Traffic Fatalities

Biggest Transportation Failures of 2011

Atlantic Cities offers a review of ten of the worst urban transportation failures to take place in American cities in 2011.

30 December 2011 - 11:00am

Atlantic Cities

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Eliminating the Dreaded Left Turn

The FHWA says that 40% of all traffic accidents happen at intersections, and many of those are caused by left turns. A new type of intersection called the "diverging diamond" takes left turns out of the picture.

12 October 2011 - 12:00pm

Slate

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Urban Roads May Be Safer than Rural Ones

A new study of federal data on fatalities per 100,000 people and per 100 million miles driven finds significant differences in urban and rural roads.

27 January 2011 - 2:00pm

USA Today

Traffic Deaths at 60-Year Low

Traffic deaths are down almost 10% for last year- in fact, they haven't been this low since 1950. Why?

9 September 2010 - 2:00pm

CNN-Money

The Most Dangerous Road in Georgia

Blueprint America reports from suburban Atlanta, where getting to the other side of the road is nothing to take for granted.

28 July 2010 - 12:00pm

PBS - Blueprint America

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Big Dip in Traffic Fatalities

A preliminary count of all road fatalities in 2009 shows a record low figure of 33,963; almost 9% lower than 2008. The final count is due this summer. While the declining VMT due to a depressed economy was a major factor, the rate declined as well.

28 March 2010 - 9:00am

The New York Times - Wheels

Traffic Accidents Poised to Become the 5th Leading Cause of Death by 2030

The Infrastructurist examines a new infographic published by the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of their Global Status Report.

13 March 2010 - 1:00pm

The Infrastructurist

John Renne

Murder or Traffic Fatalities: Which is Worse?

Tue, 02/27/2007 - 12:03

New Orleans is experiencing a crime wave. High murder rates in the first two months of 2007 have made national attention. Anderson Cooper of CNN has been following this story. So far this year he has devoted two hour-long shows to this topic. I live in central New Orleans and my biggest complaint about the city is the high crime rate. I don’t think our city will recover if we fail to address this most serious issue. Crime makes you ask yourself – should I move to the suburbs where it’s safer and commute? But being a transportation planner, I can’t help but follow-up that question with – If I spend a lot more time driving will my exposure to dieing in a car accident increase? So which is worse - murder or traffic fatalities?

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