An RTA spokesperson reported that the #39F bus was traveling northbound on East Roadway, and made a left-hand turn on Rockwell (right in front of Key Tower), and that the injured pedestrian was transported to Metro Hospital.
RTA said the accident is under active investigation. Cleveland 19 reports that the 69-year-old woman is in critical condition. The TV station characterized her injuries as “head injuries.”
The collision comes during a heated ongoing debate about buses through Public Square. One argument for buses on Superior Avenue is the consequent reduction in dangerous left-hand turns on the perimeter. Due to re-routing around the Square, RTA buses will take more than 1.1 million more turns per year, about half of which are left turns.
This article appears in Dec 7-13, 2016.
it’s always depressing when experts say “this is dangerous” (in this case, those million extra left turns a year), officials ignore them, and then someone gets hurt.
open Superior to buses already.
Any comment from Frank Jackson? How about someone from the administration stepping up? OK, how about a press release from his PR department? Anything? Anyone? Hello…….?
This person’s blood is on the hands of Frank Jackson he says it’s safer for buses to go Thur 8 turns, 7 lights and 16 crosswalks instead of going straight Thur 2 lights and 2 crosswalks, the family should file a law suit against frank Jackson and the city of cleveland
Maybe if the bus would have waited for pedestrians to cross? Seems pretty simple to me.