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In the US, traffic fatalities went up in 2020. The typical congestion of dangerous stroads has a calming effect on speeds, and that was absent with the enormous
by QuarterReptile 5y ago
In the US, traffic fatalities went up in 2020. The typical congestion of dangerous stroads has a calming effect on speeds, and that was absent with the enormous drop in traffic.
- woodruffw 5y agoThanks for correcting me. That's certainly counterintuitive on first blush, but does make sense and is consistent with my and others' experiences cycling in NYC in 2020/1: more aggressive driving became the norm, and cyclist and pedestrian deaths increased[1]. [1]: https://www.transalt.org/press-releases/vision-zero-in-crisis-2021-now-on-track-to-be-deadliest-year-in-de-blasio-era-new-york-city-nyc https://www.transalt.org/press-releases/vision-zero-in-crisi...