Traffic Deaths in Portland Remain Record-High For a Second Year

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Sixty-three Portlanders were killed in traffic crashes in 2022, the second year in a row Portland has seen a 30-year high in traffic deaths. According to the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) 2022 fatal crash report released Monday, excessive speed, dark conditions, and road exposure continue to play a significant…

Traffic deaths down in Nevada, Las Vegas Valley

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In this Jan. 17, 2023, file photo, Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian at 975 E. Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal) @btesfaye In this Sept. 15, 2022, file photo, Nevada State Police investigate a fatal crash on the northern 215…

As traffic deaths continue to rise in N.J., fewer tickets are being written

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For the second straight year, police in New Jersey wrote fewer traffic summons, from parking tickets to driving while intoxicated offenses, and safety experts are concerned it may be a reason for the steady increase in traffic deaths since 2019. The decline in issuing tickets was cited as a concern…

On traffic deaths, Denver mayoral candidates’ proposals are all over the map

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Thursday afternoon, a group of Denver’s transit enthusiasts met at Union Station. They took the A line to the 42 bus to a high school in the far northeast, where transportation advocacy groups were hosting a mayoral forum. The trip clocked in at around an hour, not including the time…

Traffic stops and tickets have plummeted in St. Louis. Traffic deaths have gone up.

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Jacob Barker , Josh Renaud ST. LOUIS — Ryan Lilly, like a lot of St. Louis drivers these days, looks both ways — even when he has the green light. “That’s just my standard protocol in the city,” he said last week, days after a man was killed near his…