New research by Jonathan Stiles (https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/5512-jonathan-stiles) and Geography faculty member and CURA Director Harvey Miller shows that the built environment plays an outsize role in determining who gets blamed for accidents involving pedestrians and cars. In neighborhoods with less pedestrian infrastructure, pedestrians are more likely to be held at fault in pedestrian-automobile accidents. In contrast, drivers are more likely to be held at fault in built environments where there is adequate pedestrian infrastructure.   The presence of bus stops was also a factor in pedestrians found at fault, likely due to busses dropping off riders in locations poorly served with pedestrian infrastructure.  This research has received coverage in Axios and WOSU. Read more at https://news.osu.edu/determining-who-gets-blamed-when-cars-hit-pedestrians/