Los Angeles, a city that famously built itself around cars, has always been a dangerous place to walk. In 2015, a local advocacy group created a map of locations where drivers hit pedestrians, marking specific places — such as the intersection of Hollywood and Highland — where dozens of collisions occurred in a single year.
Activists found a sympathetic ear in Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “It is tragic that 200 people are killed each year while commuting in our city,” Garcetti said in an August 2015 press release. “I am determined to get that number down to zero.”
