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Talking Headway Podcast: 20 is Plenty in Wales
Welsh MP Lee Waters and the University of Sydney's Dr. Jennifer Kent on how Wales passed a national 20 mph speed limit.
February 6, 2025
OPINION: Slow Down on Our Bike Paths!
Our bike lanes have become what social critic Ivan Illich once defined as degraded public space. Here's one possible fix.
January 24, 2025
What Happens When Cities Drop Speed Limits to 25
Spoiler: pedestrian deaths plummet.
November 18, 2024
This Program Wants To Coach Cities Through Setting Safer Speed Limits
Lowering speed limits — and backing them up with better infrastructure, enforcement and messaging — is one of the most effective things cities can do to save lives. A new program wants to help them navigate the inevitable challenges that come when they try.
November 18, 2024
Want to Make Vehicles Safer? Start With These Two Changes to Government and Commercial Fleets
Advocates want the government and private sector to make their vehicle fleets safer — to nudge regulators to make changes for everyone.
October 23, 2024
A Father Speaks: Here’s Why The Speed Limit Must Be 20 MPH Everywhere
At an event on Wednesday, no one was more eloquent than the spotlight-avoiding father of the boy for whom Sammy's Law is named.
October 9, 2024
Friday Video: ‘Car Kryptonite’ in Providence
See it! If you want to slow down drivers, you need to put things in the road.
August 16, 2024
Three Ways America Could Import Europe’s New Speed Limiter Law
Want to import Europe's most exciting new safety law? Think strategically.
July 1, 2024
Friday Video: Why Cities Around the World Are Reducing Speed Limits
"At some point, we have to realize that anybody fighting against lower speed limits in cities is either willfully ignorant, or they're a selfish asshole who values their convenience more than other people's safety."
June 21, 2024
Here’s a Radical New Way To Cut Car Insurance Claims: Make The Damn Roads Safer
Reducing speeds doesn't just save lives — it also saves dollars.
June 13, 2024
