Celebu-Economist: Drunk Driving Safer Than “Drunk Walking”

by Angie Schmitt - Streets blog

Did you know it’s safer to drive in the United States than to walk?

Yep. We’ve built a transportation system that so privileges motorists, is so blind to the needs of those who try to get around any other way, that pedestrians make up 11 percent of trips, but 12 percent of fatalities (traffic engineers, take a bow).
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