Safety
Streetsblog California
‘It Ain’t 94 Percent’: NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy Discusses the Role of Human Error in Car Crashes
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy talks to Streetsblog about how why it's so important to say the right things about our national traffic crash crisis.
February 1, 2022
“Solving” Congestion Creates Worse Problems
Our “cures” for congestion are often worse than the problem.
January 31, 2022
That Bridge in Pittsburgh Is Where I Became an Advocate
After seeing the collapse of such a hauntingly familiar site, I hope the President really will "build back better"
January 31, 2022
What’s In the Groundbreaking New USDOT Safety Strategy — and What’s Missing
For the first time in history, the United States Department of Transportation has committed to using every available resource to end roadway deaths and serious injuries on American roads — and now, they face the critical challenge of getting the rest of America to buy in with them.
January 28, 2022
Valencia Street ‘Just a Minute’ Pilot Protest
Advocates are trying a new action on one of San Francisco's most contentious streets
January 27, 2022
OakDOT Installs Unprotected Bike Lanes in the Telegraph Gap
OakDOT relapses to the same old compromises on safety
January 25, 2022
How Automakers Can Stop Humans from Over-Relying on Automated Safety Tech
Automakers aren't doing enough to ensure that drivers are ready to take over if their vehicles' self-driving features make mistakes, an auto industry group argues
January 25, 2022
Applications Now Open for Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training
Bring knowledge about identifying safety issues and strategies to fix them to your community
January 24, 2022
A Lot of States Won’t Adopt Even Bare Minimum Roadway Safety Laws
More than 40 states have failed to adopted a series of common-sense laws that advocates say would prevent many of the most easily avoidable crash deaths — and that reluctance to do the bare minimum doesn't bode well for those states' potential to more comprehensively reimagine their approaches to traffic safety.
January 19, 2022
Call to Action: Comment on Ashby/I-80 Widening
Time is running out to comment on the environmental review of Alameda County and Caltran's Ashby/I-80 Interchange widening project.
January 14, 2022
