Comments on: Pedestrian Safety: The National Picture http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/02/pedestrian-safety-the-national-picture/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lars http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/02/pedestrian-safety-the-national-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-30431 Lars Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:03:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/02/pedestrian-safety-the-national-picture/#comment-30431 Also, medical technology has improved, so we probably save more people's lives now then we would have in the past. But that might be just a small contribution to the decline. Also, medical technology has improved, so we probably save more people’s lives now then we would have in the past. But that might be just a small contribution to the decline.

]]> By: Juliette Michaelson http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/02/pedestrian-safety-the-national-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-30428 Juliette Michaelson Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/04/02/pedestrian-safety-the-national-picture/#comment-30428 It's likely that the reason the number of pedestrian deaths has gone down so much since 95 is that the number of pedestrian trips taken goes down every year. Instead of considering the number of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents, we should be talking about the number of pedestrian deaths per 1,000 pedestrian trips, and then the number of pedestrian trips over time. It’s likely that the reason the number of pedestrian deaths has gone down so much since 95 is that the number of pedestrian trips taken goes down every year.

Instead of considering the number of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents, we should be talking about the number of pedestrian deaths per 1,000 pedestrian trips, and then the number of pedestrian trips over time.

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