American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are greater than 3 times as more likely to be killed whereas strolling, in contrast with People of all different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
The disproportionate affect of pedestrian fatalities amongst this inhabitants is essentially the results of unsafe street design. A standard characteristic of pueblos, reservations, and the city and suburban areas of cities to which many AI/AN folks have been forcibly relocated within the Nineteen Fifties is the presence of high-speed highways near houses, colleges, companies, and different locations. When a pedestrian is struck by a automobile at 30 mph, the likelihood that the collision will likely be deadly is simply 10% – nevertheless the pedestrian fatality danger rises to 50% at 40 mph, and to a surprising 90% at 50 mph. Sadly, most roads within the neighborhoods the place AI/AN folks dwell, work, and play have been designed for 50 mph or sooner.
To deal with this disaster, America Walks is partnering with Pueblo of Jemez, Cherokee Nation, and the College of Montana on a challenge which is able to give attention to schooling, motion constructing, and redesigning highways. We’re grateful to the Nationwide Security Council for funding the work with a Highway to Zero grant.
On this webinar, members of the challenge workforce will describe the disaster of pedestrian fatalities in Indian Nation and supply an summary of the 12-month challenge, which is able to embody workshops and Fast-Construct initiatives in tribal communities.
Panel
Ian Thomas, State and Native Program Director, America Walks (moderator)
HollyAnna DeCoteau Littlebull, (Yakama, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Cree), artist, planner, Yakama tribal chief, and activist (panelist)
Sheri Bozic, Director, Planning, Growth, and Transportation Division Pueblo of Jemez (panelist)
Maja Pederson, Assistant Professor, College of Public and Neighborhood Well being Sciences, College of Montana (panelist)
Hillary Mead, Main Prevention Program Supervisor, Cherokee Nation Public Well being (panelist)
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