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Top Cities With the Worst Drivers

Washington D.C. drivers are the most accident prone out of 200 largest U.S. cities, according to a study by Allstate Insurance Co. The greater a cities population increases the chance of drivers getting into accidents.
7 September 2011 - 5:00am
Forbes
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Cyclists and Elderly Also At Risk on New York City's Streets

New York City's broad study of years of traffic and crash data have given new insight to the city's transportation safety problems. Cyclists and the elderly are especially vulnerable, according to the report.
23 August 2010 - 1:00pm
The New York Times
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Todd Litman

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Transportation Policy

Mon, 11/02/2009 - 08:54

An important new book, Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research, and its summary report, The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America, were just published by the Convergence Partnership, a coalition that supports more rational and equitable health policy.

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Metrolink Deaths Could Be Avoided, Says LA Times

244 people have died in Metrolink accidents over the last 15 years. A study by the Los Angeles Times says that that number could be greatly diminished by improving a handful of dangerous intersections.
28 September 2009 - 2:00pm
The Los Angeles Times

America's Killer Roads

This oped takes on American street design and blames it for causing countless road injuries and deaths.
20 August 2009 - 8:00am
The Boston Globe
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