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Slightly safer: Cape Coral, Fort Myers inches closer to lessening pedestrian danger


Slightly safer: Cape Coral, Fort Myers inch closer to lessening pedestrian danger
Michael Braun and Kaitlin Greenockle, Fort Myers News-Press
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A 20-year-old Lehigh Acres man was arrested and charged Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, for his involvement in a crash in November, which left two men dead.
Southwest Florida may have gotten safer for pedestrians . but only incrementally and not enough to make safety proponents happy.
The Dangerous by Design 2021 report produced by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition  released Tuesday shows the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area improving safety for pedestrians marginally. It dropped three spots to 11th from eighth among the top 100 United States Metropolitan statistical areas for pedestrian danger. ....

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