Personally, I think it was a big mistake to put fire marshals, who typically have zero training in traffic safety, in charge of critical street design decisions.
Patrick Siegman
In the United States, officials with absolutely no training in traffic safety are routinely placed in charge of crucial street design decisions. The results are bad.
Why do US cities and states put unqualified people in charge of key street design decisions?🧵
Patrick Siegman
There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries
