New Yorkers are killed in traffic crashes at a far higher rate than residents of peer cities. Bringing New York’s traffic safety into line with Berlin or Paris would save more than 100 lives per year. Image: Transportation Alternatives
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B’ Spokes: Wow, that’s bad but how does that compare to Baltimore? Our fatality rate is 6.0, that’s almost twice the New York rate. Well Baltimore is crazy so surely things get better when looking at the State as a whole with all it’s rural areas. Maryland’s fatality rate is 9.6, three times that of New York City. But don’t panic yet, because of sprawl and “needing” a car to get around in Maryland we have a lot of miles driven so our fatality rate per miles driven is about average.
Seriously are we supposed to feel safer because we have a lot of cars zooming around versus the rate at which we pick off random members of the population via out of control cars? Should we be thankful for our longer commute times because the more people spending more time in the car makes us “safer”?
At least Baltimore is spending highway safety money for improved roads… for the Grand Prix??? In New York they are demanding Zero Tolerance for Traffic Deaths, maybe we should do the same?
Read more about New York City’s efforts: Advocates: Ethical Standards Demand Zero Tolerance for Traffic DeathsoldId.20110613063855200