Why We Care About Some Transportation Tragedies More Than Others

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By Kea WilsonMar 28, 2024, 12:48 am342 pts
American media outlets and transportation officials are scrambling to explain the cascading failures that caused the collapse of a key Baltimore bridge. But what if we treated our national epidemic of car crashes with that same degree of urgency — not to mention that same holistic approach to saving lives?…

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