{"id":143057675,"date":"2009-07-14T18:14:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T18:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143057675"},"modified":"2009-07-14T18:14:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T18:14:35","slug":"a-strategy-for-traffic-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143057675","title":{"rendered":"A Strategy for Traffic Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Baltimore Spokes: Something very similar could be written about Baltimore.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite acres of new pedestrian space and a 1,800-mile bicycle network in
\ndevelopment, in 2007 there were still 79,510 car crashes in our city, including
\n11,035 incidents of a motor vehicle hitting a pedestrian. In 2007, 273 people
\nwere killed in car crashes and the majority of them were pedestrians. Being
\nstruck by a car while walking remains the number two cause of injury-related
\ndeath for New York City adults over 45, second only to an accidental fall, and
\nit is the number one injury-related cause of death for New York City children
\nunder 14. It is increasingly evident that the fatal consequences of New York
\nCity streets are reliant on more than infrastructure. What good is a crosswalk
\nwith a car blocking it? What use are red lights when 1.23 million vehicles
\nspeed through them every day? This everyday behavior terrifies New Yorkers.
\nThe lack of action to counter this behavior is a problem. As the number of
\npedestrians, cyclists and drivers killed in New York City car crashes remains
\nunchanged, the number of summons issued for the most dangerous traffic
\nviolations is actually declining. Transportation Alternatives\u2019 Executive Order:
\nA Mayoral Strategy for Traffic Safety outlines the breadth of the problem,
\nand on the basis of our expertise, offers extensive recommendations towards
\na solution. Mayor Bloomberg, we strongly urge you to recognize the problem
\nof traffic safety; please read, consider and act on the recommendations
\noutlined herein.\n<\/p>\n

In the month of October 2008, there were 16 reported instances in which a
\nvehicle crashed into a person. Between October 1 and October 24 alone,
\nseven people were struck by cars and were fortunate enough to survive. In
\nthose same 24 days, motor vehicle drivers killed 11 pedestrians and 2 cyclists:
\nfive of the drivers hit and ran; one drove on a suspended license; none of the
\ndrivers were charged with a crime. Had the moving violations that caused
\nthese deaths, the speeding, red light running and failure to yield not resulted
\nin a crash, it is extremely unlikely that any of the drivers\u2019 illegal actions
\nwould have been caught. However these fatalities are not the only disastrous
\neffect of the failure to enforce moving violations. For every fatality, there are
\nhundreds of crashes that cause debilitating injury, for every injury there are
\nthousands of terrifying crashes, and for every crash there are millions of New
\nYorkers whose quality of life suffers under the toll of dangerous traffic in their
\ncommunity.<\/p>\n


\nhttps:\/\/transalt.org\/files\/newsroom\/reports\/2009\/Executive_Order.pdf<\/a>oldId.20090714181435831<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Baltimore Spokes: Something very similar could be written about Baltimore.] Despite acres of new pedestrian space and a 1,800-mile bicycle network in development, in 2007 there were still 79,510 car crashes in our city, including 11,035 incidents of a motor vehicle hitting a pedestrian. In 2007, 273 people were killed in car crashes and the … <\/p>\n

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