We often complain about the lack of pedestrian safety here in the Bay area. But it doesn’t do much good. After we learned that Tampa Bay ranks second in pedestrian danger, and we noticed that the top four most dangerous places are in Florida, USA Today breaks out a state-by-state graphic with an unsurprising headline: Florida remains the [...]
Walkable Tampa The Tampa Bay area is not a very safe for pedestrians. According to a recent report, the bay area ranks second in pedestrian danger. Check out the Transportation For America ยป Dangerous By Design report: The most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, [...]
According to the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and Transportation for America, the most dangerous metropolitan areas in the U.S. for walking in 2007-2008 were: Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Memphis, Raleigh, Louisville, Houston, Birmingham and Atlanta. That’s right. The top four places most dangerous to those of us walking around outside are all in Florida – [...]
On a recent Sunday, the St. Pete Times opined that the city of Tampa should make downtown more neighborly, and offered suggestions for improvement. They said that nobody is taking the time to find out if people can live there comfortably, and the area remains unfriendly to pedestrians. Roads. Transit policy downtown is [...]
