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Traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths are higher than they have been in…
Traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths are higher than they have been in decades.
Symptoms
Local statistics:
40 traffic fatalities in 2021
DCist:
"
2021 Was Deadliest Year On The D.C. Roads Since 2007
"
Other news about traffic fatalities
National data:
CDC: "pedestrian deaths were higher in 2020 than they have been since 1989 or 1988"
Consequences
Increase in deaths
Anger among constituents
Decreased feeling of safety in community
Community becomes less useful from pedestrian perspective
Causes
Increase caused by:
COVID - people drove less for a while, then started again
Were people "out of practice" and less safe?
Were people more reckless?
Is infrastructure becoming less pedestrian-friendly?
Baseline deaths caused by:
"Car culture"
Laws that favor drivers over pedestrians
i.e. right on red
Infrastructure that favors drivers over pedestrians
i.e. highways, no useable sidewalks