“We must use every tool available to improve safety for pedestrians,” declare the authors.
So is better, safer street design.
People walk along dangerous roads despite the clear safety risk.
This is not user error.
The state’s department of transportation is now working to make Florida’s roadways safer for all users.
(See"5 Questions About Complete Streets in Florida for Transportation Secretary Billy Hattaway.")
That dubious honor goes to Hawaii.
(See the sidebar below.)
To date, more than 1,000 communities in the United States have adopted Complete Streets policies.
However, in too many communities, the Surgeon General’s encouragement that people “Step It Up!”
can be, notes theDangerous by Designreport, “a dangerous or potentially deadly prescription.”
Some populations are especially at risk.
Melissa Stanton is the editor of AARP.org/Livable.
