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What Philly Can – And Can’t – Do to Reduce the Number of People Killed in Car Crashes

September 21, 2026

Alex Quistberg, PhD, chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health department and associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, wrote a Sept. 21 column in The Conversation about Philadelphia’s traffic safety concerns.

Quistberg looks at who in Philadelphia is most affected by traffic deaths, what is the city currently doing, and what else can it do about road safety.

Link to column