Money A growing pedestrian safety crisis: Speed, short lights and SUVs are worsening a health epidemic September 17, 2020September 17, 2020Nathan Bomey, USA TODAYComments Off on A growing pedestrian safety crisis: Speed, short lights and SUVs are worsening a health epidemic Angie Schmitt's book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America," exposes the U.S. pedestrian safety crisis.