Pedestrian Fatalities

In the midst of a two-decade rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules to "reduce fatalities among pedestrians."

If the feds won't get to the bottom of the megacar crisis on their own, the investigative arm of congress will.

A company whose dump truck has now been involved in two fatal crashes in less than six months has racked up more than 60 tickets for reckless driving in the city. Does anyone care?

Dave Colon

March 12, 2024

A cop laughed that a normal person is only worth $11,000 — and that figure was partly due to his racism, but also how little we value the lives of people on foot.

The subtle wording of American pedestrian safety laws reveals a lot about whose lives we prioritize on our roads — especially compared with the same policies in Denmark.

And to think, 2021 was the deadliest year on record for U.S. pedestrians since the early 80s — until last year topped it.