n 1997, Sweden adopted the unlikely goal of ending traffic deaths, and has since seen its fatality rate plummet. Now, the strategy faces perhaps its stiffest test: New York City streets. De Blasio Looks Toward Sweden for Road Safety http://www.nytimes.com While roadway deaths have not been eliminated in Sweden, the country’s rate of fatalities has been whittled down to an international low. Now its approach faces perhaps its stiffest test: the streets of New York City.