San Antonio’s Transportation Department has launched a public safety campaign focused on pedestrian safety along three “high-injury” corridors

The initiative is targeting safety measures along Zarzamora Street, W.W. White Road and Fredericksburg Road.

A recent study ranked San Antonio as the seventh-deadliest city in the nation for pedestrians.

“I think in our everyday lives we get so busy and we’re just rushing from one place to another that we forget to really just slow down (and) pay attention,” said Kristie Flores, a Vision Zero facilitator with the Transportation Department.

According to Texas Department of Transportation data, there were 769 pedestrian-involved accidents in the city last year. Of those, 168 people were seriously injured and 89 died.

“We take that information ver

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