In 2017 there were more than 450,000 daily bike trips in New York City, up from 170,000 in 2005. While the increased number of cyclists on the streets of Manhattan provide good PR for the Mayor, the increased bike culture angers pedestrians, citing cyclists who speed, run red lights, shout four letter words, text while cycling, go against traffic, and knockdown the elderly with walkers and canes. In addition, bike lanes and Citi Bike docking stations, combined with on-sidewalk bike parking taking away space from pedestrians, walking the sidewalks of New York has become both a nightmare and a challenge.
Biking is not a new phenomenon in New York. The first bike path in America opened in Brooklyn (1894). More than 500,000 adult New Yorkers use their bicycles more than twice a month, for exercise and transportation.
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Wisconsin saw a three percent decrease in pedestrian traffic deaths according to a Governors Highway Safety Association report. (Shutterstock)
ACROSS WISCONSIN Pedestrian traffic deaths were down 3 percent in Wisconsin in 2020 according to a new report released Thursday.
2020 may have seen the largest increase in pedestrian traffic deaths in years, according to an addendum from Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State. The report was released by the Governor Highway Safety Association (GHSA) this week. Drunken driving, speeding and distracted driving are likely culprits behind the national spike.
There is some good news in the report. Wisconsin is among those that saw a projected decrease in pedestrian deaths in 2020, or the number of people on foot who were killed by drivers.