6 Tweets Feb 17, 2023
1/ Across the country, more pedestrians were killed in 2021 than at any time in the past 40 years.
Pedestrian deaths, however, have been rising for more than a decade. Contained within the statistics are countless human tragedies like Allison Hart's. vox.com
2/ A four-stop crossing in Washington, DC, marks the place where, in September 2021, 5-year-old Allie was killed while riding her bike. Read more: trib.al
3/ One year since the tragedy, Allie’s mother, Jessica, continues to navigate through her grief while fighting for safer streets.
"It's just a nightmare, but also it's just like, my daughter dies, and nothing changes. How could that be?" trib.al
4/ Poorly designed infrastructure is one of the main reasons why the US has a traffic fatality rate that is about 50% higher than other comparable nations. vox.com
5/ Vehicle design is also a key component of the pedestrian fatality crisis, and it's one that researchers have known about for decades. vox.com
6/ In @marincogan's latest, read about the dangers of large vehicles and unsafe streets, and the mother commemorating her daughter's life by fighting for change.
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