Myths and truths about pedestrian traffic injuries in NYC

This was interesting, having been in New York City and having moments were I really did not want to cross a street...A study pinpointing where, when and why pedestrian accidents are likely to happen and also proving some of the century-old assumptions about transportation in NYC are not true:

Taxis, it turns out, were no careering menace: cabs accounted for far fewer pedestrian accidents in Manhattan than privately owned vehicles. Jaywalkers, surely the city’s most numerous scofflaws, were involved in fewer collisions than their law-abiding counterparts who waited for the “walk” sign.

And one discovery could permanently upend one of the uglier stereotypes of the motoring world: in 80 percent of city accidents that resulted in a pedestrian’s death or serious injury, a male driver was behind the wheel.

Read more here.