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NYC DOT's chief accessibility specialist on the challenges and successes of inclusion.

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

As traffic fatalities skyrocket, a new region-wide Vision Zero program aims to help cities and counties within the Denver Metro improve street safety. 

One of the most dangerous states has set a goal to end traffic deaths entirely. Now comes the hard part.

The leaders of the Vision Zero Network say U.S. cities need to make more dramatic changes to realize zero traffic deaths. And they're proposing a new set of standards to help make it happen.

The Vision Zero Coalition wants to make sure Denver Public Works doesn't water down the walking and biking improvements planned for Washington Street in Globeville, which will be reconstructed -- and like so many other Denver street projects, widened -- as part of the bond package voters approved in November.

North Carolina DOT plans to make an unwalkable commercial street even more dangerous.

For mayors, declaring a commitment to safer streets is the easy part. Following through with meaningful policies to rapidly reduce traffic injuries and deaths is another matter.

We're doing some back-patting to remind readers why donating to Streetsblog Denver's crowdfunding campaign is worth it.

If a flesh-eating virus killed more than 40,000 people in the United States in a single year, every level of government would act decisively to stamp out the contagion and save lives. And yet, when 40,000 people lost their lives in traffic crashes in the United States last year, our collective response was little more than a shrug.