Issue / Traffic Safety
Webinar: Form and Function: The Role and Future of Complete Streets Post-COVID
Mar 25, 2021 | Madeline Gorman"Complete streets" is a design approach intended to accommodate a variety of modes of transportation and has been shown to reduce motor...
First Highway & Transit Subcommittee Hearing of 2021 Tackles Racial Disparities in Traffic Enforcement
Feb 26, 2021 | Romic AevazOn Wednesday February 24, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held its first hearing of 2021 on Examining Equity in...
Authorization Table for STRR Act As Introduced in the House
Oct 08, 2020 | Carolyn DorfTable of funding authorizations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 as released by the chairman of...
Guest Op-Ed: It’s Time to Do Away with the E’s and Embrace the Public Health Approach in Transportation Safety
Aug 07, 2020 | David EdererMuch of the focus on the intersection of public health and transportation is on the health outcomes related to our current...
$1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Moving to House Vote Next Week
Jun 26, 2020 | Jeff DavisA $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, which incorporates a $494 billion, five-year surface transportation reauthorization (backed by a...
Op-Ed: Transportation and the Police Part 2: The Enforcement Problem in Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Jun 19, 2020 | Romic AevazThis article is the second piece in a Transportation and the Police op-ed series by Eno's Romic Aevaz. You can read the first article...
Op-Ed: Transportation and the Police: Reconsidering Traffic Enforcement
Jun 11, 2020 | Romic AevazThis article is the first piece in a Transportation and the Police op-ed series by Eno's Romic Aevaz. You can read the second op-ed...
House Tees Up Revamp of an Automated Vehicle Bill
Feb 14, 2020 | Alice GrossmanOn Tuesday, February 11, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce held a hearing...
Guest Op-Ed: Less Spectrum Means Less Safety
Jan 16, 2020 | Shailen BhattWe rarely hear about the 37,000 people who die every year on our roads. The statistics are staggering, which is a big part of the...
Senate Committee Looks at Federal Roles in AV Safety
Nov 22, 2019 | Alice GrossmanOn Wednesday, November 20, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the safety of highly automated...
Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities Reach Twenty-Year Highs in 2018
Oct 25, 2019 | Romic AevazEarlier this week, NHTSA released updated statistics on traffic fatalities in 2018, along with an accompanying report highlighting key...
House Panel Probes Proposed Bills in Car Safety Hearing
Jul 31, 2019 | Christopher OsterWith over 40,000 deaths attributed to on and off-road related vehicle incidents in 2017 and 2018, vehicle-related fatalities have made...