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‘Walkable’ New York City Became Deadlier for Pedestrians in 2024

The city said overall traffic deaths were down compared with 2023, and the number was still far lower than it was before the city adopted its Vision Zero safety program.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The Vision Zero program, instituted under former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014, drove down total traffic fatalities in its first five years, but that number began to rise again.
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