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Fast, inexpensive street changes that get big results

Jim Saksa

June 24, 2016 |

WHYY |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, many cities face challenges in implementing Complete Street policies to improve street and transportation safety in urban cores. The cities and organizations that have done this successfully offer ideas to others about how they can use creative financing and piloting to overcome barriers and enforce the policy.

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A virtual reality check for texting drivers

Jennifer Brannock Cox

May 02, 2016 |

Delmarva Now |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Salisbury, Maryland

The company AT&T has created a virtual reality simulator that gives users the chance to experience the dangerous, and often deadly, consequences of texting while driving. The new technology is currently being tested by the public and is aimed especially at young drivers who are more often surrounded by distracting technology. This is just one of many initiatives AT&T is pursuing to try and curb phone use while driving – others include legislation and phone apps that silence phones while driving.

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Birth Control for Bambi

Benjamin Goldfarb

April 15, 2016 |

Undark |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

The overpopulation of white-tailed deer is a conservation realization and an environmental disaster for the communities that harbor them. Hastings-on-Hudson, a progressive community, has opted for a humane birth control method PZP that is injected by darts into does. The method is successful for its non-lethal approach and the population growth has slowed, but as of yet has not significantly decreased.

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The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities

Shane Hickey

April 03, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Cambridge

How can traffic efficiency be improved? A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps that let drivers quickly find available parking spaces (helping save fuel by preventing them from circling the block while they look), alerting local councils when roads are icy, or even increasing the lighting on particular roads when there's an emergency.

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SC Guidelines Now Protect Good Samaritans Who Help Road Accident Victims

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

March 30, 2016 |

The Wire |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Delhi

According to new Indian laws, if a Good Samaritan helps a road accident victim they should expect to be treated with respect by hospitals, the courts and the police.

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Number of Traffic Deaths in New York Falls for a Second Straight Year

Emma G. Fitzsimmons

January 01, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A second year of decline demonstrates that a project to reduce traffic fatalities works, said a safety advocate, who called on the mayor to expand the effort, termed Vision Zero, which lowers speed limits and raises enforcement.

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As Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Gain Traction, Policy Makers Look To States Like Maryland

Armando Trull

November 25, 2015 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Currently, the District of Columbia and 10 states, including Maryland, issue limited driving licenses to undocumented workers, with two more set to issue such licenses in the coming months.

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Unmasked! The Mexico City superhero wrestling for pedestrians' rights

Dulce Ramos Sophie Hughes

November 09, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Clogged with traffic, crippled by poor infrastructure – the capital is notoriously hard to navigate on foot. Enter Peatónito, the activist fighting for safer streets.

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A Simple Fix for Drunken Driving

Keith Humphreys

August 14, 2015 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

South Dakota’s “24/7 Sobriety” initiative breathalyzers tens of thousands of people every day in an effort to curb drunk driving. Rather than legislation that takes penalizes offenders by taking away their license, the state addresses the behavioral issue instead. In counties that use the “24/7 Sobriety,” they’ve seen a 12% decrease in repeat drunken-driving arrests.

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Can Funny Traffic Signs Save Drivers' Lives?

Daniel C. Vock

July 13, 2015 |

Governing |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Traffic fatality rates are slowly climbing in today's world of texting-while-driving. But highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer.

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