Pedestrian safety

Described being hit at Huron and Fifth in 2023 and urged good street design over blame.

Cited the city's worst pedestrian crash numbers in 15 years and urged an independent engineering evaluation, less DDA control over transportation, and proactive ordinance enforcement; criticized the city's driver-safety messaging instead of trimming vegetation.

Urged investment and security in water and sewer infrastructure, described a serious scooter injury from a road crack, and called for aggressive crosswalk and road surface maintenance.

Former councilmember said serious and fatal pedestrian crashes doubled over ten years and criticized maintenance gaps; also gave an EPA update.

Objected to police officers flanking council chambers and asked why the budget amendment contains no money for pedestrian safety amid a ten-year-high crash rate.

A longtime advocate said pedestrian crashes remain at a ten-year high and urged proactive enforcement of pedestrian safety ordinances and better maintenance of the public right-of-way.

Said fatal and serious pedestrian crashes are at a ten-year high and criticized city crash charts that rely on property-damage-only reports.

Cited a 22% increase in pedestrian crash emergency calls and a decade-high Vision Zero metric, and asked council to budget $3-5 million to revive the A2 SafeTransport committee for school walk zone safety.

Cited a 40% jump in injury crashes and 22% rise in vehicle-pedestrian crashes, criticized the Transportation Department's report for ignoring crashes, and renewed a request for a Maiden Lane sidewalk near Broadway.

Cited the decade-high fatal crash rate and unaddressed lighting fixes at Zina Pitcher/Catherine and Maiden Lane/Broadway.

Cited an A2 Fixit ticket showing pedestrians walking in traffic where no sidewalk exists, criticized delayed sidewalk funding until 2029, and said she filed LARA complaints about staff.