Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights—known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs)—is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New ...

Of the intersections studied, 2,869 had LPI treatments installed. New York City was an early adopter of the U.S. Vision Zero program, a systems-based, multidisciplinary effort to reduce traffic ...

In the U.S., over 68,000 pedestrian deaths and 6.1 million serious pedestrian injuries occurred between 2011 and 2020—many in large cities like New York.