Can you name the most dangerous U.S. metro areas (with over 1 million residents) for pedestrians?

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Don't walk there! Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: shanz818 -
Contributed: November 19th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 1,626

Tags: million, rank, area, metro, dont, dangerous, walk, resident, index, danger, pedestrian

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	Breathing:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	5 points
	I finally have proof that people in the south drive worse! (ie. walkers getting hit by cars... feel free to read the source if you don't think that thats the problem)

	Timothy:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	6 points
	Props to anyone who's gotten hit by a car in every one of these cities.

	alskdjfhg76:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT	2 points
	never going back to Florida after i saw this

	Kazbar:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 05:26 GMT	2 points
	Living in Utah, I've always known people underestimated how dangerous it can get downtown. Finally, some recognition!

	jobo:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 07:33 GMT	1 point
	I'm not surprised to see Raleigh (AND Cary) so high on the list. Seems like a lot of 'newer' cities up there...esp. Carolinas, Florida, Intermountain West

	Firemarsh:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 09:09 GMT	-1 points
	One more reason why you shouldn't go to the south

	Spl89:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 13:24 GMT	10 points
	Is Florida on there because of all the retired people living there?

	jmsmke:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 13:55 GMT	6 points
	Newer cities that were developed after WWII are poorly planned for the most part-pedestrians are an afterthought to the automobiles. You can see the results of this poor planning in this quiz.

	Gleece:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 14:05 GMT	1 point
	@jmsmke I'm not sure that post-WWII cities are poorly planned. They are probably the best planned from a driving perspective. That means it is more convenient to drive, which in turn means that fewer people walk. Fewer pedestrians means that drivers don't think about or anticipate what pedestrians are going to do.

	jmsmke:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 14:12 GMT	5 points
	@gleece Good planning takes into account all users of a city-autos, pedestrians, bicycles, public transit, etc. and makes them all work together. Newer cities (with a few exceptions) are automobile-centric and have made them almost impossible to get around unless you have a car-which in turn increases traffic,pollution,etc.-hence they are poorly planned.

	Leeny:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 15:21 GMT	4 points
	great quiz....too much time though

	eleni:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 16:48 GMT	1 point
	anyone else surprised new york wasn't on the list?

	trivial:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT	2 points
	The first four being in Florida is truly bizarre. If I'm ever in Florida I'll be sure to look both ways before crossing the street! There are definitely some cities where people will yield to peds and others where you better be darn sure there isn't a car coming before you step into a crosswalk.

	KristofarVanROCK:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 20:03 GMT	-3 points
	my friend lives near Kissimmee

	redsxfenway:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	1 point
	Orlando is probably number one because of tourists driving and the incredibly wide streets.

	WorldWhiz:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	2 points
	WAAAAAY too much time. But great quiz overall. Its pretty funny that virtually all of these cities are in the south or middle of the country (not trying to spark an argument about San Jose or Sacramento or any other of those "sorta-kinda-north" cities). Also, there lots of cities that are extremely pedestrian friendly and would never make it close to the top of this list. It would be interesting to see a least-dangerous cities quiz. Is there one out right now?

	Jman14:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 21:47 GMT	1 point
	I can't believe Chicago is not on there. Cars can't even turn because there are so many people crossing the street. Horrendous traffic and one-way streets make it impossible to maneuver and you never know when you're going to hit someone. And believe me, Chicago is NOT pedestrian friendly!

	groug:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 22:51 GMT	2 points
	You could probably take about five minutes off the time.

	edderson:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 22:58 GMT	3 points
	Almost the same as U.S. major cities quiz. That's what everybody is guessing anyway.

	djt0306:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 00:31 GMT	-2 points
	for all the people who don't want to come to FL because of this are dumb because I have lived in south FL my whole life and have never gotten into a car accident or been hit by a car ever. Driving here is a lot more safe then NYC which for some reason is not on the list.

	yippeeyappee:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 00:39 GMT	1 point
	Too much time - as the previous poster noted, you can guess every major US metro from A-Z and still have some time left. If it was cut in half, places like New York would trip people up and they would have to think faster - I personally thought of the cold-weather cities first because of driving in the snow! Good idea, though and very informative!

	ctbrainiacs:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:42 GMT	1 point
	As a native New Yorker, I finally feel vindicated after almost 50 years of hearing people complain about how we drive! We're aggressive, but we're good. Add me to the list of those who are glad we live above the Mason-Dixon...I've always felt that way, but until now I thought it was only about politics!

	Laura :	Nov 21st, 2009 at 03:34 GMT	1 point
	I find it really hard to believe that NYC is not on this list.

	shanz818:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 23:29 GMT	1 point
	I basically cut the time in half (I had no concept of how much time I should make it - hope it's better now) Any other comments/suggestions I'd be happy to hear :)

	KingdaKa11:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 20:53 GMT	1 point
	L.A., AND LOS ANGELES ARE NOT DANGEROUS CITIES. FLINT, MI, AND GARY, IN ARE. CAMDEN, NJ, OAKLAND, CA, NEW ORLEANS, LA, AND ST. LOUIS, MO ASLO ARE.

	KingdaKa11:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	1 point
	OH, FOR PEDESTRIANS! I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR CRIME! DUH! :) SORRY.

	shanz818:	Jan 8th, 2010 at 03:43 GMT	2 points
	Trust me, I was surprised too when I read the source that NY wasn't on the list! But for those people who think driving in FL is safer than NY, trust me, it's not! My family has been and drove in both MANY MANY times, and my father always says how driving in FL is worse than NY. I think it's a mixture of tourists, elderly people who shouldn't necessarily be behind the wheel, teenagers who get their licenses at 15/16, and south americans who are used to one lane highways and not "huge" 5 laners. Pretty crazy looking at the source though whatever the actual reason is...