Dangerous steps: Oakland pedestrian fatality highlights national problem

With the Jan. 18 death of a University of Pittsburgh student struck by a Port Authority bus along Fifth Avenue in Oakland, Pittsburgh joined a disturbing national trend. At a time when traffic deaths across the country have gone down over the past 10 years, there has been one major exception: pedestrian deaths.

Dangerous Steps: Oakland Pedestrian Fatality Highlights National Problem

Story by Ed Blazina

February 2, 2020