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How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics

By Kea Wilson | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

America doesn't need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.

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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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Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets

By Kea Wilson | Feb 23, 2020 | No Comments

Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.

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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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The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders

By Kea Wilson | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities.

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Chicago Has a New Way to Stop Drivers Who Misuse Bus and Bike Lanes

By John Greenfield | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

How many times have you seen drivers decide that the bike or bus lane would be the perfect place to idle in their cars even if it forces cyclists out into dangerous traffic, or slows down what's supposed to be a rapid bus route? Chicago has a great idea to stop that.

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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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Janette Sadik-Khan: Car Crashes Are an Epidemic We Can Solve

By Kea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments

"Government and public health officials routinely face problems that exceed their capacities and powers. Traffic deaths are not one of them," says the transportation aide to presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg.