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From: Universities Transport Study Group [mailto:UTSG@...] On
Behalf Of Todd Alexander Litman
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [UTSG] Kids safer going to school outside the car

A related issue is the perception that living in a suburb is safer than
living in a city. Although suburbs may be slightly safer in terms of murder
risk, this is more than offset by increased traffic fatality risk. Per
capita traffic fatality rates are about four times higher in more
automobile-dependent, sprawled cities than in more compact, multi-modal
cities. So, all those parents who move to the suburbs or rural villages in
order to have a safe place to raise their children are actually increasing
their overall risk.

For information see:

Lucy, William (2002), Danger in Exurbia: Outer Suburbs More Dangerous Than
Cities, University of Virginia (www.virginia.edu); summarized in
www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2002/lucy-april-30-2002.html.

Litman, Todd (2004a), Safe Travels, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
(http://www.vtpi.org/safetrav.pdf).