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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Aug 15 07:49:31 2017, in response to Re: Read these three articles about cycling, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Aug 14 22:22:58 2017. Also notice how DOT conveniently omitted the statistic quoted in the NY Times article showing the huge increase in the numbers of cyclists injuring pedestrians between 2012 and 2015.The name of the report is: "Safer Cycling: Bicycle Ridership and Safety in New York City." It's clear emphasis is on safety to the cyclist. Pedestrian safety was beyond this report's scope. Unless cyclist safety were gained at the expense of pedestrian safety, it's unlikely omitting pedestrian safety figures was deliberate. Here's a link to the source for the numbers in the cited NY Times Op Ed piece. A review of the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 data shows: the number of pedestrians injured by bicycles to be: 244; 316; 305; 361 and 311 respectively. The 2012 figure of 244 appears to be an outlier - being exceedingly low. It's one reason that multiple year averages are used, rather than the yearly raw data. The data also records 1 pedestrian fatality in 2013 and 3 in 2014. It would be useful to see earlier data to conclusively determine whether the 2012's 244 was an outlier. Unfortunately, NYPD's reports could not easily imported into a database for analysis. It took successive actions by the City Council, egged on by bicycle advocates, to force NYPD to make such reports public and then in a format that could be imported into a database. One problem with the data is it includes all pedestrian injuries regardless of severity. The NYPD reporting does not record injury severity. This data has to be retrieved from hospital records. Vision Zero's mandate is to eliminate all fatalities and reduce the number of those severely injured. It's okay if its strategies slightly increase the number of minor collisions or injuries. That's been Sweden's experience, where Vision Zero originated. |
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