Traffic fatalities

SARTA is offering free rides Friday and Saturday to promote safe driving.

Traffic fatalities are on the rise across the United States. Yet in some parts of the country, efforts born from both tragedy and political will have seen the numbers move in a different direction.

Cleveland City Council’s transportation committee on Wednesday approved “complete and green streets” legislation that would task city officials with incorporating transit, walking, biking, trees and stormwater management in new road projects.

2020 saw the most number of traffic-related deaths in a decade, even with less traffic because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ODOT says.

Ohio’s traffic deaths are up nearly 10 percent over this time last year, and the state is trying to curb the numbers heading into the holiday-driving…