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$78M Grant Promises Upgrades for One of Philadelphia’s Deadliest Roads

Federal and city officials say a new $78 million federal grant will be used to make major safety improvements along a Philadelphia boulevard called one of the most dangerous in the city. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant will be …

It’s Time to Rewrite The Rules That Make U.S. Roads So Deadly: Viewpoint

A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the pedestrians and bikers counted among the 310 motor-vehicle-related deaths seen in 2020 in Connecticut, where I live. Our state saw …

More Research Needed Into How Crash Risk Is Related to Roadway Design

How dangerous is travel in the United States? It depends on how the question is framed. If it’s risk per kilometer (about 6/10ths of a mile), the U.S. has 6.71 deaths per billion vehicle kilometers of travel compared to the …

Ohio State Researchers: Road Design Impacts Distracted Driving Crash Frequency

A new study from Ohio State University’s Risk Institute reveals road design modifications can reduce the frequency and severity of distracted driving crashes. According to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which funded the Risk Institute’s study, researchers …