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NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

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.

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Speeding Isn’t the Only Dangerous Driving Behavior On the Rise During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | May 7, 2020 | No Comments

Drivers aren’t just speeding up on our empty roads — they’re also braking harder, scrolling cell phones longer, and crashing more, new data show. In the five weeks after many states announced lockdown orders on March 16, the data company Zendrive said drivers’ use of cell phones behind the wheel is up 38 percent over […]

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Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash

By Aaron Short | Nov 7, 2019 | No Comments

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.

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Amtrak’s Late-Running Trains Cost System Millions

By Aaron Short | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

The rail system's slow-to-arrive trains are costing tens of millions of dollars in excess worker overtime and tickets it could be selling, according to a new audit.

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Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’

By Aaron Short | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.

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The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 24, 2019 | No Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

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