Quick-build projects for safer streets
SGA's Complete Streets Leadership Academies in Alaska, California, Connecticut, and Tennessee supported local agencies and state DOTs to collaborate, innovate, and commit to making changes together to address safety on dangerous state-owned roads.
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Webinar: How street design contributes to the pedestrian safety crisis
On Thursday, June 6 from 1-2:30 p.m., we’re hosting a webinar to dive into our upcoming report, Dangerous by Design 2024, which will be released May 30th. Register here. 7,522 people were struck and killed while walking in 2022. This crisis isn’t new—pedestrian fatalities are on a consistent upward trajectory and have increased by 75 … Continued
Healing Our Highways Convening: Atlanta, GA
Healing Our Highways is a grant program led by Smart Growth America’s Arts and Culture team providing funding and technical assistance for arts and culture projects that confront the harms perpetuated through our transportation system on marginalized communities of color. On May 15, 2024, a cozy Filipino restaurant in a suburban Atlanta Asian shopping plaza was filled with energy, connection, and delicious food as the Healing Our Highways cohort of artists and cultural workers deliberated on strategies for community organizing, building power, and making change.