Comments On: Hunter College Study Finds Fewer Pedestrians Injured by Cyclists as Ridership Rises by Benjamin Sutton http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/09/20/hunter-college-study-finds-fewer-pedestrians-injured-by-cyclists-as-ridership-rises Comments On: Hunter College Study Finds Fewer Pedestrians Injured by Cyclists as Ridership Rises by Benjamin Sutton en-us Copyright 2013 The L Magazine. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The L Magazine readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The L Magazine. editor@thelmagazine.com (The L Magazine Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Hunter College Study Finds Fewer Pedestrians Injured by Cyclists as Ridership Rises]]> 1) Even though bicycling has gone up exponentially, pedestrian injuries have gone down.
2) Cars injure, often much more severely, over 70,000 people a year in New York City.
3) Of bicycle induced injuries, 9 out of 10 are treated in the ER or other out-patient settings, implying that while painful and unfortunate, they are not life-threatening on the whole.
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