Counting Walkers to Save Lives | Columbia News

Columbia’s traffic safety strategy is missing a key group: walkers, bikers, and transit riders. Though they make up just 1.5% of crashes, they’re in 43% of fatal ones — a glaring gap. To fix it, the city’s launching Pedestrian & Bicyclist Counts, needing volunteers to spend 72 hours at 35 high-impact locations across town. Your job? Just count people moving on foot or by bike. Data like this will reshape how streets are designed — for everyone. Sign up now for weekday or Saturday morning shifts between Sept 12–26. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/917eaae797325371