Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic deaths

Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

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U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments

American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.

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Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road

By Kea Wilson | Feb 21, 2020 | No Comments

A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.

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Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings

By Kea Wilson | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes -- because so many cars crash through building walls.

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Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths In 2019

By Kea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | No Comments

Another world-class city has proven that Vision Zero isn’t just wishful thinking — and its example puts the pressure on American communities to stop street carnage now

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part III: The Machine Still Kills

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

It's the third installment of our series examining why GMC's "quiet revolution" is just very loud greenwashing.

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