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One Hidden Reason Why Your State DOT Isn’t Building Protected Bike Lanes

"Proven safety countermeasures" might sound like a wonky engineering term, but it could hold the key to unlocking money to save lives.

November 21, 2024

OMG: Is V2X Finally RTG? NSF!

An automobile trade group working with the federal government wants to install a new technology into every vehicle, smartphone, and highway crossings to make roads safer. What could go wrong? 

August 22, 2024

50 Years Since Nixon’s ‘National Speed Limit’: A Tale of Missed Opportunities

A half-century after the federal government instituted a national maximum speed, setting speed limits that keep all road users safe has become a political battleground.

January 31, 2024

Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!

The new MUTCD isn't the revolutionary rethink advocates were asking for, but it does offer transportation officials more flexibility to design roads safely. The only question is whether they'll take it — or stick to the status quo.

December 20, 2023

Highway Boondoggles 2023: This Year’s Poster Children for Bad Projects

Once again, transportation funds that could be used to repair streets, roads and bridges are instead diverted into costly, damaging highway expansion projects.

November 9, 2023