Among other steps, the Assembly members want to lower speed limits and install better lighting along roads where pedestrian deaths have taken place.
A pedestrian walks on a Tudor Road median near Lake Otis Parkway before crossing outside the crosswalk on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. to be killed by a vehicle in Anchorage since the start of the year. And on Friday night, 79-year-old Ambrose Aguchak was hit by two vehicles as he crossed the New Seward Highway near East 36th Avenue,
The second is a proposal to lower speed limits by “at least 10 miles per hour, not to exceed 35 miles per hour, on corridors where fatalities have occurred or those with the same defining characteristics.”Lastly, the measure calls for an education campaign about “the intersection of pedestrian safety, motor vehicle speed, and road conditions.”
“Excessive speed kills ... We cannot continue to treat our urban centers as super highways, prioritizing vehicle movement over safety,” Volland said. “We can do something today. The municipality and state should work together. It’s time for action, not another drawn-out study.” That puts Anchorage among the five deadliest cities in the country for pedestrians, with roughly four pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents this year, according to data cited in the resolution from Smart Growth America, a policy and advocacy nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.
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