Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System

by Wes Marshall

In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.

Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation. This goes for traffic engineers in particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1642833304
• ISBN13: 9781642833300
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"