Right of way : race, class, and the silent epidemic of pedestrian deaths in America / Angie Schmitt, Charles T Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitt, Angie, 1982- author.

Brown, Charles T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pedestrian accidents--United States.

Pedestrian accidents.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Island Press, [2020]

Summary:

In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows that pedestrian traffic deaths are not unavoidable "accidents." They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the increase in pedestrian deaths in the US as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.

Contents:

Introduction. Outline of an epidemic

The geography of risk

The profile of a victim

Blaming the victim

The criminalization of walking

Killer cars

The ideology of flow

A hard right turn

Pedestrian safety on the technological frontier

The international context

Families for safe streets

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781642830842

1642830844