A pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday evening near the intersection of Cervantes Street at Pickens Avenue. Pensacola Police report the man was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he later died.
Earlier this year, Inweekly reported that West Cervantes from Palafox Street to Pace Boulevard had 31 accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists since 2011. Two pedestrians had been hit in January, one of which died from her injuries.
Mr. Reality, I would like to suggest that the problem with Cervantes is not enforcement but design. The “design speed” of Cervantes is much higher than the posted limit. This creates an impossible enforcement situation and has resulted in numerous injuries/fatalities. Poor design and engineering caused this problem and good design and engineering will be required to fix it. Check out: https://nacto.org/publication/urban-street-design-guide/design-controls/design-speed/speed-reduction-mechanisms/
Mr. Outzen, thank you for your continued coverage of this topic! We must, as a community, value human life and livability over high-speed traffic throughput.
The cops DO NOT enforce speed limits in theis county/city so the crackheads zoom from one crack house to the other. In reality, last summer when the PPD and FHP did that high intensity radar on cervanties almost HALF of the drivers tickited for SPEEDING had ACTIVE WARRANTS. This proves that enforcement of SPEED LIMITS helps uncover MUCH BIGGER crimes.