Can Incremental Change Fix Road Safety?

Montgomery County is about to pass a Safe Streets Bill. Traffic deaths and collisions are up. Distracted driving is rampant. Everyone wants safer roads but the only way to get there, it seems, is through small steps taken in the face of institutional and cultural barriers. Sunil Dasgupta talks with pedestrian and bike safety activist Miriam Schoenbaum about the bill and its implications. Local news re DC's tough crime bill expanding pretrial detention for adults and juveniles. Music from the band Finster. Their 2023 album, Crosswinds, now on vinyl: https://t.ly/-bAF. DC's crime bill: https://t.ly/SUJ8X. MoCo Safe Streets Bill: https://t.ly/nF4TL. Legislative report: https://t.ly/Gd1CX.