Speed Limits

Why so many people die walking on our streets explained in...

Speed kills, especially on city streets teeming with pedestrians and cyclists. The investigative news nonprofit ProPublica has produced an interactive graph that deftly conveys how just a few miles...

For the record, the feds don’t require streets to speed car...

When advocating for a street redesign that will take some space away from cars, it’s common to run up against this classic brush-off from your local transportation agency: The...

Study: Higher speed limits killed 33,000 people from 1993 to 2013

Increasing speed limits led to 33,000 traffic deaths from 1993 to 2013, including 1,900 deaths in 2013, "essentially canceling out the number of lives...

Learning from the geography of car crash deaths in the Unites...

Statistically, in the South you have a significantly higher chance of dying in a car crash than in other parts of the country. Why is...

The Critical Ten: Reducing speed limits could help fuel an urban...

Compromise is the hallmark of politics, so when it comes to street design, it’s tempting to dole out design features like treats to unruly...

News Roundup & Open Thread

Here's the latest iteration of News Roundups that should be more efficient than those massive lists of links I used to post here. I'm...