If I have sounded like a broken record these past months, it is because these developments in American public health are as important as they are horrifying.
“I was amazed by the number of bicycles in Holland. Everyone rides. Older people are riding bikes. There are bikes paths everywhere, and I couldn’t get over how quiet it was.”
--- Karen Smith, chair of the Great Barrington Parks and Recreation Commission
In 2014, 726 cyclists were killed on U.S. roads (8 in Massachusetts) and 50,000 were injured nationwide. Most fatalities happened in non-intersection crashes.
