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Orlando metro area most dangerous in US for pedestrians, report says Share Updated: 4:41 PM EST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 4:41 PM EST Mar 10, 2021
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Show Transcript SUGGESTING TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS HERE. WE’VE BEEN NUMBER ONE ON THIS LIST BEFORE. DAMON: A LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP REGULARLY PROMOTES CROSSWALK ENFORCEMENT EVENTS, OFTEN ENDING IN DOZENS OF WARNINGS AND TICKETS FOR DRIVERS, BUT IN A REPORT FROM SMART GROWTH AMERICA, THE METRO HAD 740 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS FROM 2010-2019. WE NEED MORE SIDEWALKS. WE NEED MORE DEDICATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIANS. DAMON: NEW CROSSWALKS WERE ADDED TO AN HISTORICALLY BAD STRETCH OF OBT. THE SIGNAL CROSSWALKS TELL DRIVERS TO STOP WHEN ACTIVATED. WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE ARE MAKING NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, IF YOU SEE A PEDESTRIAN, THE FIRST THING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS YOUR FOOT SHOULD COME OFF THE GAS PEDAL. TROOPERS SAY IN SEM
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The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford area is once again the most dangerous metropolitan area in the United States for pedestrians. That’s according to the latest Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design 2021 report.
“What can I do to make sure the next #DangerousByDesign doesn’t show these numbers?”
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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Soar In Total Failure As States Prioritize Vehicle Speed, Traffic Flow
Florida topped most-deadly rankings of states and metro areas in the new Dangerous By Design report.
Pedestrian traffic-safety measures have been “a total failure” according to an advocacy group’s new report that found U.S. pedestrian fatalities jumped 45% over the last decade as planners prioritized vehicle speed and traffic flow over the lives of those on foot.
The report, “Dangerous by Design 2021,” compiled by the urban planning nonprofit Smart Growth America, found that from 2010 to 2019, nearly every state in the U.S. grew more dangerous for pedestrians than the year prior, even though overall traffic fatalities trended downward. It also found alarming disparities in deaths based on the victims’ location, age and race.
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