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Chicago's metropolitan area has around 10 million people in it. Are you saying that a cyclist killed every third day with that kind of population is considered
by woodruffw 3y ago
Chicago's metropolitan area has around 10 million people in it. Are you saying that a cyclist killed every third day with that kind of population is considered an acceptable loss?
Edit: for context, NYC alone has a comparable population (versus the entire Chicago MSA) and, despite rising cyclist deaths, still has significantly fewer than ~120 a year[1].
Edit: TFA's source for cycling deaths appears to be incorrect; the actual rate is far below ~120/year. The ~120/year number appears to come from a misreading of total pedestrian and cycling deaths in this report[2].
[1]: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/08/07/cyclist-deaths-are-surging-in-nyc https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/08/07/cyclist-deaths-are-su...
[2]: https://activetrans.org/sites/files/crash%20report%202018%20V3.pdf https://activetrans.org/sites/files/crash%20report%202018%20...
- piva00 3y agoAnd also: what's the actual number of cyclists and how much do they travel? It's not close to 10 million, so a comparison with just raw population data doesn't really mean much. I guess there aren't many cyclists and they don't bike as much as the Dutch, making this death statistic even more absurd.
- Retric 3y agoI’m saying the statistic is flat out incorrect. I followed the link and the closest I could find was 13 bicycle deaths and 95 pedestrian fatalities totaling to 108 for the region.
- woodruffw 3y agoThanks; that's my read as well. I'm going to edit my comment.