For a nonprofit with limited resources, it's more important than ever to invite media outlets to amplify important research—in this case, important research with life-and-death implications. Over the last two weeks, Propel ATL’s interactive story map, “The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024,” caught the attention of reporters on television, radio, and online.

The notable stat—that traffic violence took more lives than homicides—led most coverage of the story map's release.

Echoing the report, reporters discussed the numbers, but also took the time to highlight the human lives lost—and families forever changed—by preventable crashes on metro roadways.

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Rebecca Serna, Propel ATL executive director, does an on-camera interview with Alexa Liacko of CBS Atlanta. Photo: Reid Davis for Propel ATL

CBS Atlanta reporter Alexa Liacko focused on artist Allen London, already a traumatic brain injury survivor from a prior crash on Candler Road in south DeKalb County, who ultimately lost his life in a second crash while waiting for a bus on the same roadway.

From left: CBS Atlanta reporter Alexa Liacko interviews sisters Jamilah Shakir, Qur'an Shakir, and Alethea Shakir-Saleem. Photo: Reid Davis for Propel ATL

Similarly, Fox 5’s Rob DiRienzo highlighted the tragic loss of Barry Collier, who left his Lithonia home for a bike ride on Thanksgiving Day and never returned.

Pradeep Sood was the focus of Tracey Amick Peer’s reporting at Atlanta News First. The AmericasMart vendor lost his life while crossing Peachtree Street during a routine lunchtime walk, in the very spot where there had once been a pilot “shared street” project with a mid-block crossing.

Reporting in The Atlanta Journal Constitution (paywall) also highlighted this tragedy, along with another pedestrian who lost his life on the same stretch of Peachtree Street this year.

“The issue got further attention in July when Atlanta City Council member Jason Dozier, a staunch advocate for cyclist and pedestrian safety, was hit by a car while bicycling with his 4-year-old daughter,” wrote AJC reporter Riley Bunch.

Kristal Dixon’s report in Axios Atlanta connected the dots between Atlanta’s numbers and national trends, noting the increasing number of large passenger vehicles with flat, wall-like front ends.

On WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta’s National Public Radio affiliate, reporter Marisa Mecke noted the outsized contribution of the metro area’s state highways to the death and serious-injury totals, noting that many bus stops are also on these dangerous corridors. 

Dec. 18 edition of WABE’s Closer Look with Rose Scott also featured the report via interviews with Rebecca Serna and Rashida Collier (daughter of Barry Collier). 

From left: Rashida Collier, Rose Scott, and Rebecca Serna at WABE. Photo: Reid Davis/Propel ATL

At Capital B Atlanta, the Dec. 6, 2025 newsletter featured a piece by Ann Hill Bond, community engagement editor, which called “The Human Cost of Mobility” “an essential reflection on how transportation infrastructure continues to shape and threaten daily life, especially for our Black neighbors.”

Finally, NBC affiliate WXIA featured a live interview with Rebecca Serna, Propel ATL executive director, on its 11Alive Plus streaming channel. She spent much of the interview outlining ways to prevent deaths and serious injuries on metro Atlanta roadways.