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Old 11-23-2011, 11:07 AM
 
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One personal word of caution--before making any assessments about relative risk, I would make sure you are mentally accounting for differences in traffic volume.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:13 AM
 
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differences in traffic volume.
I'm actually amazed at the relative safety of the Parkway West.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:16 AM
 
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I'm actually amazed at the relative safety of the Parkway West.
Indeed--in fact, you can just contrast it with 79.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:19 AM
 
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I wonder how this correlates with the hilliness and/or narrowness of roads. Do people drive more cautiously on hilly roads (and thus have fewer accidents) or do hilly roads have more accidents? Or is there no difference at all?
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:25 AM
 
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I wonder how this correlates with the hilliness and/or narrowness of roads. Do people drive more cautiously on hilly roads (and thus have fewer accidents) or do hilly roads have more accidents? Or is there no difference at all?

It looks to me like the "safer" roads (in relation to the volume) are the limited access highways. Fewer redlights and crossings.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Wilkinsburg
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Observation -- traffic moves faster on I79 than on Parkway West.

I guess the good news in all this is that the commute to my new office appears to be slightly less deadly than the commute to my old office.

The map is a little difficult to use, though, and I think one that was normalized by traffic volume would be cool.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:26 AM
 
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I wonder how this correlates with the hilliness and/or narrowness of roads. Do people drive more cautiously on hilly roads (and thus have fewer accidents) or do hilly roads have more accidents? Or is there no difference at all?
Not sure. Look at the Hill District. Absolutely no road fatalities from 2001-2009.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:27 AM
 
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Observation -- traffic moves faster on I79 than on Parkway West.
True enough, but it moves slower on roads like Carson St and Washington Blvd.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:42 AM
 
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Just looks like a population map. More people more accidents. Faster roads with side streets, more accidents, etc. Just common sense type of thing and doesn't really tell much of anything.
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Old 11-23-2011, 11:51 AM
 
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Just looks like a population map. More people more accidents. Faster roads with side streets, more accidents, etc. Just common sense type of thing and doesn't really tell much of anything.
Not unless for some reason a bunch of people live in "State Gameland 117" near Burgettstown.
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