PennDOT Customer Care Says to Take Your Concerns Somewhere Else
PennDOT has a website devoted to your concerns, but the responses you get suggest they are anything but concerned.
Bike Demonstration Leads Pittsburgh Police to Prove Protestors’ Point
On February 16, a bike rider was hit by a driver as they tried to navigate between the Penn Avenue cycle track and the Smallman Street bike lanes. This crash has reignited a discussion among activists to extend the Penn Avenue cycle track to Lawrenceville. They organized a demonstration at the crash site on February 28. While media organizations were notified, the police and the City were not.
6-Year-Old Killed Crossing Street to School Bus Stop
On the morning of February 24 in North Belle Vernon, 6-year-old Aria Woznick left for school with her older siblings. According to police, she walked out of her house, reached the sidewalk on Fayette Street, started to cross, and was hit by the driver of a car. Parents did their best to help before a helicopter could arrive to take her to UPMC Children’s Hospital, where she died. A family friend has set up a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs.
Teen Getting Ice Cream Killed by Driver
Around 7:30 on the night of February 5th, Bailey Lentz Veitch walked to the Dairy Queen on East Crawford Avenue in Connellsville. After picking up some ice cream, she began walking south towards her home. At the same time, Mark Lucic, who was on his way home to Ontario from Seven Springs Mountain Resort, drove his 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck south on Crawford. Lucic had been drinking and later told police he had no memories of what happened that day.
Extend the Penn Avenue Cycle Track
On February 16, a bike rider came to the end of the 16th Street cycle track and started on the roundabout route to the Smallman Street bike lanes. They turned right onto 16th Street and were turning onto Spring Way when they were hit by the driver of an SUV. They were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Pedestrian Injured at Beechwood and Wilkins has Died
Emily Johanna Hoffman, who was hit by a driver while crossing Beechwood Boulevard at Wilkins Avenue on February 9th, died from her injuries on February 17th. Her friends and family have created a GoFundMe to establish scholarships in her name.
How to Fix Dangerous 5-Way Intersections
On February 9th, a person was crossing Beechwood Boulevard in the north crosswalk at Wilkins Avenue in Squirrel Hill. A driver turning left from Wilkins onto Beechwood hit them in the crosswalk. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Weaponized SUV Injures Three in Homewood
On February 1st, a fight started outside a bar at the corner of Frankstown Avenue and Oakwood Street in Homewood. Following the fight, one person got into their SUV and used it to ram three people, severely injuring two of them.
Five Pedestrians Struck, Two Killed in One Weekend
On the weekend of January 13th to 16th, five pedestrians were hit by drivers, and two were killed.
Pedestrian Killed on the Birmingham Bridge
On January 11th, a driver hit and killed a pedestrian at the north end of the Birmingham Bridge.
Gas Stations are Anti-Pedestrian Infrastructure
On January 9th, a driver hit a pedestrian while leaving a Sunoco gas station. The driver did not stop but was later caught by police. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition.