The Ann Arbor City Council met at Larcom City Hall Monday evening to discuss pedestrian safety, public safety at places of worship and the rezoning of 315 West Huron Street, where Talbot Development has proposed a 10-story high-rise building.
During public comment, former Councilmember Kathy Griswold said she believes the city should not include data on accidents involving pedestrians from 2020 in its statistics, due to reduced driving during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This past holiday weekend was filled with disheartening social media disinformation, but equally concerning is the misleading data being promoted regarding our pedestrian crash rate, which continues to rise alarmingly for serious and fatal crashes,” Griswold said. “Averaging in pandemic-era crashes to engineer an artificially low crash rate is unacceptable.”…