PHILADELPHIA Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb.
The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks' young sons as they crossed the 12-lane ro
Black communities have been hit especially hard amid a national surge in traffic fatalities. The sobering statistics could give new momentum to plans to redesign what is known in Philadelphia as the "corridor of death," Roosevelt Boulevard.
Amid a national surge in traffic fatalities with Black communities hit especially hard, plans to redesign Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia could be gaining traction.