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Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths
The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.
June 23, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Better Data, Better Planning
Talking to a city planner about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information.
June 17, 2021
REPORT: Here’s Where People of Color Can’t Access Opportunity Without A Car
Even the most transit-rich cities in America are significantly less accessible without a car for the low-income and people of color, a new analysis finds.
June 17, 2021
Advocates Overjoyed with New and Improved INVEST Act
It's “arguably the most transformative transportation bill of our lifetimes,” one advocate said.
June 11, 2021
Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?
A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.
June 9, 2021
SET YOUR CALENDARS: How to Radically Shift the Way the U.S. Does Infrastructure
America is on the brink of making one of the biggest investments in transportation infrastructure in a generation — and a new event will explore why we need an even bigger cultural shift towards mobility justice if we want to do it right.
June 9, 2021
Why Regulators Aren’t Taming the U.S. Megacar Crisis
Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.
June 4, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: More Highways, More Driving
This week, we're talking about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach (whoa!).
June 3, 2021
How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds
A team of advocates has produced what may be the most comprehensive report on crashes that kill pedestrians — and it’s prompting a call for a similar approach to be adopted across the country.
May 20, 2021
Can the MUTCD Catch Up with the New Mobility Revolution?
Sure, amending the MUTCD is long overdue. But it's also time to set strong standards that go beyond actual street signage and into the digital realm, advocates say.
May 17, 2021