Every day, people are hit while walking, biking, or crossing the street. Older adults and people with disabilities depend on safe sidewalks and protected crossings to get anywhere at all. Cities and states have tools that work: protected bike lanes, safer street designs, speed cameras, and speed limits that fit conditions. They also depend on federal guidance and public crash data to know what works and where people are dying. When that guidance and data disappear from public view, local leaders lose evidence they need, and the people who pay for it are pedestrians, cyclists, and families. Safety information gathered with public money belongs to the public. Congress funds these measures for a reason, and it should not be quietly undone by an agency. Require the Department of Transportation to keep proven road safety tools and crash data publicly available and in use.
Every day, people are hit while walking, biking, or crossing the street. Older adults and people with disabilities depend on safe sidewalks and protected crossings to get anywhere at all. Cities and states have tools that work: protected bike lanes, safer street designs, speed cameras, and speed limits that fit conditions. They also depend on federal guidance and public crash data to know what works and where people are dying. When that guidance and data disappear from public view, local leaders lose evidence they need, and the people who pay for it are pedestrians, cyclists, and families. Safety information gathered with public money belongs to the public. Congress funds these measures for a reason, and it should not be quietly undone by an agency. Require the Department of Transportation to keep proven road safety tools and crash data publicly available and in use.
