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Criminalization of jaywalking is like criminalization of drug use (or ownership). It's not only not solving the problem - it's actively making it worse. The ri
by ajuc 6y ago
Criminalization of jaywalking is like criminalization of drug use (or ownership). It's not only not solving the problem - it's actively making it worse.
The right way to fix pedestrian deaths on the streets is to slow the traffic down. It's a solved problem. It's been tested all over Europe. It works.
As a bonus you get walkable cities, less suburbanization, smaller rich-poor division, less crime in the cities, less traffic jams, more people using public transport and bikes, less air pollution and CO2 emissions.
- bluecalm 6y agoWhile I agree about slowing down traffic I don't agree it's a solved problem in Europe. More and more countries and cities are on board but we are far away from the target in both regulations and road culture.
- Noumenon72 6y agoSlowing traffic down is the least desired solution because we'd have to remake all of those other things too to get the benefits. It doesn't lead to less suburbanization until people get fed up of wasting time and give up the home they actually wanted. You could solve people getting run over on the subway tracks by slowing those down too, but criminalization and station design is just a much better approach. Slowing down is inefficient and may cost just as many lifetimes, only in little pieces every day.