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What you're saying is all true, but typically road design influence driving speed more than anything. Changing speed limits rarely has an impact on that (at lea
by strongpigeon 6mo ago
What you're saying is all true, but typically road design influence driving speed more than anything. Changing speed limits rarely has an impact on that (at least in the US).
- rapnie 6mo agoNot sure, but I think that in the Netherlands a municipality is not allowed to slap some 30kmh road signs along a roadway and call it a day. If the street does not 'communicate' that it is designed for that velocity, i.e. it is too broad, too many car lanes, then it must be adapted first to slow down traffic. There are a number of interesting design guidelines and manuals on the web, like CROW [0] for bicycle traffic, applied across the Netherlands. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROW_Design_Manual_for_Bicycle_Traffic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROW_Design_Manual_for_Bicycle...
- IshKebab 6mo agoThat's how it should work but the UK definitely doesn't do that. I don't think the US does either.
- TulliusCicero 6mo agoReally you should do both. Otherwise you do end up with roads that feel like you have to go slow but nominally you're allowed to go fast (and some drivers will certainly take that opportunity).
- tedd4u 6mo agoOne thing that may also help: an Amsterdam local told me that virtually all drivers there (and their parents/kids) are cyclists _also_, and so have more empathy for bikes and tend to operate motor vehicles safely them.