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An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck
Stories about miniature emergency service vehicles are spreading like wildfire on Twitter — so let's rethink our obsession with monster trucks.
May 5, 2021
What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?
We were all raised in car culture — which normalizes the idea that 40,000 people will die in car crashes every year. But it's not normal. And it needs to be called what it is.
May 4, 2021
Another View on Automated Cameras and Safety
Does automated enforcement always make our streets safer? Or do the traffic fines they spit out simply send poor drivers into a spiral of poverty, lost mobility, and even incarceration, without necessarily saving the lives of many vulnerable road users?
April 30, 2021
ZOOM CALL: Experts See Opportunities in Biden Highway Plan
Transportation leaders believe President Biden’s $2-trillion infrastructure bill will finally get states to stop splurging federal dollars on freeway projects and emissions-enabling concrete superstructures that carve up cities.
April 29, 2021
New Traffic Model Predicts How New Developments Will Affect Walkers
A new traffic forecasting model may soon give cities the tools they need to project how a proposed development will impact a pedestrian’s ability to get around — and rethink their decision if the stuff they want to build discourages people from walking.
April 27, 2021
GOP Infrastructure Bill Goes All-In On Cars
Senate Republicans celebrated Earth Day by releasing a counter-offer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan that would only deepen America’s dependence on gas-powered cars.
April 23, 2021
SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?
Americans set a new record last month for SUV and pickup truck sales. But who's buying all these giant cars (mostly Republicans, it turns out).
April 21, 2021
Regulators Could Have Prevented Fatal Tesla Crash
Two Tesla passengers are dead, partly because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ignored calls from the National Transportation Safety Board to require automakers to implement safe driver monitoring technology in "driverless" vehicles.
April 20, 2021
And the Sorriest Bus Stop in North America Is…
Hint: North America has a new l’arrêt d’autobus le plus désolant.
April 19, 2021
Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
April 19, 2021
