Cars and walking

"Dangerous by Design" is out now. Here’s a couple of quotes:

> More than half of all pedestrian fatalities occur on arterial roads, and over 60 percent of these tragedies occur on roads with speed limits of 40 mph or higher. Speeding is a factor in nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities: that’s nearly 10,000 lives lost each year. Speeding not only increases the likelihood of crashes with people on foot, it increases the probability that those crashes will cause injuries that are far more serious. At 20 mph, the risk of death to a person on foot struck by the driver of a vehicle is 6 percent. At 45 mph, the risk of death is 65 percent.

> Just as we plan and design our communities to protect us from natural disaster, we can plan and design our communities to keep pedestrians safe. And, when we make our streets safe for people on foot, we get streets that are better for everyone—driving a car or truck, riding a bicycle, or taking public transportation.
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> The thing is: we know what needs to be done. We know that street design is the most important approach to make our streets safer—and we know how to plan, design and operate our streets to be safer.

Synopsis form Smart Growth America:
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/2014/05/20/dangerous-by-design-2014-highlights-preventable-pedestrian-fatalities/

Link to full report:
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/documents/dangerous-by-design-2014/dangerous-by-design-2014.pdf

Rick
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Richard Risemberg
http://www.bicyclefixation.com
http://www.SustainableCityNews.com
http://gridlogisticsinc.com
http://www.rickrise.com








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