A Boy’s Bicycling Death Haunts a Black Neighborhood. 35 Years Later, There’s Still No Sidewalk. By Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly October 8, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dangerous-roads-black-neighborhoods-sidewalks-racial-equity-child-death-durham-north-carolina/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--WZ6EYOAXjxVJ0j_FyFZkSi-YZBtavNxv9PVxdxpRwM64ACo3VvGMG25mpreHSerBn4mWog4b3vqmJY4Bcr1g15Dz-nA&_hsmi=328732711&utm_content=328732711&utm_source=hs_email A Boy’s Bicycling Death Haunts a Black Neighborhood. 35 Years Later, There’s Still No Sidewalk. By Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly John Parker was in first grade when he was struck by a pickup truck driving on Durham’s Cheek Road, which lacks sidewalks to this day. Neighborhoods with no sidewalks, damaged walkways, and roads with high speed limits are concentrated in Black neighborhoods, research finds.