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Passenger deaths per 1 billion passenger miles (2000-2009) (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 17 points 11 months ago (9 children)

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Walking is what we evolved to do. While being a pedestrian in certain parts of cities is dangerous, tons of walking is done away from vehicles.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Maybe depends on where you are living, but you quite probably have the wrong impression.

    In my country (Germany), less than 3000 people die each year in traffic overall, while already an estimated 4000 pedestrians die while simply using stairs.

    So, "Stairway to Heaven" gains a whole different layer of meaning, as it seems... :-)

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I would expect that pedestrian walk far less distance than cars drive, so even a twofold difference in absolute numbers will disappear when normalised by distance. For instance there is a general advice of walking 10k paces every day which is about 7km, average car speed in the city should be around 30km/h, so even if we assume 30 minutes of commute every day (and this is too generous, I believe) it will be more than two times the distance people (should) walk

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    I don't think people commonly refer to people using the stairs as being pedestrians.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Thread started from ‘walking’, not from being a pedestrian, and stairs usually require exactly walking

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