After more than 30 years of declining U.S. pedestrian fatalities, the number began to climb in 2010. Nearly 40,000 pedestrians have died since, according to federal data. Numbers are not yet available for 2018, but the death count is projected to hit more than 6,000. That number disproportionately affects lower income families, according to this new report.
Why?
One suspect is road design. Planners have a professional and moral obligation to take note:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-15/pedestrian-deaths-are-on-the-rise
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