Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NCAP

The new USPS mail truck won applause from advocates last year for its wide range of pedestrian safety features — but they're less happy now that the agency has announced its plans to power most of them with fossil fuels. Via USPS.

The Best Thing About The New Mail Truck

By Kea Wilson | Mar 2, 2021 | No Comments

If it looks like a duck ... it's probably a better-designed truck!

Feds to Explore Drunk Driving Prevention Tech

By Kea Wilson | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

We have the technology we need to stop drunk driving right now. Why aren't we using it?

Making vehicles less deadly for walkers isn't just a matter of techy pedestrian detection systems like these. It's also a matter of simply making them smaller, lighter and slower. Source: Government Accountability Office.

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Vehicle Safety Assessments Don’t Protect Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.