By Matthew Santoni
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Pittsburgh metropolitan area is among the least deadly in the nation for pedestrians, according to a study released Monday by the advocacy group Transportation for America.
Pittsburgh was ranked 49th out of the 52 deadliest metropolitan areas in the study, beaten only by New York City and its suburbs, Boston, and Minneapolis-St Paul.
"Pittsburgh is a place that grew up in an era when people walked to work or took a trolley," said David Goldberg, Transportation for America spokesman. "Places like Atlanta or Houston that filled out the top 10 were all areas that took off in the last 50 years, when places were designed for highways."
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