Issue / Traffic Safety
Lawmakers Discuss Road Safety, Spike in Traffic Deaths at House Hearing
Jun 10, 2022 | Ethan McLeodThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week on how to...
DOT Rolls Out $1 Billion/Year Safe Streets Grant Program
May 20, 2022 | Jeff DavisOn May 16, the U.S. Department of Transportation solicited applications for $1 billion in grants for a new program providing direct aid...
Guest Op-Ed: Reclaiming the National Narrative on Transit Safety
Apr 22, 2022 | John AhlenIn our daily lives, we often take for granted the numerous protections in place to ensure we arrive safely at our destinations. The now...
Guest Op-Ed: What Streets Are Today, What Streets Should Be Tomorrow
Apr 08, 2022 | Seth LaJeunesseThe COVID pandemic upended our way of life. As of early April 2022, nearly a million people in the US have died from the disease, and...
Guest Op-Ed: America Needs to Invest in Universal Road User Education
Mar 29, 2022 | Jonathan French, P. E.As we continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and over 800,000 lives lost in the U.S., the number of road user deaths could...
Guest Op-Ed: Alternative Traffic Enforcement to Re-Center Road Safety
Mar 04, 2022 | Ethan EbingerTransportation has become the most policed aspect of daily life in the United States. The most frequent interactions between police and...
Guest Op-Ed: Repurposed Streets + Small Vehicles = Big Wins for Climate, Safety, and Justice
Mar 04, 2022 | Kevin J. KrizekThree-quarters of the U.S. population resides in cities and suburbs which share a common denominator: proximity to destinations. As a...
Guest Op-Ed: Protecting Pedestrians, Our Most Vulnerable Road Users
Feb 11, 2022 | David Schwebel, Ph.DOur roads are filled with all kinds of users. We see trucks and cars, of course. We also see motorcycles, bicycles, and increasing...
USDOT Releases New National Road Safety Strategy
Jan 28, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a new "National Roadway Safety Strategy" document that expresses a new "Safe...
Former NACTO President Hutcheson Replaces Joshi at FMCSA
Jan 21, 2022 | Jeff DavisWith Meera Joshi headed to New York City to be a Deputy Mayor, it was announced this week that Robin Hutcheson will be replacing Joshi...
State and Local Traffic Enforcement Reforms Gain Traction
Jun 11, 2021 | Romic AevazIn the wake of the national reckoning with racial injustice and policing, states and cities began re-evaluating their approach to...
Senate Commerce Looks at AV Development, but Pulls Bill from Schedule
Apr 30, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week, a Senate committee hearing looked at autonomous vehicle (AV) safety regulation, but the committee then postponed debate on...