A New Paradigm for Vision Zero — By Todd Litman Despite many traffic safety programs, motor vehicle crashes continue to impose large costs in both developed and developing countries. Although traffic casualty rates declined during most of the twentieth century, they have increased since 2011 in the U.S., indicating that current traffic safety strategies have fulfilled their…

By Michael Lewyn Pedestrian and cyclist advocacy often focuses on reforming local government policies. However, a new generation of legal scholarship has focused on transportation-related rules created and promoted by higher levels of government. …

Realistic Group Conflict Theory and the Plight of Cyclists — By Nadia Williams There is a word that often has the same effect in comment threads on social media as a bucket of chum in a shark tank: cyclist. The intensity of feeling and free expression of aggression that would make us very uncomfortable if directed at any other group…

By Peter Norton For a century, traffic safety in the United States has been primarily a quest to make fast driving safe, especially for the occupants of vehicles. Automakers, tech companies, and government agencies are still striving to build safe streets and cars without asking drivers to slow down, even…

By Manuela López Menéndez Gender inequalities in the home and at work have become increasingly visible, documented, and addressed with policies and transformations attempting to achieve equity, both in public and private spaces. However, inequities in the transportation sector and the way people move around cities have only recently begun…

The Electric Cargo Bike Revolution Comes to Africa — by Olukokun Tolulope Electric cargo bikes are appearing in cities around the world but it seems not to be so in many African countries. …

By Madeline Brozen and John Yi Traffic violence is one of the leading causes of death by unintentional injury and premature death in the United States, and Los Angeles is no outlier in this tragic trend. From 2010 to 2019, traffic violence was the third leading cause of premature death…

How I built a natural-language processing tool to improve media coverage of car crashes — By Gregory Lang When it comes to news, words matter. The things journalists say or don’t say, the terms and phrases they use, and the tone of the writing can all have an impact on readers’ perception of the issue at hand. This is true for violent crimes, local affairs…

How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads — By Sindhu Bharadwaj and Matthew Roe Nearly every city has a “boulevard of death” — a too-fast, too-wide street notorious for being the site of recurring traffic fatalities and serious injuries. From Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard to Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, these are streets designed for cars to traverse busy neighborhoods…