Monday, February 1, 2021

Tracking bicycling fatalities

While we will learn later about the use of roads for driving in the US, this article shows that folks' use of roads for biking is somewhat different. (They do miss the relatively obvious point that surely places with more people will account for more cyclists and for more deaths.) There are a few interesting bits, though; for one thing, Louisiana?! For another, deaths on rural roads are way over-represented: they are 1/3 of the total, while I'm sure that a lot fewer vehicle miles traveled are located there. Cyclists, be safe: stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to.