-> The Roadway Safety Institute reports in a recent project in which University of MN researchers evaluated whether a phenomenon known as “safety in numbers” was observable in crash data collected for Minneapolis, MN\u2014one of the few cities that currently has a sufficiently rich dataset of pedestrian and bicyclist counts to allow for meaningful safety analysis. (Safety in Numbers? Accessibility, Traffic, and Safety of Nonmotorized Travelers: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2fP7bNB) Researchers found that safety in numbers played a positive role: 1) pedestrians were at a lower risk of being hit by a driver at intersections with more pedestrian traffic, and individual drivers were at a lower risk of hitting pedestrians at intersections with more car traffic, and 2) intersections with more vehicles and cyclists exhibited lower crash rates. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2fPyzeh
\nfrom CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
-> The Roadway Safety Institute reports in a recent project in which University of MN researchers evaluated whether a phenomenon known as “safety in numbers” was observable in crash data collected for Minneapolis, MN\u2014one of the few cities that currently has a sufficiently rich dataset of pedestrian and bicyclist counts to allow for meaningful safety … <\/p>\n