Charles T. Brown, Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) and President and CEO of Equitable Cities, assesses the rise in traffic fatalities in an MSNBC interview. A 2021 report from Smart Growth America showed...
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Traffic deaths increased during the pandemic. The toll fell more heavily on Black residents, report shows
A new study released Tuesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) highlights the disparities. It analyzed data from 2015 to 2019 and found that in different types of traffic crashes, Black people were killed at higher rates than White people. Black...
9 Reasons to Eliminate Jaywalking Laws Now
They’ve rarely protected pedestrians, and their enforcement is racially biased. Two street safety experts say there are better ways to curb traffic violence. On Sept. 23, Kurt Andreas Reinhold, a 42-year-old Black man, was trying to cross a street in San Clemente,...
Reporters Topher Sanders, Benjamin Conarck discuss their investigative series Walking While Black
by Zoe Linder-Baptie MPP/MCRP ’18  Students who pursue their degrees at the Bloustein School see these areas of study as opportunities to change the world around them for the better. Earlier this year, the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center hosted reporters...
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