Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Speed

ANALYSIS: When Speed Cameras Are Racist

By Kea Wilson | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

When are automated speed cameras an equitable tool for roadway safety — and when are they speed traps that disincentivize cities from making roadways safe because of the money that's coming in?

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Cadillac vs. Dodge

By Kea Wilson | Nov 4, 2021 | No Comments

We're finishing out the semi-finals with another battle of the bad dads — and this one's a doozy.

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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon

By Kea Wilson | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

We're launching the quarter-finals with two ads that are so toxic, they bend the definition of the word "commercial" itself — and stretch way past the time limit of the typical 30-second TV spot.

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How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones

By Nikita Luke | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

A new guide by WRI and the World Bank sets out guidelines for planning, designing, implementing and evaluating low-speed zones. Check it out.

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Trump, Being Trump, Blames Everyone But Himself For the 2020 Crash Spike

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year — with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.