{"id":1358,"date":"2019-01-27T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T16:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2019-01-27T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T16:29:50","slug":"the-sunshine-state-is-the-deadliest-state-for-pedestrians-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/the-sunshine-state-is-the-deadliest-state-for-pedestrians-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunshine State is the Deadliest State for Pedestrians, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/800px-Miami_rush_hour_traffic_I-95_North.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/800px-Miami_rush_hour_traffic_I-95_North.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/800px-Miami_rush_hour_traffic_I-95_North-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/800px-Miami_rush_hour_traffic_I-95_North-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Going for a walk? You might be risking your life by just taking a walk\ndown a Florida street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine of the 20 ranked as the deadliest U.S. cities for pedestrians are in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\">Florida<\/a>, with Orlando listed as least safe with Daytona Beach falling not far behind at number 2, and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolis ranked 14<sup>th<\/sup>, according to the 2019 \u201cDangerous By Design\u201d study from\u00a0Smart Growth America<a href=\"https:\/\/smartgrowthamerica.org\/\">\u00a0<\/a>and National Complete Streets Coalition. The study uses a measure called PDI, or \u201cPedestrian Danger Index,\u201d to determine which cities are most hazardous for pedestrians in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, nine Florida regions were among 20\nU.S. metro areas deemed the deadliest for pedestrians. The top six most\ndangerous areas for pedestrians are located in Florida, according to the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Other cities that were declared as unsafe and\ndeadly places for pedestrians are Bakersfield, CA&nbsp; as number 7, Albuquerque, NM is on the 17<sup>th<\/sup>\nplace, and Jackson, MS- 10<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedestrian fatalities have been steadily rising since 2009, according to\nthe report. Between 2008 and 2017, pedestrian deaths increased by 36 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were 5,433 pedestrian deaths in Florida\nwithin the same period, which is an annual average of 2.73 pedestrian deaths\nper 100,000 people, giving the Sunshine State a PDI rating of 182. Alabama,\nDelaware, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia followed with PDIs in the range of\n145 to 117, and the safest are Ohio (39.6), New York (24.6) and the safest one\nis Vermont (13.8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is this happening and why are the numbers so morbid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report says that unlike traffic deaths in motor vehicle, which\ndecreased 6.1 percent between 2008 and 2017, pedestrian fatalities have been steadily\nincreasing since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According the authors of the study, we are not walking more; we are only\ndriving slightly more than it was in 2008. What is happening is that we are\ndesigning our streets mostly for the movement of vehicles. In fact, we are\ncontinuing to design our streets dangerous for all people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having in mind that Florida was built for speed, the Sunshine State\nretained its distinction as the place where a person who is walking is most\nlikely to be struck and killed by a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/Florida-Is-The-Deadliest-State-for-Pedestrians-Study-Says-504758081.html\">NBC Miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going for a walk? You might be risking your life by just taking a walk down a Florida street. Nine of the 20 ranked as the deadliest U.S. cities for pedestrians are in Florida, with Orlando listed as least safe &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/the-sunshine-state-is-the-deadliest-state-for-pedestrians-study-says\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,2],"tags":[34,105,46,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}