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Everything You Need to Know About Keeping Pedestrians and Bicyclists Safe In Your State, in One Document
January 29, 2025/
Every state legally has to complete a report that shows exactly how it plans to get safer for people on foot and bike — but some do it better than others. A new report breaks down how they could all step up their game.
What if there were a single document that told every U.S. resident exactly how safe their state is — or isn’t — for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users, as well as what that state is doing to save lives?
Turns out there is: the Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment, or VRUSA. And since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, every DOT in the U.S. has been legally required to write one – even if they don’t always do it in ways that are particularly helpful to transportation reform advocates,



