The cities have a clear message for the rest of the country.
The Cool Down
By Laurelle Stelle
December 8, 2023
In a challenging declaration that he shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg painted a picture of a future in which the country experiences zero traffic deaths — based on the incredible successes of four existing U.S. cities that have already started on the path to a safer and more eco-friendly transportation system.
Road traffic deaths number over 40,000 each year in the U.S., with over 46,000 in 2022, according to Statista. Accidents in general are the fourth leading cause of death, and car accidents are one of the main reasons why.
For most of the U.S., the risk of death or severe injury during a car crash is simply a fact of life — one of the inevitable risks of getting behind the wheel or hopping into the passenger seat.
But according to Buttigieg, that isn’t the case in certain parts of the U.S., as he captioned his post: “[It] may sound impossible, but some sizable U.S. cities have repeatedly achieved it.”
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