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NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike

The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year – with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.

January 14, 2021

NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike

Streetsblog USA |Car Culture

Memo to Feds: To Keep Seniors Safe on Our Roads, End Car Dependence

America's top federal safety agency is raising awareness this week about safety for older drivers, but largely ignoring how car dependence often forces seniors to take the wheel even when they can no longer do so safely.

December 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Feds to (Finally) Explore Drunk Driving Prevention Tech

We have the technology we need to stop drunk driving right now. Why aren't we using it?

November 15, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Road Fatality Rates Reach Highest Level in 15 Years

It's official: walkers who ventured outdoors during COVID-19 lockdowns had a greater chance of being killed on our autocentric roads than any time in the past 15 years despite historic declines in driving.

October 1, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Distracted Walking

Advocates to Chao: First ‘Pedestrian Safety Month’ Must Be More Than Just A Press Release

A coalition of transportation safety and consumer groups is urging Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to push for laws aimed at decreasing the pedestrian death toll on America's roadways, which reached a 30-year high of 6,590 last year.

September 30, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

Watchdog to Audit Flawed U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Program

Our rising pedestrian death toll isn't what prompted the investigation — but could it inadvertently help end it?

August 19, 2020

Streetsblog USA |mobility

Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians

Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.

April 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs

Eighty-five percent of Americans are concerned about sharing the road with still-untested autonomous cars. But perfecting the tech may not be enough to make AVs safer.

February 12, 2020

Active Transportation

Commentary: Feel the Love This Winter Bike to Work Day

To many, “winter biking” sounds like an oxymoron. To Tenly Williams, it is pure love.

February 3, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

At the annual Las Vegas tech geek fest on Wednesday, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao refused to put a leash on driverless car technology.

January 8, 2020