{"id":5310,"date":"2019-11-15T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2023-05-17T19:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:41:59","slug":"3-ways-to-improve-crosswalks-in-your-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-improve-crosswalks-in-your-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways To Improve Crosswalks In Your Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"The United States has over 263.3 million registered vehicles<\/a>, making it home to the second most amount of vehicles in the world. As more drivers hit our roads, there is growing concern about how more vehicles will impact the safety of pedestrians walking in urban settings.\r\n\r\n
Image Source: https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Transportation_Deployment_Casebook\/2018\/Automobiles_in_the_United_States_(1900-2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nThe concern for the safety of property and pedestrians stems from the fact that vehicles can become death traps as they travel at higher speeds, and a crash can result in property damage, injuries, and even death if a car strikes a pedestrian.\r\n\r\nMillions of crashes happen each year, and in 2006 approximately 500 pedestrians died using a crosswalk<\/a>. This number is much less than the 1,768 pedestrians died on a road or intersection where a crosswalk was not present, but local officials and communities should look for ways to make their crosswalks safer.\r\n\r\n