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5000 signs at once is not slowly, but this isn't new. It wouldn't surprise me if Amsterdam already had 5000 30 km signs before this (I'm trying to find data but
by mcv 3y ago
5000 signs at once is not slowly, but this isn't new. It wouldn't surprise me if Amsterdam already had 5000 30 km signs before this (I'm trying to find data but I can't find anything). The street I live in is a 30 km zone, as are most other residential streets in the city.
They're not starting something new; they're expanding it even further. Probably because of the experience they have acquired with slower speeds over the past decades.
When I was a kid (in the 1980s), 50 km/h was standard everywhere in cities and towns. Around that time, protesters started demanding lower speeds for cars with the slogan "50 is the veel" (50 is too much). Ever since, they've been reducing speeds in more and more places (except motorways, which increased from 100 to 120 and then 130).
- the-dude 3y agoIt wouldn't surprise me either about the 5000 signs already there. Except you are presenting this new 5000 signs as something incremental while at the same time arguing it might be a doubling.
- mcv 3y agoThese 5000 signs are absolutely a big move, no doubt about that. I'm just saying it's not something that comes out of nowhere, but it's part of a change that's been going on for decades. They're probably confident enough about the results that it's time to pick up the pace and do more at once. And consistency is also important. Having some streets 30 km/h while similar streets in other places are 50 km/h can be confusing.