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What is the effect of street light proximity on nighttime pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries?

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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.

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