How to Use the ‘Emergency Streets’ Strategy to Move From ‘Crash Response’ to System Change

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By Kevin J. KrizekOct 1, 2026, 12:01 am24 pts
When a fatal crash occurs, we tend to focus immediately on the individual: What was the driver doing? What did the cyclist or pedestrian do? Who made the mistake? Emergency Streets aims to shift that framing. A fatal crash is also a failure of the surface transport system. And often it is a failure that, at…

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