Street. The nearest crosswalks are about a football field away, if not more traffic experts with unlv told us its probably too much to expect everyone to go that extra distance to cross in a crosswalk. So theyre talking about what can be done. One suggestion is a total rehaul of boulder highway changing it from a highway into more of a regular road. Short of that it could just be adding traffic lights and crosswalks. People who live off boulder highway know how dangerous it can be and some have made conscious decisions to become safer pedestrians. Leedel matthews, lives on boulder highway went to the crosswalk and ill just take my time and make it home. Be a little bit later, 30 mins later, but i take my time and make it there in one piece. The pedestrian advocate we spoke to said shes planning for a late january summit with lawmakers and ndot to talk about what can be done to make boulder highway safer. Reporting live. David schuman. Channel 13 action news. An action news update tonig
Have taken notice of the pedestrian deaths and experts are fighting for changes. 111100 its dangerous, you will die. Dont take a chance. Sadly, its all too common for people to take the chance of crossing boulder highway without a crosswalk. 110428 erin breen no one ever thinks its going to be them and there has been far too many lives lost on this street this year. 11 on boulder highway this year, according to experts. It was enough for leedel matthews to quit jaywalking. 111307 matthews not after seeing all these people dying. Ill just take my time, ill just be a little slower, a little later but ill get home in one piece. Its unrealistic to expect every pedestrian to trek to a crosswalk, which are few and far between. So advocates say a first step is simply to add more. 110839 breen if we had more crosswalks, drivers would get more used to looking for people. Until then, experts urge people to remember that this street is called a highway for a reason. Yourself what is your life wor
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RENO, NV The United States passed a grim milestone this week, when the death toll from coronavirus topped half a million, but other statistics point to the slow waning of the pandemic.
Among these more optimistic figures is the number of new hospitalizations nationwide, which fell last week to just over 56,000, down sharply since the 130,000 recorded in mid-January and the lowest number since November.
Experts attribute the improvement to a variety of factors, including the greater use of masks and social distancing and the spread of vaccinations, especially among the most vulnerable populations.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has been tracking the effect of COVID-19 on hospital capacity since early in the pandemic, releases data each week on tens of thousands of hospitals nationwide showing how close they are to reaching their limit. The latest data for hospitals in Washoe County includes how many adult inpatient and IC