Our state’s transportation priorities continue to fail vulnerable citizens. A new report by a national research group has found that Wisconsin is the deadliest state in the nation for older drivers. More than one in four fatal crashes in 2016 involved someone over 65. With Wisconsin fast becoming one of the oldest states in the […]
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Nearly 32,000 Americans die each year from traffic accidents. This is the equivalent of a fully loaded jumbo jet crashing each week. Highway engineers go through the morbid exercise of trying to estimate the number of inevitable deaths on any section of roadway they design. Putting this in context – wouldn’t it be ludicrous if an architect estimated that a certain number of people would inevitably die annually as a direct result of using a building she designs?
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Reason 5. Changing demographics show that young people want to walk, bike and take transit – we must invest in our future and meet these needs. Demographic information from across America shows that young people want to live and work in places where they can walk, bike and take transit to work. Studies show that […]
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