Jonathan Adkins
@jraindc.bsky.social
Dog Dad to Chester, husband to Ben, college sports lover, CEO of the Governors Highway Safety Association
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Tech embracer Rick Birt with BusPatrol meets reality checker @davidzipper.bsky.social on “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
Despite their differences, there's one key emerging tech all three agree on. What is it? Listen to the full episode!
▶️ https://youtu.be/zjAQoP9W3Ps
Despite their differences, there's one key emerging tech all three agree on. What is it? Listen to the full episode!
▶️ https://youtu.be/zjAQoP9W3Ps
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tech embracer Rick Birt with BusPatrol meets reality checker @davidzipper.bsky.social on “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
Despite their differences, there's one key emerging tech all three agree on. What is it? Listen to the full episode!
▶️ https://youtu.be/zjAQoP9W3Ps
Despite their differences, there's one key emerging tech all three agree on. What is it? Listen to the full episode!
▶️ https://youtu.be/zjAQoP9W3Ps
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3️⃣ of the biggest worries on our roads:
🍸 Drunk drivers
📱 Distracted drivers
⚡ Super speeders
Leah Shahum with @visionzeronet.bsky.social has an idea for addressing all three. Hear her explain on the latest episode of “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
🍸 Drunk drivers
📱 Distracted drivers
⚡ Super speeders
Leah Shahum with @visionzeronet.bsky.social has an idea for addressing all three. Hear her explain on the latest episode of “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
3️⃣ of the biggest worries on our roads:
🍸 Drunk drivers
📱 Distracted drivers
⚡ Super speeders
Leah Shahum with @visionzeronet.bsky.social has an idea for addressing all three. Hear her explain on the latest episode of “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
🍸 Drunk drivers
📱 Distracted drivers
⚡ Super speeders
Leah Shahum with @visionzeronet.bsky.social has an idea for addressing all three. Hear her explain on the latest episode of “The Intersection," hosted by GHSA CEO @jraindc.bsky.social.
🚦It’s time to meet us at “The Intersection,” a new safety-focused videocast & podcast hosted by me!
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🎙️ Helping kick things off,
@Lynda_Tran
& Nicole Nason talk about transportation, safety & Washington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGv...
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🎙️ Helping kick things off,
@Lynda_Tran
& Nicole Nason talk about transportation, safety & Washington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGv...
The Intersection 🎙️ | Episode 1
YouTube video by Governors Highway Safety Association
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚦It’s time to meet us at “The Intersection,” a new safety-focused videocast & podcast hosted by me!
.
🎙️ Helping kick things off,
@Lynda_Tran
& Nicole Nason talk about transportation, safety & Washington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGv...
.
🎙️ Helping kick things off,
@Lynda_Tran
& Nicole Nason talk about transportation, safety & Washington
www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGv...
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If someone gets cited for driving >100mph, why *wouldn't* you want tech to prevent them from doing it again?
That's the logic behind this new batch of state bills about Intelligent Speed Assist. It makes total sense.
That's the logic behind this new batch of state bills about Intelligent Speed Assist. It makes total sense.
Some good news in transportation policy (for a change):
From Virginia to California, states are ready to use Intelligent Speed Assist to prevent habitually reckless drivers from super-speeding.
Both Rs and Ds are supportive.
Me, in @fastcompany.com 🧵
From Virginia to California, states are ready to use Intelligent Speed Assist to prevent habitually reckless drivers from super-speeding.
Both Rs and Ds are supportive.
Me, in @fastcompany.com 🧵
Virginia will use technology to slow chronic speeders’ cars—and other states are rushing to join in
Intelligent Speed Assist can prevent a car from exceeding the speed limit. Republicans in Virginia just passed a law to make it a punishment for repeated traffic violations—and other states may soon f...
www.fastcompany.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If someone gets cited for driving >100mph, why *wouldn't* you want tech to prevent them from doing it again?
That's the logic behind this new batch of state bills about Intelligent Speed Assist. It makes total sense.
That's the logic behind this new batch of state bills about Intelligent Speed Assist. It makes total sense.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/w...
The Dutch Love Their Bicycles. Helmets? Not So Much. (Gift Article)
Cyclists comprise the highest number of road fatalities in the Netherlands. The country has introduced a campaign to promote helmets, but many cyclists are not convinced.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/w...
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"We owe it to our nation’s youth to do everything possible to keep them safe as they’re walking, biking and scooting... Empowering states to work directly with community groups can be a model to improve roadway safety for youth across the country.” www.ghsa.org/news/keeping... @ghsahq.bsky.social
Keeping Kids Safe on the Road: Groups Provide Funding for Youth Traffic Safety in Three States
GHSA and the National Road Safety Foundation are funding projects in rural and underserved areas to provide safe options for youth walking, biking and/or riding scooters.
www.ghsa.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"We owe it to our nation’s youth to do everything possible to keep them safe as they’re walking, biking and scooting... Empowering states to work directly with community groups can be a model to improve roadway safety for youth across the country.” www.ghsa.org/news/keeping... @ghsahq.bsky.social
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holy shit. families for safe streets just passed the nation’s first law requiring repeat reckless drivers get automated speed limiters installed on their cars.
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
We are beyond excited to announce that Virginia has just made history by passing HB2096, the #StopSuperSpeeders bill—the first of its kind in the nation at the state level! 🎉
March 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
holy shit. families for safe streets just passed the nation’s first law requiring repeat reckless drivers get automated speed limiters installed on their cars.
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
(real quick, let’s talk about why this is a game changer…)
wapo.st/41ZHQ6G
Exciting news for roadway safety!
