North America has the deadliest streets out of any developed nation. We try to address this by putting the responsibility on individuals, using police enforcement and public safety campaigns. But this approach fails to consider the fundamental design flaw in American traffic engineering, how we design streets solely for the speed of vehicles while safety is neglected.

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NHTSA Data
https://www.nhtsa.gov/data

Pedestrian deaths at highest levels since the 80s
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-06-22/danger-afoot-u-s-pedestrian-deaths-at-highest-level-in-41-years

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (book)
https://www.confessions.engineer/

To End Drunk Driving, We Must Disincentivize Driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjs1iStqmc

Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ByEBjf9ktY

The Invention of Jaywalking
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

Mothers Against Drunk Driving Should Also Be Against Zoning
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/1/11/mothers-against-drunk-driving-should-also-be-against-zoning

Displaying Death Tolls on Highways Isn’t Making Anyone Drive Any Safer
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8/24/displaying-death-tolls-on-highways-isnt-making-anyone-drive-any-safer

Uber and Lyft cause more traffic violations
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sfpd-uber-lyft-account-for-two-thirds-of-congestion-related-traffic-violations-downtown/article_1cae1532-c037-5f51-970a-d3b92c39a1ea.html

➜ Timestamps:
0:00 Our streets are insanely dangerous
1:02 How streets are designed
2:58 Personal responsibility
5:37 Drunk/distracted driving
7:55 Designing safer streets
10:02 Bad solutions to road safety
12:08 Why safe streets matter

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