Pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in Houston are on the rise compared to last year. City planners are taking the next steps to create a safer environment.
The number of cyclist fatalities are on track to double in Houston compared to what we saw last year. Pedestrian deaths are also on the rise compared to 2022.
"I didn't know Rodney, I never even looked the man in the face, but he changed my life. But when you find someone lying down in a pool of their own blood, their wife screaming at the top of their lungs, it tends to do something to you," Grobe said. Vision Zero reports that in 2021 we had 12 cyclist deaths, then in 2022, 11 deaths. With 12 cyclist deaths in the first eight months of this year, the numbers aren't looking good.
As more infrastructure is built we're seeing more people want to bike, but that also means more people are using old, unsafe infrastructure or biking where there is no infrastructure.
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