Homeless People Are 20x More Likely to Die on Seattle Streets?
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently rolled out a new executive order aimed at making city streets safer. But dig into SDOT's own report, and one number stands out: homeless people make up about 1.2% of Seattle's population and 27% of the people killed on the city's streets. Do the math and a homeless person in Seattle is roughly 20 times more likely than the rest of us to die on the road.
Charlie Harger on why the mayor's press conference never mentioned the group most likely to die — and why paint and flashing beacons only help people who look both ways.
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