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> For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a
by antimeridian 2y ago
> For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.
https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-daylighting-pedestrian-safety-007dec67706c1c09129da1436a3d9762 https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-dayli...
- WalterBright 2y agoI like the idea of the curb bump-outs. Intersections where you cannot see the cross traffic are definitely higher risk. > Mike McGinn, the mayor at the time, said he wanted to recalibrate the public’s expectation of road safety to make it more akin to their thoughts on airplane safety, where no fatality is considered acceptable. That isn't true. There is an FAA standard.
- brewdad 2y agoNo. The standard is zero. That's why the FAA investigates every crash or safety incident no matter how small. Realistically, the number will never be zero but if we don't put in the effort to improve constantly, safety will stagnate.
- WalterBright 2y ago> The standard is zero. This is simply incorrect. The FAA has a standard of getting the death rate below a certain figure per million flights, not zero.