Issue / Pedestrian safety
FHWA Nominee Enjoys Positive Reception at Confirmation Hearing
Feb 01, 2019 | Hayley BurtonJanuary 31, 2019 After more than two years without a Federal Highway Administrator, a confirmation hearing was held on Tuesday for...
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Treatments Lack Data for Implementation Decision-Making
Dec 07, 2018 | Alice GrossmanDecember 5, 2018 Bicyclists and pedestrians are often classified as “vulnerable road users” due to the higher probability of...
Guest Op-Ed: New Mobility Advice for Cities
Dec 05, 2018 | Andrew Glass HastingsDecember 5, 2018 The rapid introduction of micromobility, such as dockless scooters and bikes, in US cities is showing incredible...
New AV START Discussion Draft Addresses Some Stakeholder Concerns
Dec 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisDecember 5, 2018 (amended Dec. 7) The AV START bill (S. 1885), providing the first federal framework for addressing autonomous...
Op-Ed: Cities are Looking to Change the “Rules of the Road”
Oct 26, 2018 | Brianne EbyOctober 25, 2018 This week, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration announced a number of plans to rethink the flow of...
2017 Highway Fatalities Down for First Time in Two Years
Oct 05, 2018 | Jeff DavisOctober 5, 2018 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the annual estimate of fatalities from highway accidents...
Three Takeaways from NTSB’s Preliminary Report on the First Fatal Automated Vehicle Crash
May 31, 2018 | Alice GrossmanMay 31, 2018 Two months after the fatal crash in Tempe, Arizona involving an Uber test vehicle in self-driving mode, the National...
Risk Assessment of Automated Vehicles: House Hearing on the Future of Insurance and AVs
May 25, 2018 | Alice GrossmanMay 24, 2018 Today, the safety risks associated with operating motor vehicles are so high that drivers are required to obtain some...
Abandoned Patents Lead to Renewed Pressure for Further Safety Studies on Rapid Flashing Beacons
Apr 27, 2018 | Alice GrossmanApril 27, 2018 Nearly 6,000 pedestrians are estimated to have been killed in crashes with motor vehicles in 2017, a number that...
GHSA Releases Annual Report on Pedestrian Fatalities
Mar 02, 2018 | Alice GrossmanMarch 2, 2018 Over the last decade, pedestrian deaths have been increasing both in number and as a share of all traffic fatalities...
Inside USDOT’s Campaign Against Drugged Driving
Feb 23, 2018 | Greg RogersFebruary 23, 2018 It has long been understood that there are three main factors that lead to most traffic deaths: alcohol, speeding,...
USDOT Launches New Data Initiative to Predict (and Maybe Prevent) Fatal Crashes
Jan 19, 2018 | Greg RogersJanuary 19, 2018 Data, as the saying goes, is the new oil. The private sector is constantly collecting and processing data to...