The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
TGIF, my dear Streetsblog readers! But because we can’t just roll (or walk) into the weekend without getting a little mad first, take a moment to read today’s news headlines: The $16 billion tunnel under the Hudson River that would speed up trains along the whole east coast is “terminated,” according to President Trump. But nobody really knows what that means, since the project was already paused?
Plus: Kea Wilson takes a look at a new study that found how automatic emergency braking systems are still struggling to see pedestrians in the dark conditions where people are most likely to die — and, in some cases, wearing hi-viz clothing could actually make the tech less likely to spot a person walking at night.
And we also have another piece from the Vision Zero Cities journal, this time about how fire departments can collaborate with communities to fight traffic violence.
The common denominator in every car crashes is a car. So why don’t we talk about it?
Jalopnik points out that there are certain vehicles that average people have no business driving.
…and what we can do to protect our kids *and* the e-bike revolution.
While other countries work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. is moving in the opposite direction.
