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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Jun 1 16:52:11 2021, in response to Re: Signal priority in NYC, posted by AlM on Tue Jun 1 11:13:33 2021. I don't understand why the more moderate politicians are supporting the more insane versions of traffic calming.The number of pedestrian fatalities and injuries has increased, since the pandemic. It's due to increased automobile speed on the city streets. Politicians, even more moderate ones, profess an obligation to reduce such collisions at the expense of a few extra seconds per automobile trip. Automobile speed is the most important factor determining the severity of a pedestrian/automobile collision. It's possible to design an automobile that would reduce injury severity for given speeds. However, the automobile industry has successfully prevented such design changes from being mandated in the US. They have been mandated in Europe resulting in significantly lower pedestrian deaths and injuries. Some American makers, like Tesla, adhere to EU standards for their export sales. Similarly EU cars exported to the US (and North America) have the design changes removed. It's a disaster for bus service. Local buses are restricted to 20 mph or less by the MTA. Having other traffic go at that speed through traffic calming has a minor effect on bus speed. |
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