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Re: Atlantic Avenue speed limit lower to 25 mph |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Apr 18 17:36:42 2014, in response to Re: Atlantic Avenue speed limit lower to 25 mph, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri Apr 18 15:13:19 2014. 73 percent isn't a number. It's a percentage. A low percentage does not negate a large raw number. It is most likely a larger percentage than in Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Since the north south avenues are greatly used in Manhattan, I wouldn't venture to say that it is higher than in Manhattan. But you also have to realize that virtually every Manhattan avenue, unlike Brooklyn, has synchronized lights all the time, so they in essence act as highways.Yes the number for 73% would be over twice as great as the number for 27%, but why are we comparing the two. The point was that many use local streets for long distances because of the lack of highways in Brooklyn, not that even more use highways for long trips. Also, the fact that driving on surface streets isn't a crime is irrelevant. If a percentage like 3% is significant in one instance, a percentage of 27 in another instance should not automatically be dismissed. Actual numbers are just as important as percentages and I'm tired of people using only one or the other to distort the truth. You should never give a percentage without citing the actual raw number also. |
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