By Joshua Emerson Smith via the the San Diego Union Tribune. The number of pedestrians killed by cars spiked last year in the city of San Diego. Thirty-four people died in 2018 after being hit by a vehicle, up from 17 victims the previous year, according to statistics provided by the San Diego Police Department. The deaths come despite efforts by Mayor Kevin Faulconer … [Read more...] about Pedestrian fatalities from cars spike in San Diego 34 last year double from 2017; injuries also higher in 2018
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Study Validates Concern For Dangerous Roads in Civita
Pedestrian Deaths Reach Highest Level in 28 Years.The roads in Civita are designed exactly in the way this study says is a recipe for disaster. A May 2018 report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) validates Save Civita’s concerns. Available at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the report describes a scenario strikingly similar to Civita: … [Read more...] about Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Study Validates Concern For Dangerous Roads in Civita
Planned Civita Elementary School To Be Built on Unsafe Street That Leads Directly to Busy Freeway Connector Road
San Diego Unified School District voted to allow the creation of Mission Valley’s first public school, a K-5 charter school in Civita. The school will be built on the corner of north-south running Via Alta and east-west running Civita Boulevard. Construction is expected to start soon. The proposed Civita Elementary School is to be a technology-oriented school accommodating … [Read more...] about Planned Civita Elementary School To Be Built on Unsafe Street That Leads Directly to Busy Freeway Connector Road
San Diego to Have One of the Bloodiest Years on Record for Pedestrian Fatalities
Quotes from the San Diego Union-Tribune article published February 12, 2018 titled, San Diego Struggles To Cut Pedestrian Deaths: “While traffic-related fatalities in the city declined last year, the number of deaths still eclipsed homicides, including 17 pedestrian deaths on top of hundreds of often crippling injuries. Since January, nine people walking the streets of San … [Read more...] about San Diego to Have One of the Bloodiest Years on Record for Pedestrian Fatalities