Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transportation engineering

N. Mill Avenue in Tempe is one of America's dangerous speedway strips. Photo: Google

Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash

By Aaron Short | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

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.

Biking on a trail in Kellogg, Idaho. Photo: Don Kostelec

The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 23, 2019 | 7 Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Potential of Real-Time Information

By Jeff Wood | Jun 20, 2019 | No Comments

Let's talk about real-time transit information including its history, benefits, shortcomings, and potential futures.

Photo: Atwater Village Newbie via Flickr

Report: No to Infrastructure — Yes to Congestion Pricing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2019 | 70 Comments

A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.

Photo: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Engineering Group Takes on High Speed Limits

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 18, 2019 | 191 Comments

One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.

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The Engineering Manual Everyone but You Seems to Have

By Melanie Curry | Jun 25, 2018 | No Comments

It took only one tweet, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Engineering Excuses practically wrote itself.

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