https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_9AOlur4Jo
A comparison of American cities and Canadian ones on automobile, bike and pedestrian fatality rates. Cities with more bike and transit infrastructure and slower cars tend to be safer for car drivers as much as it is safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
What are your experiences as to what may contribute to higher or lower fatality rates?
Great Video.
To add to this topic a little. (I posted about this in one of my posts talking about urban decline in north america cities).
North america cities and urban centers are not “family focused”. Instead we have a urban sprawl issues, where as families grow in size they are forced (with limited choice) to move into a single family home outside of urban centers.
This then creates a feed back loop into more mothers and fathers now having to commute back into cities where they work, causing more traffic and potentially dangerous roads and streets in said cities.
This issues IMO is deeply rooted in what’s know in the “missing middle” of housing. This all boils down to poor zoning choices by cities and governments. North america housing usually only comes down to two choices, a condo unit, or a single family home.
Have you even noticed how if you are looking for a three bedroom unit for your family in an urban center it’s usually impossible to find? Or how a single family home in the suburbs is more competitively priced with a larger square footage compared?
Here are some great video that talk about some of these points in greater detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOc8ASeHYNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRdwXQb7CfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOdQsZa15o