[passcoalition] Re: traffic deaths
- From: Gene Bourquin DHA <oandmhk@xxxxxxx>
- To: <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:28:51 -0500
Pedestrian deaths are definitely at the lowest rate ever. This is both locally
and nationally. More pedestrians were killed by horses on NY streets a hundred
years ago than today by motor vehicles. The contemporary trend has been less
and less morbidity and mortality. There are no disagreements on these stats.
Modern design and engineering have made pedestrians, in general, much safer.
Gene
From: sharrob1@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [passcoalition] Re: traffic deaths
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:26:17 -0500
Hi,
I don't see how they can be at their lowest. It
seems to me that I hear miuch more often about someone getting hit, including
the 11-year old boy who was killed in the Bronx the other day.
Sharlene
----- Original Message -----
From:
Gene Bourquin DHA
To: PASS listserv
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:44
AM
Subject: [passcoalition] traffic
deaths
NY1 has a new
piece this morning on pedestrian deaths at certain crossings. All of the
crossing were at wide boulevards like Atlantic Ave, Queens
Boulevard, etc. The reporter completed the piece by noting
that pedestrian deaths were now at their lowest level ever, noting
countdown signals and shorter crossing lengths because
of pedestrian islands. Then on the screen, in an act of cruel
irony, they show the pedestrian island at 9th Ave. and 23rd Street, where
there are no detectable warning surfaces and no way for us to know the island
is there.
Enjoy the great
weather.
Gene
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