Op-ed
Guest Column: Worcester Kills Children
Planners, engineers, and politicians designed a system of roads that, for the sake of cars, made pedestrian deaths permissible.
Planners, engineers, and politicians designed a system of roads that, for the sake of cars, made pedestrian deaths permissible.
![A person on a bike rides past a green bike signal alongside a walk sign while roughly a dozen cars wait at a red light on the opposite side of the street. A sign in the foreground reads "Turning vehicles yield to [bike and pedestrian pictograms]" while a sign next to the walk signal says "No Turn On Red." The street is lined with 3-5 story brick buildings.](https://lede-admin.mass.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2023/06/SeparatedSignalsMassAveInCambridge_creditPetruSofio.jpeg?resize=2880%2C1920)