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Site SearchRaleigh, N.C. — Raleigh is the sixth-most-dangerous metropolitan area in the United States for pedestrians, according to a report released Monday.
Advocacy groups Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership released the "Dangerous by Design" report to link the number of pedestrians killed each year with the limited amount of state and federal transportation money spent on making cities more pedestrian-friendly.
The Raleigh metro area, which also includes Cary, had 43 pedestrian deaths in 2007-08, or about two per 100,000 people, and 1.6 percent of residents walk to work, according to the report. That gave the metro area a "pedestrian danger index" of 128.6, compared with the national index of 52.1 and the North Carolina index of 95.8.
The four most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians, according to the report, are in Florida: Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Miami and Jacksonville. Memphis ranked fifth.
The Charlotte metro area ranked 12th in the report, with a pedestrian danger index of 1.03.
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Most "pedestrians" (and plenty of drivers) I see are too busy texting, talking or fiddling with the latest technology to be paying attention to what they're doing on the road.
The rest of the "pedestrians" I see are usually biking up BUSY roads like Creedmoor Road, or Norwood, or Six Forks Road, and holding up a line of traffic because they are SO into THEIR exercise (and not the fact that some people are actually going to work!) Gasp!
November 9, 2009 7:44 p.m.
Who is blaming drivers for hitting pedestrians who disregard the law and do stupid things? Most of us who have had problems had them with drivers weren't following the law and thought that their precious 10 seconds were more important than a human's life.
November 9, 2009 6:03 p.m.
November 9, 2009 5:16 p.m.
In the crosswalks and at the signal light when they have a green light to cross with.
November 9, 2009 4:45 p.m.
November 9, 2009 4:41 p.m.