"...American roads are being plagued with a perplexing uptick in deaths, including increasing pedestrian fatalities.
"...new data shows those deaths are disproportionally affecting Black and Hispanic American pedestrians and bikers.
Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on June 7, a recent study found that mile-for-mile, walking and biking are drastically more deadly activities for Black and Hispanic Americans compared to white Americans.
Cycling is 4.5 times more deadly and walking is 2.2 times for Black people on American streets as compared to white people, the data says.
Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on June 7, a recent study found that mile-for-mile, walking and biking are drastically more deadly activities for Black and Hispanic Americans compared to white Americans.
Cycling is 4.5 times more deadly and walking is 2.2 times for Black people on American streets as compared to white people, the data says.
- Ernani Choma, one of the study’s authors and a research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard Chan School, said the study didn't set out to prove what was causing the trend..."

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