safety

Too many states don't even set a target of reducing road deaths — because the feds don't care.

Saliha Abdalla-Suleiman, 42, was the victim of the December 11 hit-and-run where a driver steered a Winnebago motor home onto a sidewalk. Her family thinks the driver may have intentionally run over the Eritrean refugee because she is Muslim.

Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.

The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.

In October, three people died amid 2,072 Denver traffic crashes, bringing the total number of fatalities to 64 this year — and surpassing the 62 reached all of last year.

It's the latest battle for the soul of the Democratic party.

But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio had invited representatives from Uber and Lyft to sit on a panel discussing the future of transportation network companies. On Monday, he learned ride hail officials declined to participate, so DeFazio used his opening remarks to lambast both companies for contributing to longer traffic delays and higher […]

The Eno Center argues that the federal government should value safety and the environment when doling out billions in highway funds to states.