Recent Streetsblog USA posts about traffic safety

Joan Claybrook's official portrait for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source: NHTSA.

'The Auto Industry Went Beserk' Says Ex-NHTSA Head

By Kea Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.

What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments

What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?

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 Standards 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.

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.

Metal bollards, beefed-up sidewalks, narrow lanes and more, via Creative Commons.

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Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths In 2019

By Kea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | No Comments

Coord invites cities and other curb managers to apply for its Digital Curb Challenge to undertake a free curb management pilot program in 2020. Applications close on Feb. 14. Click here for information. Another world-class city has proven that Vision Zero isn’t just wishful thinking — and its example puts the pressure on American communities to […]

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part III: The Machine Still Kills

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

It's the third installment of our series examining why GMC's "quiet revolution" is just very loud greenwashing.

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