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How (And Why!) to Repeal ‘Jaywalking’ Laws

By Kea Wilson | May 4, 2021 | No Comments

A movement is growing to strike down racially biased and ineffective “jaywalking” laws across America — and the advocates behind these efforts say the path to doing it everywhere may be smoother than it has been in the past.

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STUDY: How Race and Income Impact Road Safety in Oregon

By Jonathan Maus | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

A growing body of research has proven that incomplete and dangerous transportation infrastructure in lower-income areas has a disparate negative impact on Black, Indigenous and people of color. Now ODOT's own analysis proves the existence of these impacts on BIPOC Oregonians for the first time.

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This Year’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers Is Unacceptably Familiar

By Kea Wilson | Mar 9, 2021 | No Comments

Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years, and the one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.

Woman in driver's seat of car with window down

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The Reason More Women Drivers Die in Car Crashes

By Kea Wilson | Feb 15, 2021 | No Comments

Women drivers are more likely to die in crashes because the men drivers who hit them are more likely to be driving trucks and SUVs, a new study finds.

Photo of Pete Buttigieg inset with photo of pedestrian walking on street shoulder with no sidwwalk

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Memo to Buttigieg: USDOT Needs an Active Transportation Administration

By Kea Wilson | Jan 20, 2021 | No Comments

Giving people who walk and roll a voice in Washington is a crucial tool in the fight to change the federal structures that underlie our car-only transportation landscape.

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Joe Biden Becomes the First Traffic Violence Widower to Hold the U.S. Presidency

By Kea Wilson | Jan 20, 2021 | No Comments

Joe Biden is president – the first one in U.S. history who's lost a child and a spouse to our national traffic violence epidemic.

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