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Pedestrian deaths are at a 40 year high. https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safety-fatalities-governors-association https://www.vox.com/237

• CalRobert 2y ago
  Which is even more worrying considering that this happens as far fewer people walk to school. https://walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Final_WBTSresearch_2021.pdf https://walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fina... """ In 1969, 48 percent of students in grades K through eight (ages 5 through 14) walked or bicycled to school. In 2017, only 11 percent of students in grades K through eight walked or bicycled to school. In 1969, 89 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within one mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school. In 2009, only 35 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within a mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school even once a week """
• newzisforsukas 2y ago
  The reasons seem to be more complicated than that article (and the common narrative) suggests This page has a more clear statistical picture, though no interpretation. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedestrians https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedes...