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Perhaps the speed limit for the whole street (or road, if it isn’t a street) should be 20 mph then? To elaborate - ideally there would be a street redesign in
by CalRobert 1y ago
Perhaps the speed limit for the whole street (or road, if it isn’t a street) should be 20 mph then?
To elaborate - ideally there would be a street redesign in that area so 20 mph felt like the right speed. Narrowing, more visual obstructions, etc.
- xboxnolifes 1y agoI'm aware of how natural speed limits work. And my point is these are frequently major roads that are miles long, not residential streets. Major arterial roads, sometimes state highways.
- CalRobert 1y agoHow do you propose ensuring safety for kids walking and biking to school in these places?
- xboxnolifes 1y agoIn the kinds of places I am thinking about, step one is choosing not to build directly on a major road, miles away from residences. Which is not always realistic, when residences are miles apart from one another. The decision for safety needed to be made about a dozen decisions ago in those situations. What is left is busing kids home.
- adrianN 1y agoEnforcing safe speeds a few hundred meters around a school doesn't help much for biking or walking when the rest of the infrastructure remains deadly. Placing the school there is just a bad choice if you want children to come to school independently from their parents.