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Right of way : race, class, and the silent epidemic of pedestrian deaths in America /

The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son's home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 peopl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmitt, Angie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 0 |g Introduction:  |t Outline of an Epidemic --  |t The Geography of Risk --  |t The Profile of a Victim --  |t Blaming the Victim --  |t The Criminalization of Walking --  |t Killer Cars --  |t The Ideology of Flow --  |t A Hard Right Turn --  |t Pedestrian Safety on the Technological Frontier --  |t The International Context --  |t Families for Safe Streets --  |g Conclusion. 
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