Pedestrian safety is front and center on Cincinnati streets once again this week. Two deaths and two injuries in a span of about 72 hours, in three different neighborhoods. The city has made pedestrian safety a top priority. "People have to slow down. It's just crazy at every neighborhood people are speeding up and down the streets," council member Jan Michele Lemon Kearney said.$1.5 million is in the budget for safety projects. However, most would agree that is not nearly enough to deal with the problem. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, a pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling at 40 miles per hour has an 80 percent likelihood of serious injury or deathCincinnati has a program called Vision Zero — part of a national campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate all traffic-related deaths and severe injuries. More than 200 projects were planned for design and construction last year but because of COVID-19, many rolled over into this year. "All related to slowing traffic down because if you are hit by a car and you're going slow, it's not going to be fatal and if it's fast and speeding, we can lose lives and we have lost lives," council member Greg Landsman said.
Pedestrian safety is front and center on Cincinnati streets once again this week. Two deaths and two injuries in a span of about 72 hours, in three different neighborhoods. The city has made pedestrian safety a top priority.
"People have to slow down. It's just crazy at every neighborhood people are speeding up and down the streets," council member Jan Michele Lemon Kearney said.
$1.5 million is in the budget for safety projects. However, most would agree that is not nearly enough to deal with the problem. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, a pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling at 40 miles per hour has an 80 percent likelihood of serious injury or death
Cincinnati has a program called Vision Zero — part of a national campaign to reduce and ultimately eliminate all traffic-related deaths and severe injuries. More than 200 projects were planned for design and construction last year but because of COVID-19, many rolled over into this year.
"All related to slowing traffic down because if you are hit by a car and you're going slow, it's not going to be fatal and if it's fast and speeding, we can lose lives and we have lost lives," council member Greg Landsman said.
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