by Ben Fried
Earlier this week, Ken Archer at Greater Greater Washington posted this revealing graphic showing the relationship between the amount of driving we do in the United States and the death toll on our roads. Even as conventional traffic safety techniques have made driving less deadly, the rise in miles driven knocked back those improvements. It wasn’t until our collective mileage flattened out that safety gains could be fully realized. Thousands of lives were saved when the growth in driving came to a halt.
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https://streetsblog.net/2010/07/29/traffic-reduction-saves-lives-so-why-isnt-it-a-top-public-health-concern/oldId.20100804220343731
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