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Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 29, 2020
Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around Sixty Drivers to Downtown L.A.
Drivers were outnumbered by a cops and photographers.
April 23, 2020
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute
April 17, 2020
Don’t Let U.S. Driving Levels Rebound After COVID-19
It's happening in China — but it's not inevitable here.
April 17, 2020
Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One
"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
April 9, 2020
More Drivers Speeding Under Low-Traffic Conditions Highlights Need for Speed Law Reform
Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
April 6, 2020
DATA DUMP: Total Driving Is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
April 6, 2020
Reckless Driving Is the Other COVID-19 Epidemic
City speed cameras are nabbing far more drivers than they were during the normal, pre-corona days--even though the numbers of cars on the road is down dramatically.
April 6, 2020
Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week
New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.
March 27, 2020
COVID-19 Reveals That the Real Cure For Freight Truck Congestion Is Fewer Cars
We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.
March 26, 2020
