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Governors, Ford Join To Combat Pandemic-Related Spike In Teen Driving Deaths
The Governors Association and the Ford Fund have joined to combat the epidemic of teen driving deaths that have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new analysis shows the extent of the issue.
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As teen driving deaths have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), which has partnered with the Ford Motor Company Fund, examines the significant role speed plays in teen driving fatalities and presents parents with practical tools to keep teens safer.
Study Finds Major Relationship
The analysis found that between 2015 and 2019, teens and their passengers – aged 16 to 19 – accounted for a more significant proportion of speed-related fatalities than all other age groups. During the five years, nearly 5,000 teens and their passengers died in speed-related crashes.
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This year, the RTD Board of Directors has been faced with many new challenges. In the face of the pandemic, RTD saw a 70% decrease in ridership, made service cuts, installed plexiglass on buses, and increased cleaning on all vehicles while trying to manage an already damaged budget. Now, the board will be welcoming five new board members while dealing with employee layoffs, budget cuts for 2021, and pressure to secure money for incomplete FasTrack projects.
Dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 will be the board’s biggest hurdle. The impacts of the pandemic have worsened the agency’s financial problems, with ridership down 40% and service running at 60% of pre-pandemic levels. RTD was criticized for ineffective service before the pandemic, with vehicles arriving late and having trips canceled all together due to a lack of operators. Now, buses are being told to by-pass stops if the bus is at capacity, leaving riders waiting at stops for the next scheduled bus.