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The Real Reason Why Traffic Engineers Design So Many Deadly Roads

Hint: they aren't deliberately trying to get us killed.

June 18, 2024

Talking Headways Podcast: Killed by a Traffic Engineer

Author Wes Marshall on writing process, the ideas of risk and exposure and what he learned from pouring over old transportation engineering journals.

June 17, 2024

Friday Video: Debunking Engineers’ Excuses With the Power of Hip-Hop

Buff Brown breaks down how to bust through traffic engineers' bullshit, one bar at a time.

June 14, 2024

Why Traffic Engineers Learn Almost Nothing About Traffic Safety in School

Shocking as it may seem, civil engineering programs do not need to offer any transportation-specific courses.

June 12, 2024

Shifting Gears: Towards a New Way of Thinking About Transportation

Dr. Susan Handy investigates the ideas that have shaped the nation's car-oriented transportation to help uncover what needs to change to get to a safer, more sustainable system

June 6, 2024

American-Dutch Engineer Calls Out Root Problem with American DOTs

There's a big problem at SFMTA and other American DOTs. And it starts with the education and licensing of engineers

March 6, 2024

Why Public Health Officials Must Play a Central Role in Traffic Safety

A new study proposes public health officials and planners treat traffic violence as an epidemiological problem.

August 29, 2023