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Friday Video: What It’s Like to Walk In Pedestrian-Unfriendly Florida

Advocates in the Sunshine State are casting daylight on the state's raging pedestrian safety crisis, and what it will take to finally stop the bloodshed.

Florida is home to eight of the 20 deadliest metros in America for pedestrians. But how does that constant thrum of traffic violence actually shape residents' lives — and what are they doing to fight back?

Check out this moving new video from Smart Growth America, featuring advocate Delilah Smalley, whom Streetsblog profiled last year, along with some of the other activists, politicians and engineers who are working to transform one of the deadliest. states for people who walk and roll.

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