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NTSB: Breathalyzers in All Cars?

September 21, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2020 roadway fatalities, 2021 roadway fatalities, 2022 roadway fatalities, alcohol, alcohol abuse, breathalyzer, cafe standards, car culture, car safety, cars, decreased vmt and increased fatalities, defensive driving, dot, drinking, driving fatalities, drunk driving, jackie walorski, los angeles travel nurse crash, national transportation safety board, safe driving, safety, substance abuse, USDoT, vmt

A recent release from the National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting that the federal government is considering developing new requirements

Urban Planning Mobility Public Safety

Washington, DC’s Big Car Tax Is A Novel, Necessary Approach To Traffic Fatalities.

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments angie schmitt, automobiles, bloomberg, cars, complete streets, cyclist fatalities, david zipper, dc vision zero, department of transportation, district of columbia, dmv, dot, florida, high and mighty, keith bradsher, mdot, muriel bowser, pedestrian fatalities, public safety, rate of pedestrian fatalities, right of way, safe streets, street safety, streets, vision zero, warshington, warshington dc, Washington DC, we've got a delegation, why is food in dc so expensive

Pedestrian and cyclist safety has a new potential ally in the form of an annual registration tax for huge, heavy cars.

Public Safety

Idle Thoughts And Prayers: Why I’m Not Attending The CHARGE Energy Branding Conference in Texas

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments charge energy conference, conferences, defund the police, firearms, greg abbott, gun control, gun safety, houston, ken paxton, ken paxton investigation, lone star, lone star state, mass shootings, police, police abolition, police budgets, police reform, police spending, public safety, texas, texas state police, uvalde, uvalde police, uvalde police response, uvalde school shooting, uvalde texas

Nat has, for better or worse, cancelled his trip to an energy conference in the Lone Star State.

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Urban Planning Mobility Public Safety

“Bike Lanes Are Against My Morals,” Says Ohio Woman

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bexley, bexley ohio, bike, bike lanes, columbus, columbus ohio, livability, ohio, protected bike lanes, retrofitting the suburbs, roads, sharrow, sharrows, street, streets, suburban sprawl, suburbs, the profoundly disappointing gesturalism of the sharrow, walkability

The economics of parking are simple. Convincing community members, though? Sometimes not so much.

Book Reviews Policy Public Safety Movements & Organizing

Book Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop, by Radley Balko

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 1999 wto protests, black lives matter, book review, book reviews, broken windows policing, community policing, daryl gates, first amendment, fourth amendment, gun control, gun nuts, gun violence, guns, jeff sessions, norm stamper, philadelphia, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, police militarization, protesters, protests, radley balko, rise of the warrior cop, seattle, second amendment, swat, swat team, traffic stops, traffic violence

A new book looks at the militarization of police forces in the United States, how it costs taxpayers a staggering amount of money, threatens American democracy, and, above all else, doesn’t actually do much to reduce crime.

Mobility Public Safety

“We’ve Got A Delegation, Bro”: Exemptions to DC Law, If You’ve Got The Money

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cadillac, Cadillac Escalade, cager, cagers, car culture, cars, cycling, cycling infrastructure, cycling safety, dc pedestrian fatalities, dc vision zero, driver, drivers, escalade, four seasons hotel dc, four seasons total landscaping, general motors, georgetown, georgetown dc, pedestrian safety, safe streets, sidewalks, suv, suvs, vision zero, vision zero dc, walkability, walking

Car culture sucks. Even in the nation’s capital, where the city doesn’t seem able to prevent cars from parking all over sidewalks, at bus stops, and its drivers from telling you that they’re allowed to, because.

Business & Economics Public Safety Government

“Why Invest In Our Citizenry When We Could Blow It All On The Police State?” Asks Shrinking Midwestern City Increasingly No One Cares About

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments city justice center, city of st. louis, cori bush, north st. louis, SLMPD, south city st. louis, St. Louis, st. louis city budget, st. louis police, st. louis workhouse

The City of St. Louis, whose population just in the 2020 census dipped below 300,000 for the first time since

Public Safety Cities & Urban Planning Transit infrastructure

MSP: Seat Belt Use Drops To Lowest in 17 Years

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments congestion, COVID traffic deaths, helmet laws, highway safety, highway safety planning, michigan, michigan OHSP, michigan state police, mitten, mittentimes, rates of traffic death, seat belt laws, seat belt usage, seat belts, seatbelt, seatbelts, traffic, traffic safety, traffic violence

The Michigan State Police released data from a study today that showed that fatalities are on the rise, while seatbelt usage is on the decline. We look at how this plays out across a few jurisdictions.

Politics Public Safety Movements & Organizing

Candidate Craig: Will The Paradoxes Play In The Provinces?

May 12, 2021May 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments black lives matter, Black Republicans, Black Senate candidates, Black Senators, candidacy, candidates, Congress, defund the police, Democratic Congress, detroit will breathe, governor of michigan, governorship, Gretchen Whitmer, gubernatorial, gubernatorial race, gubernatorial race in michigan, police, police brutality, police brutality lawsuits, political, politics, Republican Congress, Republican Senators, Republicans

Detroit Police Chief James Craig’s abrupt announcement that he will be retiring to almost certainly run for governor– as a

Public Safety Infrastructure Small Business Streetscaping

New Grand River Streetscaping: Safer, Slower, Greener

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bike lanes, black-owned business, crosswalk, crosswalks, Detroit, effect of streetscaping on public safety, garden stores, gardening, gardening store, gilmour garden tools, grand army of the republic building detroit, grand river, grand river avenue, grandmont-rosedale, highland park, home depot, local business, maumee lake region, native plants, neighborhood investment, north rosedale park, pages bookshop, pedestrian safety, public safety, raised crosswalks, street safety, streetscaping and public safety, tina castleberry, traffic violence

New streetscaping improvements have turned portions of Grand River Avenue, on Detroit’s West Side, from a street-level freeway into something more closely resembling a real city street that people might be able to safely hang out and shop on.

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