As far as pedestrian safety goes, Tucson is basically out-of-luck by design. Every time we had the chance to create freeways or expressways, Tucsonans said, “No!” for the ridiculous reason that they think we’ll become like Phoenix.
I have started many letters to the editor about pedestrian deaths, but I always abandon them. What stops me is the PTSD I suffered after witnessing a driver hit a man in 2001.
What haunts me is the face of the driver of the car who hit him — she was looking down toward the center console in her car. She didn’t hear me honk. David hurried, but too late. She didn’t see him because she wasn’t looking. How often are you not looking? In Tucson, if you don’t walk or ride the bus, you drive on surface streets — everywhere. But who needs freeways when we’ve decided it’s OK to drive highway speeds between traffic lights?
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