Hoboken, New Jersey has recorded no traffic deaths since 2017, a result credited to expanded public transit investment, wider curbs for walkability, and camera data used to redesign crash-prone intersections. Officials note that proving an intersection's danger before acting on it remains a persistent obstacle, even in a success story. A similarly sharp improvement occurred in Edmonton, Alberta, which cut traffic fatalities by 63% and serious injuries by 40% between 2015 and 2020 through speed limit changes and crosswalk signal upgrades.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-10-21
Code strings found in the latest Digital Wellbeing beta (v1.48.975819457.beta) reveal that Google is preparing to deprecate the 'Heads Up' feature, which warns users to watch where they're walking. The strings include an in-app alert telling users that 'walking detection is going away soon.' The opt-in feature, introduced in 2021, uses motion sensors and location data to detect walking with the screen unlocked and nudge users to look up.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
California still requires drivers to carry only $15,000 per person and $30,000 per crash in liability insurance, a threshold set in 1967 and never updated for inflation. By contrast, actuarial estimates now put the cost of a fatal traffic death at roughly $1.6 million, meaning the mandated coverage covers a small fraction of the real financial harm a driver can cause. Massachusetts, which pioneered mandatory insurance in 1927 with a $5,000 minimum (about $96,000 today), only recently raised its own outdated cap to $25,000.
maxmautner.com
· 2026-09-12
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