Hoboken, New Jersey, Has Recorded Zero Traffic Deaths for Three Years Straight
The Manhattan skyline visible from Hoboken, NJ, which is becoming a walker's (and biker's and scoot-er's) paradise. (Photo by Shinya Suzuki / CC BY-ND 2.0) Walking is good exercise; it’s literally the first step on the road to better health. But it’s also more dangerous than it ought to be if crossing streets or roads is involved. According to a national highway safety organization, it looks like the pedestrian death rate on the nation’s roads is on track to set an all-time record in 2020 despite — or perhaps because of — the drop in vehicle miles traveled. One reason for the seemin...
Source: nextcity.org