Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts.

This week we take a hard look at Vision Zero, as contributor Nick Sementelli writes that to eliminate traffic deaths in DC the goal must be to get people to drive less.

Meanwhile, a new study reveals that car ownership doesn’t reduce racial disparities in commute times.

And contributor Wyatt Gordon writes about the lack of clear regulation for autonomous vehicles in Virginia, and about a zero-fare transit pilot program in Richmond that may be in jeopardy.

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Vision Zero is meaningless unless we get more drivers off the road
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by Nick Sementelli (Board of Directors) • April 20, 2022

DC residents deserve the truth about what it will take to eliminate traffic deaths.
Study: Black workers face longer commute times despite an uptick in car ownership
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by Kea Wilson (Streetsblog) • April 21, 2022

Despite decades of increases in car ownership, it still takes Black workers 22.4 minutes longer to get to work every week than their White counterparts, according to a new study.
Should autonomous vehicles be regulated in Virginia?
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by Wyatt Gordon (The Virginia Mercury) • April 19, 2022

OPINION: The regulation of autonomous vehicles in the US is largely left to the states, resulting in a patchwork of conflicting and confusing policies where some sort of national approach ought to exist.
Mayor’s proposed budget set to kill Richmond’s zero-fare transit program by summer
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by Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • April 18, 2022

The Department of Rail and Public Transportation grant requires matching funds in order to maintain the program: roughly $1 million in the first year of the pilot, $3 million in the second, and $5 million in the final year before the region is on its own to keep Richmond’s fare-free transit going.

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