Issue

Traffic fatalities

Causes

The design of the streets does not match the way they are being used
Wide fast moving arteries on which cars travel up to 60 mph these are
famously dangerous for pedestrians
In NYC cars share these roads with millions of pedestrians
Design of the road around cars when there are more people on foot

Solution

Either call this roads highways and built median, barriers or even pedestrian
bridges
Or treat it like a city street and make lanes narrower, add more stoplights and
crosswalks and install obstacles and other elements of social friction such
as trees and other fixed objects
Benefits of street diets: slim down car lanes, add elements like bike lanes,
planters, or pedestrian plazas with tables and chairs.