Traffic deaths rose in Black communities despite Vision Zero gains

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Traffic deaths rose in Black communities despite Vision Zero gains

Racial and class disparities persisted last year in the city’s traffic deaths, despite marked improvements under the decade-old Vision Zero program. That was the finding in the annual report from nonprofit Transportation Alternatives (TransAlt). Fatalities rose by 12% last year in neighborhoods with the most Black residents and 34% in those with the most Hispanic residents. Meanwhile, traffic deaths decreased in primarily white neighborhoods. “T…