A People-First Approach
At first glance, it can be hard to see the choices, both big and small, that have gone into creating our communities. And because of this, too many fail to realize one of the most powerful things in addressing traffic violence: we can make different choices in designing our transportation systems.
Street design for safety
Our streets are dangerous by design, but relatively simple and affordable changes can improve the safety of people walking. A range of techniques are available to communities to improve visibility, reduce conflict points, shorten crossing distances, and encourage safer speeds.
Learn more about efforts in Buffalo and Detroit to reduce pedestrian deaths
Since 2018, Detroit, Michigan has achieved a 40 percent decrease in the number of people hit and killed while walking. Buffalo, NY achieved a 50 percent decrease. Learn more about their strategies to address dangerous design.
Dangerous by Design Technical Assistance: Our champions leading change
Champions have been fighting to reclaim space from automobiles since they were first introduced. They have had the passion, dedication, and vision to push back on the notion that prioritizing cars is a foregone conclusion.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided support for data analysis and synthesis used in the report under cooperative agreement OT18-1802 supporting the Active People, Healthy NationSM Initiative, a national initiative led by the CDC to help 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027.
Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/activepeoplehealthynation/index.html. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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