Mean Streets 2000

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Mean Streets 2000
Photo courtesy of Dan Burden, Walkable Communities
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Pedestrian Deaths in 1997-1998
10,696 13 of all traffic fatalities
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Walking Is More Dangerous than Driving or Flying,
per Mile Traveled

• Deaths per 100 Million Miles Traveled

Driving 1.4
Flying 0.2
Walking 49.9
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Most Dangerous Large Metro Areas for Walking
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Where Pedestrians Are Killed
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Walking Is Declining, While the Number of
Overweight Adults Is Climbing
Based on data from the Nationwide Personal
Transportation Survey and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

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More People Are Overweight in Places Where People
Walk Less
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Children Are Walking Less and More Are Becoming
Overweight
Based on data from the Nationwide Personal
Transportation Survey and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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Neglect of Pedestrian Safety

• Trips Made on Foot 5.4
• Traffic Fatalities that Are Pedestrians 13
• Federal Transportation Spending for Pedestrians
  0.6

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Highway Comparison
States Spending of Federal Funds, National
Average

• Pedestrian Projects
• 55 per Person

• Highways and Bridges
• 72 per Person

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Solutions for Safer Streets

• Retrofit streets with traffic calming
• Spend on pedestrian safety in proportion to
  pedestrian deaths
• Design new streets and neighborhoods for walking
• Collect more information on pedestrian safety