T4America on How to Create Safer, Healthier Streets As the
reauthorization of the federal transportation bill draws nearer,
the need for clear, simple explanations of why reform is
important grows greater. The folks at Transportation for America
have stepped forward to make the case with Route to Reform: A
Blueprint for a 21st-Century Transportation Policy, a 100-page
document that lays out the most important issues. In the coming
weeks, they're going to be breaking it down further. In a blog
post today, T4A is talking about "performance objectives"
related to health and safety: These people need safer
streets.When we think about our daily commutes to work, walks to
the grocery store, or bus rides our kids take to school, there
are few things more important than making sure these activities
keep us healthy and safe. After all, the numbers related to
these issues are simply staggering -- more than 37,000 people
killed on our roads in 2008, between $40 and $60 billion in
annual health care costs from negative a