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Statewide Watch for Me CT program urges town partnerships as pedestrian and e‑bike injuries rise
Summary
Amy Watkins of Watch for Me CT told the MVCAD TTAC the program offers free town-level materials, walk audits and an e‑bike resource page after hospital data showed e‑bike ER visits rising markedly; she urged concurrent signaling, leading pedestrian intervals and coordinated local outreach.
Amy Watkins, program lead for Watch for Me CT, told the MVCAD Transportation Technical Advisory Committee that her statewide outreach program — funded by the Connecticut Department of Transportation and managed at Connecticut Children’s — provides towns with media campaigns, education, infrastructure guidance and free materials aimed at reducing pedestrian and bicycle deaths and serious injuries.
“We are a program that is statewide that is aimed at reducing the number of road deaths, specifically bicyclists and pedestrians,” Watkins said during her presentation. She said 2022 was an unusually bad year for traffic fatalities in Connecticut, that overall crash deaths for vehicle occupants are trending…
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