Ray LaHood

Dangerous by design

US Secretary of Transportation, Nov 17, 09.

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Last week, our friends at Transportation For America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership released a valuable report called Dangerous By Design. Yesterday I met with James Corless of t4America and a few of his colleagues from other interest groups about this report and its conclusions.

Now, “Dangerous By Design” has turned a lot of heads and for good reason. It shows that 11.8% of all traffic fatalities in America are pedestrians.

In the meeting Look, no amount of engineering to make the insides of our vehicles safer for occupants is going to protect pedestrians and bicyclists. We need safer roadways. We need roadways designed to account for the needs of everyone who uses them, whether driving, walking, or riding in a wheelchair or on a bicycle.

Full Story: http://fastlane.dot.gov/2009/11/report-calls-for-safer-roadway-planning.html

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