Journalists Missing that Road Design is Key to Pedestrian Safety

David Alpert writes about coverage of the GHSA report in the Washington Post and Examiner, which he says "reveal the intense windshield perspective still pervasive in mainstream media":

The GHSA report speculates that increased pedestrian fatalities are result of all sorts of trends like distracted driving and walking, or even efforts to get more people walking like First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign. What's not discussed is the fact that the rate of fatalities may be falling and the all-too-infrequently discussed root cause that our streets are not designed to accommodate pedestrians:

"It's easy to blame iPods or Michelle Obama, but more important to work to make the roadway network actually usable by pedestrians. That's the real way to improve both the numbers of people walking and their safety."

Thanks to Erik Weber