Recent Streetsblog USA posts about traffic violence

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 […]

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.

Memphis has one of the highest pedestrian fatality rates in the country thanks to distracted drivers and a network of roads that aren't safe for pedestrians. Image: Eric Allix Rogers

Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk

By Aaron Short | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).