In Durham, North Carolina, 28 people are killed every year in motor vehicle collisions. Our most urgent moral need in cities is to solve the public health crisis that we have wrought with our transportation system. This means wrestling with the problems of car-dependency and an underinvestment in public transit. This also means acknowledging that traffic safety is not an isolated issue and is deeply connected to the issues of land use, housing affordability, poverty, and equity. The availability of free parking, the bollards protecting bike lanes, the curb radii used at intersections, and the distribution of affordable housing are all examples of infrastructure that directly impacts how the space in our cities is used, and in turn on the quality of life for the residents of our cities.