Events

A historic increase in pedestrian deaths from 2020 to 2021 shocked many, but this epidemic continues to get worse. In 2022, the most recent year with complete federal data, the number of people who were struck and killed while walking grew to 7,522, marking a 40-year high. This represents an astonishing 75 percent increase in these deaths since 2010.

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a vital component to create well-connected communities in addition to aiding their economic growth. It is foundational for rural, suburban and urban communities to accessibly commute to jobs, healthcare resources, schools, and recreational activities. TOD is intended to develop dense, walkable and mixed-use development near different varieties of public transportation for easy access and plenty of options for travel.

In the United States, more than 40,000 people per year are killed on our streets, roads, and highways. This number has been increasing for over a decade, with hundreds of thousands more lives that are changed in non- fatal crashes. The League of American Bicyclists and Transportation for America will discuss how the United States got to this point, what has been done to combat this trend so far, and how federal transportation policy can improve this epidemic of traffic violence.

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With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the United States made one of the largest increases in funding for transportation infrastructure in recent history. However, while this bill had landmark funding, it preserved status quo policy that incentivizes states to build projects that increase greenhouse gases and the expensive liabilities they must maintain into the future.