Recent Streetsblog USA posts about pedestrian deaths

Are COVID and Traffic Deaths the Cost of Doing Business?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

Car Sticker Price Predicts Driver Rage Towards Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

The more expensive the car, the less likely the driver is to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. But why?

Three Simple Ways to Make Cities More Walkable

By Kea Wilson | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

America doesn’t need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.

The Second Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Via Creative Commons.

U.S. Breaks With World on Pact to Cut Road Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.

A car-free street in Tokyo. Source: Creative Commons.

Vision Zero is Missing Something: Reducing VMT

By Kea Wilson | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.

Car Crashes Are An Epidemic We Can Solve

By Kea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments

"Government and public health officials routinely face problems that exceed their capacities and powers. Traffic deaths are not one of them," says the transportation aide to would-be president Mike Bloomberg.

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