WALKIN' IN SUNSHINE.

• Position: STATELINE - State efforts to decrease pedestrian deaths - Brief article

Nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed on roadways in 2016, the highest toll since 1990, according to the Governors Highway Safety Administration. These deaths have a high concentration in Florida, a state that is taking innovative engineering approaches to decreasing the fatalities. The state transportation department uses mapping software to identify risk factors such as construction sites and poor lighting. Some of the changes have been subtle, such as decreasing lane width from 12 feet to 10 feet...