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State of the State Exclusive: Hochul Will Push ‘Stop Super Speeders’ Bill Through Her Budget
City motorists with a documented pattern of excessive speeding would be required to install speed-limiting devices inside their cars, Gov. Hochul is expected to announce today.
January 13, 2026
World Day of Remembrance: The Fight to ‘Stop Super Speeders’ Has Gone National
The bills would require the worst of the worst drivers to at least adhere to the speed limit, which is not too much to ask.
November 16, 2025
DOT Rolls Out Four New 20 MPH Speed Limit Zones
Four more New York City neighborhoods will become 20 mph speed limit zones this year, city officials said on Wednesday.
March 20, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Narrow the Lanes!
At 30 to 35 miles per hour, research shows that 12- and 11-feet-wide lanes have significantly higher number of crashes than 10- or nine-feet-wide lanes.
January 5, 2024
City Workers Drove Slower in Speed Governor Pilot, But Disabled Cap Hundreds of Times
A city program putting speed restriction technology on a small number of government vehicles has shown promising results, with drivers speeding rarely and doing less hard braking — but workers can disable the system for 15 seconds at a time.
January 12, 2023
Most U.S. Cities Can’t Set Their Own Speed Limits — But Maybe They Should
Oregon may soon allow cities more leeway to set lower speed limits on dangerous roads — rather than reserving that power for state transportation leaders whose primary interest, historically, has been moving cars as quickly as possible.
December 21, 2022
The Brake: How To Quash Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology
Today on Kea Wilson’s podcast, The Brake, mobility researcher David Zipper gives a breakdown of the most common speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how he responds to six of the most common concerns about them — from the valid to the downright silly.
September 6, 2022
Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche
The actor's crash is the kind of extreme collision about which even the most avowed Vision Zero advocates typically stay silent — possibly because, secretly, they are not totally sure the crash could have been prevented.
But Heche's crash was absolutely preventable. Here's why.
August 16, 2022
ANALYSIS: When Speed Cameras Are Racist
When are automated speed cameras an equitable tool for roadway safety — and when are they speed traps that disincentivize cities from making roadways safe because of the money that's coming in?
January 19, 2022
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads Semi-Finals: Cadillac vs. Dodge
We're finishing out the semi-finals with another battle of the bad dads — and this one's a doozy.
November 4, 2021