The Dangerous by Design study ranks Jacksonville as the sixth deadliest metro area for pedestrians in the United States. The Smart Growth America report lists 5, pedestrian fatalities in Florida between and , and a national high 2. That's the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people crashing with no survivors every single month. The truly jarring numbers come from the Pedestrian Danger Index PDI , which is the rate of pedestrian deaths relative to the number of people who walk to work in the area.
Florida's PDI is an incredible Jacksonville recorded more than deaths in the nine-year survey period. Meander just four blocks south, towards the St. Johns River, and discover the Jacksonville Landing, a hotspot for nighttime activity and festivals.
The city is now working on plans for adapting the Trio in a way that compliments their historical importance and serves the needs of the city.
An outdoor festival along Laura Street in front of Chamblin's bookstore, one of many local businesses located on the street. Clever planning features have made this downtown thoroughfare stand out as a place in and of itself.
Jacksonville is in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles 40 km south of the Georgia border and about miles km north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in it was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States.
During Florida's British period, settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cowford to the British.
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