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The UNC Chapel Hill analysis with the provocative title “Roundabouts Are For Rich People” recently found that the circular intersection design that reduces injury crashes by 80 percent was disproportionately sited in wealthy neighborhoods. And transportation officials can change those patterns of inequity by being more proactive about safety city-wide, Kea Wilson reports.
Check out that story and much more at the links below.
The Trump administration’s new blueprint for improving the nation’s poor road-safety record ignores well-established safety measures and leaves vulnerable road users completely out of the picture — a roadmap that advocates said would not change the ongoing road death crisis that is increasingly unique to the United States.
Why won’t Democrats punt and then try a field goal if and when they take more power next year?
What is daylighting, and how can cities use it to increase street safety?
The Trump administration’s new blueprint for improving the nation’s poor road-safety record ignores well-established safety measures and leaves vulnerable road users completely out of the picture — a roadmap that advocates said would not change the ongoing road death crisis that is increasingly unique to the United States.
Who knew that there was a town in Texas that even the Dutch would love?
