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...I'm reading that there were 16 fatalities in southern Manhattan so far this year? That's admittedly much lower than I expected, but more than three. Am I rea
by Wowfunhappy 5y ago
...I'm reading that there were 16 fatalities in southern Manhattan so far this year? That's admittedly much lower than I expected, but more than three. Am I reading the data incorrectly? https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/traffic_data/fatalities/traffic-fatalities-pbms.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/traffic_data/...
And that's only the people who died, not all the people who were permanently handicapped.
Edit: https://vzv.nyc/ https://vzv.nyc/ is cool. It looks like we are in fact better at keeping people alive than I realized, but cars still lead to an awful lot of serious injuries.
- NovemberWhiskey 5y ago>I'm reading that there were 16 fatalities in southern Manhattan so far this year? That's admittedly much lower than I expected, but more than three. Am I reading the data incorrectly? The reporting unit that you're looking at is the Manhattan South "Patrol Borough"; this includes up to 59th St so it's a much larger chunk of the city. That's coincidentally the zone that is covered by the proposed congestion pricing.