Bicyclists and pedestrians rally against unsafe streets in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — On the City’s Safe Streets Indy map, icons mark dozens, if not hundreds, of locations where there have been traffic accidents in Marion County over the last year. Twenty-four of those crashes led to pedestrian deaths, and a dozen included bicyclist fatalities. Sunday afternoon, some 40 bicyclists, pedestrians and families of crash victims […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WNTZ) - Pedestrian fatalities are climbing in Louisiana even as overall traffic deaths trend downward, safety advocates and athletes warned Wednesday at a Louisiana Highway Safety Commission news conference. “In the last 10 years in Louisiana, pedestrian fatalities have outnumbered motor vehicle passenger fatalities,” said Lisa Freeman,…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission is shining a light on a growing crisis: pedestrian safety. Each year, cars strike and kill about 1,400 people nationwide. In Louisiana alone, 160 pedestrians lose their lives annually, more than the combined number of motorcyclists and bicyclists killed.…
INDIANAPOLIS -- A pedestrian bridge is coming to 86th Street in an effort to enhance safety at one of the Monon Trail's busiest crossings. The Indianapolis Department of Public Works announced that a new pedestrian bridge will be installed at 86th Street near the Monon Trail to provide "walkers, runners,…