submission late last Wednesday in an incident that reeks of racial profiling. The arrest was recorded and shared on Facebook by Rolando Ramiro. He told the website Photography is Not a Crime that he and a group of friends were trying to cross a street that had been barricaded […]

Families of NYC Traffic Violence Victims Band Together for Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2014

On Sunday, New Yorkers who’ve lost loved ones to traffic violence gathered on the steps of City Hall in Lower Manhattan to launch Families for Safe Streets, a new initiative advocating for street designs and traffic enforcement that will save lives. In this moving Streetfilm, members of Families for Safe Streets talk about their goals […]

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