Name: The Pedestrian Safety Crisis in the U.S.
Author: Angie Schmitt

Course Info

7 video lessons (53 Mins)
Published
2022
4.40

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1.

Introduction

1 min
2.

A Brief History of Pedestrian Safety and Cars

4 mins
3.

Demographic Factors

5 mins
4.

Geographic Factors

12 mins
5.

Vehicle Trends and Pedestrian Deaths

3 mins
6.

Strategies and Solutions

11 mins
7.

Looking Ahead

14 mins

What You Will Learn

Learn the history of how pedestrians have become marginalized.
Understand demographic risk factors.
Understand geographic risk factors.
Understand the trends that have led to rising pedestrian deaths.
Understand institutional barriers and why they need to change.
Learn how changes can be made to lower the risk for pedestrians.
How vehicle trends contribute to risking pedestrian deaths.

Course Description

More than 6,000 pedestrians are getting killed every year on U.S. streets and roads, representing an enormous 50 percent increase since the beginning of the 2010s. Angie Schmitt, the author of the book "Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Crisis of Pedestrian Deaths in America," will talk about the social trends putting people at risk on U.S. streets and roads; why traffic safety is fundamentally a problem of systematic, structural inequality; and what U.S. planners and the public can do about it.