As popular outrage at pedestrian deaths faded, the media’s attention waned, too. The national auto safety debate prompted by the 1965 publication of Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed focused, like the book itself, primarily on hazards to car occupants, not...
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Why Do So Many News Articles About Crashes Feel Like They Were Written by a Car?
News organizations need to relearn how to cover car collisions—especially when the victims are on foot. On the evening of Nov. 13, Roy Saravia Alvarez was walking home along the sidewalk of West Glebe Road in Alexandria, Virginia. At around 8 p.m., the driver of a...
Research: Can a racial justice frame help overcome opposition to automated traffic enforcement?
Recently, automated enforcement has attracted new supporters who see traffic cameras as a way to reduce racial profiling and minimize violent encounters between police and the public.
Research: Political partisanship and transportation reform
While there is support for changes to the transportation system, the public is divided along partisan lines on how changes should be made.
Dawne Mouzon, Kelcie Ralph receive Rutgers University Research Council Program Awards
The Research Council provides seed funding for faculty research to encourage scholarship tackling challenging disciplinary problems in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts.
Research: News coverage affects perceived blame in traffic crashes
The authors identified that seemingly minor choices consistently shift the blame towards the victim, even when the events leading up to the crash were unclear.
Economic development in New Jersey — How COVID has expanded NJEDAs essential role
New programs and initiatives created by the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act are helping the state’s businesses quicken the pace and extent of economic improvement.
Bike and pedestrian danger: How the media, language, and poor policy shift blame and make accidents more likely
The use of certain language and the shift to victim-blaming by the media when reporting crashes, changes the dynamic from a public health issue to a personal issue.
Research: Distracted pedestrians may not be the issue; the emphasis on distracted walking is itself a distraction
Distracted pedestrians are more likely to cross with the light and use the crosswalk; and while they walk more slowly, the magnitude of the slowdown is fairly minor.
Traffic experts, parents don't always see eye to eye on safe cycling routes for children
Parents often disagree with transportation experts over what streets are safe for children to ride bikes, a Rutgers-led study finds. The study, in the journal Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, assessed the Level of Traffic Stress...
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