Global Road Safety - David & Wes take a global view of road safety and ask why the United States keeps falling behind. They start with the U.S. being the only country to vote against a United Nations road safety declaration, then turn to a more uncomfortable comparison: the U.S. now appears to have a worse per-capita road fatality rate than Russia. From there, they look at the widening global road safety gap, including countries that once had worse safety records than the U.S. but have since lapped us. They also talk about Pontevedra, Spain, a city that dramatically reduced car dominance and has not had a road fatality since 2011.

Today's topics: 🔹 Why the U.S. voted against a global road safety declaration 🔹 How Russia’s road safety record compares to the U.S. over time & countries that used to be more dangerous than the U.S. but are now far safer 🔹 Why “car-free” cities like Pontevedra still have cars 🔹 Monster truck rallies, obviously

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Additional resources: This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it. (David's article in Fast Company)

The U.S. Alone Votes Against A Road Safety Declaration

Digger's Dungeon (Home of the Gravedigger)

Music by Charlie Van Stee (courtesy of bensound)

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Transit Funding Freeze - David & Wes dig into our frozen federal transit funding situation and what happens when major transit projects are not officially killed, but also are not allowed to move forward. After new reporting on the Trump administration’s apparent halt in final agreements for Capital Investment Grants, they talk about what these delays mean, why stalled transit funding makes projects more expensive, and the hard reality that cities can no longer assume the federal government will be a reliable partner.

Other topics: 🔹 Lebron’s new commute 🔹 FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures website & the disappearance of road diets and speed safety cameras 🔹 Bicycling disappearing from FHWA’s proven safety countermeasures, along with the infrastructure that helps make biking safer 🔹 Why Waymos are still blocking bike lanes (and what to do about it) 🔹 We also answer a couple mailbag questions and, for some reason, talk more about Fabio

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Additional resources:

Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It.

FHWA's Proven Safety Countermeasures website

Why Are Waymos Still Blocking Bike Lanes? (David's article in The Driverless Digest)

Music by Charlie Van Stee (courtesy of bensound)

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Tire Pollution - David & Wes look at tire pollution and why the harms may be broader than most people realize. What started as a story about 6PPD-Q washing into streams and devastating coho salmon is now raising new questions about human health, including a recent study linking tire-related pollution to Alzheimer’s-related pathways. They talk through what we know, what we still do not know, and why tire wear should be part of the transportation pollution conversation, even in a world with more electric or autonomous vehicles.

Other topics: 🔹 What we unexpectedly learned about each other over the last year 🔹 David revisits Abundance & why his thinking has changed 🔹 Wes revisits traffic cameras & why his thinking has changed

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Correction: The Institute for Progress (rather than the Institute for Fiscal Progress) published The Transit Abundance Playbook

Additional resources: EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles Into the Water, Soil, and Air (David's article in The Atlantic)

Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis (Futurism)

Tire chemical responsible for killing coho salmon in urban streams (U. Washington study)

There’s a Big Problem With Your Car’s Tires (Slate)

Music by Charlie Van Stee (courtesy of bensound)

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