Traffic Violence in the Pandemic

What’s causing California’s 15% increase in fatal and severe traffic crashes when there’s a 29% drop in the rate of minor injury vehicle crashes? S.A.F.E. (Streets Are For Everyone) E.D. Damian Kevitt, himself a survivor of an infamous hit and run and founder of Finish The Ride, with Bibiana Diaz, who was riding her bicycle in South Los Angeles in July with her step-father, Jorge Guerra, when Jorge was killed in a hit-and-run. UC Berkeley professor Offer Grembek, co-director of the university’s Safe Transportation Research & Education Center (SafeTREC), will interpret data on transportation safety during the pandemic. Dorothy Wong, Bike teacher, activist, and Altadena Town Councilmember, joins the discussion.


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