QUESTION
What is the effect of street light proximity on nighttime pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries?
1:47:37
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The council member inquires about the relationship between the distance to closer street lighting and the frequency of pedestrians being killed or severely injured at night.
- The Department of Transportation inspects conditions like lighting at every fatal site.
- As part of Vision Zero since 2014, the department has enhanced lighting at thousands of intersections.
- Over 3,000 new street lights have been installed.
- The council member emphasizes the need to comprehensively track lighting quality and set goals to improve pedestrian safety.
Lincoln Restler
1:47:37
What effect does distance to closer street light have on the frequency of nighttime pedestrians killed and severely of the rates of pedestrians killed are severely injured during nighttime.
1:47:48
Is that something that you all have studied or could offer some insight on?
Margaret Forgione
1:47:51
So at every fatal site, we send out our staff to inspect the conditions.
1:47:59
Okay?
1:47:59
They look at, like, was there some kind of pavement condition?
1:48:02
Was the are the markings good?
1:48:05
Are any lights out?
1:48:06
Does the lighting a peer adequate if it was at night.
Lincoln Restler
1:48:09
So I know that your team does analysis after tragedies occur.