Number of cyclist deaths on the rise nationwide

Business Insider (7/9, Wang, 3.67M) ranks the 20 most dangerous cities to ride a bike in based on a recently released DOT report, which “contains comprehensive data from 2017 on both a state and city level.” New York City features at the top of the list with the “percentage of total traffic fatalities who were cyclists” being 10.6 percent “despite over 1,400 miles of bike lanes and a Vision Zero transportation initiative.” So far in 2019, 15 cyclists “have been fatally struck by cars in New York City, a 50% increase over the entirety of last year” spurring Mayor Bill de Blasio “to declare that ‘we have an emergency on our hands.’” Another report from the US DOT containing “preliminary data from 2018 show that cyclist deaths are estimated to have increased by 10% last year, even though overall traffic fatalities are estimated to have fallen slightly.”