Top 5 Recent Stories (January 6-January 10)
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1. Why Do Americans View Zero Road Deaths as an Impossible Goal?
by Daniel Herriges | January 6, 2020
Vision Zero is a simple engineering problem, but a wickedly complex social and institutional problem—at least in America’s car-dependent cities. Success in Norway shows us what the way forward looks like.
by Charles Marohn | January 6, 2020
For a traffic engineer, to be conservative in your design is to spend extra money building capacity you don’t really need. The spiraling costs of this approach are enormous.
3. The Federal Government Should Stop Victim-Shaming Walkers
by Charles Marohn | January 8, 2020
If the NHTSA wants to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes, they should stop blaming people who are walking when they are killed and injured by drivers.
4. Does Building Transit Reduce Traffic Congestion?
by Daniel Herriges | January 7, 2020
There are a ton of good reasons to invest in transit. Making life easier for drivers isn’t one.
5. Beyond the Diet: 7 New Year's Resolutions for Your Neighborhood
by John Pattison | January 7, 2020
Get in shape. Get organized. Read more. Most New Year’s resolutions are focused on personal improvement. These are important, but what if this year we resolved to improve our places too?
Top photo via Adrian Williams.