Dec 2, 2016Over the past 45 years, we have virtually stood still while our peers have zoomed ahead in the realm of traffic safety. Many of these countries have taken the long view and have tackled the hard, ingrained cultural, political and engineering issues that must be addressed to bring about sustained reductions in traffic fatalities.
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The great American highway is not a good place to play.
- US traffic fatality rates are three to four times greater than those in the best-performing peer countries. Updated Dec 2, 2016 ago
- A long-standing, deadly, overlooked inequality in US policing: death by car chases.
- Video: How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure.
A long-standing, deadly, overlooked inequality in US policing
Americans who die resulting from police car chases—one of the deadliest police practices, and one that ought to be banned outright—are vastly disproportionately black.
How the Dutch got their cycling infrastructure: Increased child deaths due to car accidents, paired with the 1970s oil crisis, led to the Netherlands adopting a nationwide protected bike lane system. Child deaths on the road decreased dramatically.
Dec 2, 2016The only innovation in hand is that the old “You rang m’Lord” system has been transformed into a “you hailed me on your app m’Lord” one instead.
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America's roads cost drivers billions of dollars a year. It does not need to be this way.
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- Novelist Héctor Tobar tries to understand the 1992 Los Angeles riots through the experiences of a single high school.
- Steven Johnson with a long assessment of the current state of A.I. and language. (The illusion has gotten very good.)
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Welcome to The Morning News Tournament of Books, 2017 edition.
- Our championship match is decided in the Tournament of Books, with news of a Rooster surprise debuting this summer. Updated Mar 31, 2017
- In Thursday's action, Reyhan Harmanci sets up a colossal final.
- The Zombie round opens with Buzzfeed's Isaac Fitzgerald reading The Nix and The Underground Railroad.
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Все ваши Белый дом принадлежит нам.
- "Will Putin expose the failings of American democracy or will he inadvertently expose the strength of American democracy?" Updated Mar 3, 2017
- Wilbur Ross just wanted to make some money in ethically gray areas (that should've prevented him from taking office).
- Jeff Sessions's spokeswoman can't help but continue to lie.
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The oceans are under assault, and not just from the White House and friends.
- Trump's assault on the environment begins with American headwaters. Updated Mar 1, 2017
- Don't just blame the oil companies for destroying the oceans—blame sushi restaurants.
- Nothing escapes the deepest trenches of the ocean floor. Not light, not nutrients, not pollutants.
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