09-27-2016, 05:50 PM
Some horrible, myth perpetuating, fear instilling reporting locally:
Could LRT crash in Calgary happen here?
I guess the dozens of vehicular crashes in Calgary that day (and every day) did not warrant concern? Or the average one pedestrian hit by a vehicle per day?
Never mind that LRT is an order of magnitude and then some (30x) safer than passenger vehicles in fatalities per unit of travel (7.28 death per billion passenger miles vs. 0.24). Oh and unlike passenger vehicles, transit crash rates per capita decline with increased users.
All just facts getting in the way of a good click bait.
Could LRT crash in Calgary happen here?
I guess the dozens of vehicular crashes in Calgary that day (and every day) did not warrant concern? Or the average one pedestrian hit by a vehicle per day?
Never mind that LRT is an order of magnitude and then some (30x) safer than passenger vehicles in fatalities per unit of travel (7.28 death per billion passenger miles vs. 0.24). Oh and unlike passenger vehicles, transit crash rates per capita decline with increased users.
All just facts getting in the way of a good click bait.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.