STREETSBLOG USA Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland? By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2017 | No Comments Federal traffic safety officials take conformity with an unsafe system much more seriously than actual safety outcomes.
STREETSBLOG USA San Antonio Gets a Badly Needed Kick in the Pants on Pedestrian Safety By Angie Schmitt | Oct 25, 2017 | No Comments In removing a guerrilla safety improvement, San Antonio officials acted with the kind of swiftness that they've never displayed in response to the city's staggering pedestrian death rate.
STREETSBLOG USA We Know SUV Design Kills Pedestrians, But We Still Let Carmakers Sell Them By Angie Schmitt | Oct 19, 2017 | No Comments The same design features that kill and maim pedestrians are what automakers rely on to appeal to consumers.
STREETSBLOG USA Texas DOT Open to Burying Highway That Cuts Through Dallas By Angie Schmitt | Oct 18, 2017 | No Comments Though it's not the highway teardown advocates want, TxDOT is now considering putting 1.3-miles of I-345 underground.
STREETSBLOG USA The Persistent Racial Disparities of Motor Vehicle Pollution By Angie Schmitt | Oct 17, 2017 | No Comments While tailpipe emissions have been lowered across the board, racial disparities persist in exposure to fine particles from motor vehicles.
STREETSBLOG USA These People Lost Their Minds Over a Bike Lane By Angie Schmitt | Oct 16, 2017 | No Comments The photos don't lie -- these protesters actually called some new stripes on the street a "Nazi lane."