If you like the article, read the report. Especially the section, "How Can We Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities and Injuries?" There are many things we can and are doing to make streets safer for pedestrians, so it's alarming to me that fatalities have been increasing for over a decade.

https://www.ghsa.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Ped%20Spotl...

https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/pedestrian_safety/i...