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Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

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.

Photo of Nuro Self-Driving Delivery Vehicle moving on a street

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Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs

By Kea Wilson | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

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.

Photo of Cherry Creek multi-use path with fresh bicycle tracks in the snow (credit Kevin Williams)

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Commentary: Feel the Love This Winter Bike to Work Day

By Tenly Williams | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

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

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Trump Administration Keeps Hands Off Self-Driving Cars

By Aaron Short | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments

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

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Streetsies 2019: Streetsblog’s Awards for the Best and Worst in Walking, Biking and Transit

By Aaron Short | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.

A minivan after a night crash. Image: Eli Duke via Flickr

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Asleep at the Wheel, Colorado Drivers Injure 900

By Andy Bosselman | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Drivers asleep at the wheel seriously injured 900 people in Colorado last year, an increase of 33 percent over 2017 — and the actual number could be much higher.

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