Three women who were seriously injured when they darted across Westheimer demonstrate how difficult it can be to safely get around Houston on foot.
Three women were seriously injured early Friday morning when they darted across Westheimer after leaving a nearby restaurant. It's the latest demonstration of how difficult it can be to safely get around Houston on foot. FOX 26's Tom Zizka has more on the details.Three women were seriously injured, early Friday morning, when they darted across Westheimer after leaving a nearby restaurant.
Houston transportation advocates say they're not surprised it happened. "The reality is that Houston's infrastructure, for the last 50-plus years, has been built to move vehicles at all costs," says Gabe Cazares, executive director for LINK-Houston, which advocates for transportation options that don't require a car.
It all takes a toll. TxDOT says, in 2021, there were more than 5,300 crashes involving pedestrians in Texas, leaving 841 people dead. That was a 15% increase over 2021. Advocates say those numbers will only come down with a commitment to improvement. "We're talking about how the roadway and the public right-of-way, more specifically, belong to all of us," says Cazares, "Particularly those of us who travel outside a vehicle; but the infrastructure's just not there yet."
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