Recent Streetsblog USA posts about traffic violence

Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon

By Kea Wilson | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

We're launching the quarter-finals with two ads that are so toxic, they bend the definition of the word "commercial" itself — and stretch way past the time limit of the typical 30-second TV spot.

Why We Need To Talk About 'Traffic Violence'

By Streetsblog | May 3, 2021 | No Comments

We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.

Why The U.S. Needs a Bold 2030 Mode Shift Target

By Kea Wilson | Mar 30, 2021 | No Comments

America needs to commit to transportation policies that will at least double the number of people who travel by foot, bike or transit by 2030, a leading advocacy group argues.

Don't Let Car Culture Take Over Protest Culture

By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.

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.

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