The recently-released Dangerous By Design report by Transportation For America shows that Missouri has plenty of room to improve pedestrian safety. But there are bright spots.
From the TFA website, here’s an explanation of the city rankings:
The Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) is a measure of the relative risk of walking, adjusted for exposure. It is calculated by dividing the average pedestrian fatality rate (2007-2008), by the percentage of residents walking to work (2000). Metropolitan areas are organized within each state from the safest to the least safe places according to their PDI for 2007-2008; the safest places for walking are those with lower PDI.
The Missouri Fact Sheet shows that Missouri scores slightly above the national PDI. But Springfield and Columbia rank well below the national score with Columbia registering a miniscule 12.8. The data further show that Columbia the highest percentage of people who walk to work at 4.8 percent. The next closest are Springfield with 2.2 percent and Joplin and Jefferson City tied at 2 Percent.
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I wanted to write a column about this report but the more I dove into the numbers the less confident I was in writing about it.
Posted 13 Nov 2009 at 3:04 pm ¶