Originally Posted by
CliffordK
I'm looking for statistics, and not finding anything to indicate Eugene is worse than the rest of the country.
The only up-to-date repository for bike and pedestrian deaths in the city of Eugene is the Public Works Department, division of engineering. Go talk to Kerry Werner, one of the traffic engineers, if you want the gory details. Bottom line: over the past decade, Eugene has averaged six roadway deaths per year. Of these six, one-third have been pedestrians and one-sixth has been a cyclist, on average. That makes vulnerable users one-half of all roadway deaths, as opposed to the one-sixth or fewer for state and national CARnage.