(Portland, OR) -- A new report recommends taking a different approach to reducing traffic fatalities. In the Portland area, traffic fatalities increased 42-percent in 2021 with 170 deaths. Twenty-four-percent of the fatalities involved people who were homeless. Alcohol and drugs were factors in nearly all crashes. A new approach would move away from individual responsibility and toward transportation policy and roadway design. It calls for adopting policy, system and environmental changes to increase safety.