Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic violence

CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2020 | No Comments

The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.

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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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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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Commentary: Is Denver Ready for The War on Cars?

By Doug Gordon | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

Doug Gordon says if there is any sort of war on America’s streets, it’s being inflicted on other road users by cars and the people who drive them.

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