[dsfyu404ed]

No (edit: quantitative, you'd think that stipulation would be obvious because we're on HN) mention of increase in popularity of cycling for one's commute (seems to be up year over year in my unscientific observation)? I even skimmed the linked articles and they also seem to only be counting deaths, not deaths per anything. That doesn't tell us anything useful. This entire article is hand-wavy.

I'm sure if everyone who currently rides a bicycle to work went out and started commuting via skateboard tomorrow we'd have a heck of a lot more skateboard fatalities.

Also worth mentioning that this is an op-ed so it is not subject to normal journalistic standards (however low they may sometimes be).

[benwad]

3rd paragraph:

> More people are being killed because cities are encouraging residents to walk and bike, but their roads are still dominated by fast-moving vehicular traffic. As my research has shown, this shifting mix can be deadly.

[paganel]

I think the increase in the number of pedestrian deaths is also caused by the increase in the number of SUVs/CUVs and an increase in the size of cars generally speaking. Bigger cars -> more pedestrian deaths looks like a decent enough "correlation is causation" for me.

[bryanlarsen]

Pedestrian deaths have increased by a lot more than cyclist deaths, I don't think the number of pedestrians has significantly changed.

[badfrog]

> No mention of increase in popularity of cycling for one's commute

It's right in the introduction:

> As cities strive to improve the quality of life for their residents, many are working to promote walking and biking

[...]

> More people are being killed because cities are encouraging residents to walk and bike