Exciting news for roadway safety!
Waymo wants to put self-driving taxis in the District next year
Cars without a driver behind the wheel aren’t legal in D.C. Waymo hopes the city will change the laws to allow its autonomous vehicles on city streets.
wapo.st
March 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
wapo.st/41ZHQ6G
Exciting news for roadway safety!
Exciting news for roadway safety!
This is interesting on a number of levels. While I don't agree with every point, as it relates to the behavioral highway safety programs, NHTSA has overly-emphasized process over outcomes.
1) Talk does not equal action.
2) Fear of conflict is paralyzing.
3) Prioritize your priorities.
4) Don't over-process.
5) Make it hard to dismantle.
6) Outcomes matter.
t4america.org/2025/03/04/l...
2) Fear of conflict is paralyzing.
3) Prioritize your priorities.
4) Don't over-process.
5) Make it hard to dismantle.
6) Outcomes matter.
t4america.org/2025/03/04/l...
Lessons learned from the missed opportunities of the Biden Administration - Transportation For America
With the Biden presidency in the rearview mirror, we can look back at where the administration succeeded and failed and what lessons we can take for the future. Joe Biden promised to tackle the climat...
t4america.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is interesting on a number of levels. While I don't agree with every point, as it relates to the behavioral highway safety programs, NHTSA has overly-emphasized process over outcomes.
New pedestrian safety data: modest improvements since 2023, but deaths up 48% from a decade ago.
www.ghsa.org/news/early-2...
www.ghsa.org/news/early-2...
Early 2024 U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Up 48% From a Decade Ago
Drivers hit and killed 3,304 people walking in the United States in the first half of 2024, down 2.6% from the year before but a staggering 48% above a decade ago, according to a new analysis from GHS...
www.ghsa.org
March 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New pedestrian safety data: modest improvements since 2023, but deaths up 48% from a decade ago.
www.ghsa.org/news/early-2...
www.ghsa.org/news/early-2...
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Scott Bessent is confirmed as treasury secretary, giving the billionaire a key role in trying to extend Trump's tax cuts.
Vote was 67-23: MD's two senators voted no, VA's voted yea.
Fifth in line of presidential succession, Bessent is now the highest-ranking openly-gay person in American history.
Vote was 67-23: MD's two senators voted no, VA's voted yea.
Fifth in line of presidential succession, Bessent is now the highest-ranking openly-gay person in American history.
January 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Scott Bessent is confirmed as treasury secretary, giving the billionaire a key role in trying to extend Trump's tax cuts.
Vote was 67-23: MD's two senators voted no, VA's voted yea.
Fifth in line of presidential succession, Bessent is now the highest-ranking openly-gay person in American history.
Vote was 67-23: MD's two senators voted no, VA's voted yea.
Fifth in line of presidential succession, Bessent is now the highest-ranking openly-gay person in American history.
Many of us are closely watching to see how things go with congestion pricing. Could it expand to other cities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/n...
NYC Congestion Pricing Results Are Mixed but Some Commutes Improve (Gift Article)
Many commuters continue to oppose the new tolling program in New York City even as some drivers and bus riders are spending less time trapped in traffic.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Many of us are closely watching to see how things go with congestion pricing. Could it expand to other cities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/n...
This is far too serious of an issue to simply say, "We told you so." But, it's no surprise that with less traffic enforcement, we've seen a spike in traffic deaths since COVID. Enforcement must be part of a comprehensive approach to roadway safety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/n...
January 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is far too serious of an issue to simply say, "We told you so." But, it's no surprise that with less traffic enforcement, we've seen a spike in traffic deaths since COVID. Enforcement must be part of a comprehensive approach to roadway safety.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/n...
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This from @gregshill.bsky.social is absolutely on point. No high-income country has reduced road fatalities without significant levels of enforcement of laws. Pretending the US could do otherwise simply ignores the lessons from comparative policies
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This from @gregshill.bsky.social is absolutely on point. No high-income country has reduced road fatalities without significant levels of enforcement of laws. Pretending the US could do otherwise simply ignores the lessons from comparative policies
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mainstream organizations like MADD, GHSA and the National Safety Council never bought into the anti-enforcement hysteria. Fair traffic enforcement is one of many strategies that will help us end traffic deaths in our lifetime.
Road-safety activists claim that fewer police and better-designed streets will make driving less deadly, writes Gregory H. Shill. But they should redirect some energy away from the design-industrial complex and “toward targeting the deadliest behaviors”:
You Can’t Design Reckless Driving Away
Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mainstream organizations like MADD, GHSA and the National Safety Council never bought into the anti-enforcement hysteria. Fair traffic enforcement is one of many strategies that will help us end traffic deaths in our lifetime.
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Must read!!!
🚨 In @theatlantic.com today, I argue the safe streets movement has taken a weird turn. Under the banner Vision Zero, not only is there just one acceptable solution—costly road redesign—but reformers now dismiss the importance of enforcement. Expedient, but deadly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reckless Driving Isn’t Just a Design Problem
Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Must read!!!
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🚨 In @theatlantic.com today, I argue the safe streets movement has taken a weird turn. Under the banner Vision Zero, not only is there just one acceptable solution—costly road redesign—but reformers now dismiss the importance of enforcement. Expedient, but deadly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reckless Driving Isn’t Just a Design Problem
Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 In @theatlantic.com today, I argue the safe streets movement has taken a weird turn. Under the banner Vision Zero, not only is there just one acceptable solution—costly road redesign—but reformers now dismiss the importance of enforcement. Expedient, but deadly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...