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Where community members and industry leaders learn about traffic safety.

Designing Safer School Zones on a Budget

This article was posted by Robert Kurka on October 31, 2021

It’s hard to think of anything more important than protecting children, and more and more of the public’s focus is directed toward school safety. Much of the attention has been fo …

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5 Low-Cost Options to Improve Pedestrian Safety

This article was posted by Robert Kurka on October 31, 2021

A pedestrian is struck and killed every two hours in the United States, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Association (NHTSA). The responsibility of improving pedestrian sa …

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Getting Started on Vision Zero

This article was posted by Brian Scharles Sr. on October 31, 2021

Vision Zero is a strategy. Vision Zero is a commitment. Vision Zero is – yes, you guessed it – a vision of a community where no fatalities or serious injuries result from traffic a …

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How Much Do We REALLY Know About Wrong-Way Drivers?

This article was posted by Kate Bert on October 31, 2021

Crashes involving wrong-way drivers in the United States are well-documented. Stories of tragedies fill our newsfeeds and televisions practically every day. So it should come as no surprise 36 …

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Where are the 'No Texting' Signs?

This article was posted by Aleischa Kronshagen on October 31, 2021

Everyone knows texting while driving is extremely dangerous — and we can rattle off a bunch of stats in support of it, like: Using a cellphone quadruples the risk of crashing and the averag …

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