The way you walk, and talk
Two weeks ago, I noted a fatality on Dale Mabry. The pedestrian was the idiot in that case. Last week, I wrote that walkers are getting killed all over Tampa, not just on Bayshore. Apparently, the Tribune must have seen my notes, and sent some crack reporters to get the facts. Well, I was right: Vehicles kill walkers all over the city, and (sarcasm) surprise, surprise (/sarcasm) it’s more pervasive in the less elite parts of town. In the past 4 years there’s been exactly one pedestrian death in or near the Bayshore neighborhoods. Of course that one has got the city’s panties in a bunch. On the other hand, perhaps this citywide issue needed some attention, and the unfortunate incident on Bayshore brought it out.
Anyway, accompanying the Trib’s story today (print edition), is a picture of a woman crossing Nebraska Av. near Waters Av., with a big van bearing down on her. The key word in that last sentence? NEAR. The woman is a short distance from the stoplight, where there is a freakin’ crosswalk. Ay ay ay!
Tags: health, tampa, transportation
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