"After a study of federal data recently found that Memphis had the highest per-capita car crash death rate in the entire country - and the highest per-capita death rate for pedestrians of any metropolitan area - advocates there have launched a fundraising campaign for a new initiative called Street Fair, which will be dedicated to "advocating for a better transportation system for everyone - no matter how you choose to get around.""
"Those groups helped propel the community to the title of Bicycling Magazine's "Most Improved" biking city in 2012, while also fighting for an expanded trolley system and better connections for people on foot. By the 2020s, though, Memphis had been named the bike-friendly city in the country, and much of that trolley system had gone offline, even as mode-specific advocates for walking, biking, and transit continued to proliferate."
A federal data study found Memphis has the highest per-capita car crash death rate in the United States and the highest per-capita pedestrian death rate among metropolitan areas. Advocates launched a fundraising campaign to create Street Fair, an initiative dedicated to advocating for a better transportation system for everyone regardless of travel mode. Street Fair aims to reduce deaths, improve affordability and equity, and decrease neighborhood dependence on cars. Memphis has a history of citizen-led tactical urbanism and past gains, including Bicycling Magazine's Most Improved biking city title in 2012, though parts of the trolley system later went offline. Street Fair intends to unite walking, biking, transit, accessibility, smarter development, and anti-poverty advocates to form a cohesive long-term voice to influence local and state government and to educate residents about collective actions that improve transportation safety and access.
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