Who Are Detroit’s Streets For? By Angie Schmitt | Oct 4, 2018 | No Comments Keith Crain is part of an aging old guard upset at seeing one of its privileges -- speeding through Detroit -- threatened.
How Lazy Coverage of Pedestrian Deaths Obscures Why Streets Are So Dangerous By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2018 | No Comments Journalists should be more skeptical of police accounts of pedestrian deaths.
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths By Angie Schmitt | Jul 9, 2018 | No Comments A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
L.A. Times Editorial Raises Double Standards on Traffic Deaths vs. Gun Deaths By Joe Linton | Apr 5, 2018 | No Comments L.A. electeds, including councilmember Mitch O'Farrell decry gun violence, but are ok with traffic violence
How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2018 | No Comments An analysis of news headlines in Canada identified rhetorical patterns that deflect culpability from drivers.
L.A. City Council and Media Are Getting the Bicyclist Lawsuit Stories Wrong By Joe Linton | Feb 7, 2018 | No Comments The L.A. Times, KCET, and L.A. City Councilmember Mitch Englander are wrong in their characterization of recent bike lane lawsuits.