It's deadly — especially for anyone attempting to walk or bike the city streets.
More people are killed in traffic accidents in LA than in any other city in the US — and things are headed in the wrong direction.
A billboard on Vermont Avenue — a 23-mile long north-south thoroughfare — blasts a chilling statistic: more pedestrians were killed on that road than in the state of Vermont in 2022.
Seven pedestrians were killed in the state, while eight people were killed on the LA road with the same name.
Advertisementfact check: sad, but true pic.twitter.com/re4AZduiTK — Yes on Measure HLA (@healthystreetla) January 16, 2024The avenue is among the deadliest in LA and has a few of the most dangerous intersections in LA County.
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