Tampa Bay’s roadways rank 50th among the country’s largest metros in safety, according to StreetLight Data’s new “U.S. Safe Streets Index.”
Why it matters: Safe roads matter even more in a region with especially bad public transportation, where driving or walking is often the only option.
How it works: The rankings are based on five key factors: vehicle miles traveled, different speeds between vehicles, speed-based pedestrian risk, speeding in residential zones and truck activity…