INDUSTRY NEWS

ABSTRACT

Smart Growth America's brand new Dangerous by Design 2022 report provides the most up-to-date look at how dangerous each state and largest metro areas are for people walking or rolling. While the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic upended many aspects of daily life, including how people get around, one terrible, long-term trend was unchanged the alarming increase in people being struck and killed while walking. More than 6,500 people were struck and killed while walking in 2020, an average of nearly 18 per day, and a 4.5 percent increase over 2019. Design has a strong impact on how people drive with higher speeds making conflict harder to spot and avoid and crashes more deadly.