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Texas High-Speed Rail Plan Calls for Eminent Domain
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Stroads, High Poverty Are Commonalities Between US Counties with High Pedestrian Death Rates
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Philly Speed Camera Program Cuts Fatalities in Half
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Street safety advocates are calling for a stronger declaration that would focus on road design and equity.
Proposed NHTSA Rule Takes Aim at Dangerously Large Trucks and SUVs
Nearly half of pedestrians who died after being hit by the front of a vehicle were struck by SUVs or trucks.
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Three-fourths of counties with the highest pedestrian death rates also had persistently high poverty rates, according to a Stateline article.
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Excessive speeding along dangerous segments of Roosevelt Boulevard dropped by 90 percent after the city installed automated enforcement cameras.
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Changes to left turn infrastructure and signal timing led to a 47 to 72 percent drop in fatal and serious injury crashes.
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