☠️ 3 lanes of traffic in each direction, going through various urban areas;
☠️ Speed limit is 45-55 mph, but cars are often going much faster;
☠️ Crosswalks are few & far between ...
👀 READ @marincogan on the Deadliest Road (#stroad) in America :
https://t.co/xhAGjffA0j
KUDOS @CityofTacoma for lowering speed limits to 20 mph on residential streets, and 25 mph on arterial streets, in four of the city’s Neighborhood Business Districts.
https://t.co/qebIbE7UnJ #Tacoma#visionzero#speedlimit#speedkills
"The goal of the #BanCars movement is not to render cars obsolete. It’s to give ppl the choice to live a life where car ownership, & dependence are unnecessary — regardless of socioeconomic status or physical ability to operate an automobile." 😎 MUST-READ https://t.co/5iEPryWx52
Our latest release: In 2019, public support for a lower speed limit on British Columbia’s residential streets stood at 58%. The proportion climbed to 61% in 2021 and has increased again this year to 66%. https://t.co/Lu9Zyurc5k
This is the way to do 30k.
Re-set the limits in a wide swath, focussing on residential streets.
Then you can install speed bumps & other calming measures to align with that ppl-friendly limit.
Congrats to @MathieuFleury, & to all who made this happen.
https://t.co/yddTgLcc9u
A fabulous 😊 community map showing, with this morning's committee approval (in blue), that #Lowertown, #SandyHill and #Vanier communities residentials streets are 30km/h speed limits.
A first in #Ottawa 👋
"Put bluntly, speed kills. A safe system approach puts contextual speed management at the core of every street design project ..."
📖 @zvanderkooy @mobycon : https://t.co/SHcJ9W0wyr
😎If #Winnipeg city council approves, the Enhanced Summer Bike Route Program will reopen 14 of the 17 routes tested last year, with speed limits reduced to 30 km/h from 50 km/h, from May 1 to Oct. 31.
Story by @joyanne_pursaga (HT @emmaewood)
https://t.co/3enru31Rcr @Love30ca
A new 30-year transportation plan, focusing heavily on transit projects & active transportation linkages, is approved for the Vancouver region.
Story via @CasualBrasuell@planetizen >> https://t.co/kqCnLFqbgE #visionzero#vancouver#bc
@tomflood1 👆Well said (as usual) Tom.
People are often mystified when they meet safety campaigners who don't promote protective & reflective gear for people walking & cycling.
We have our reasons ...👇
https://t.co/uItxIAHfgz #pedestrianblame#bikehelmets
Congrats to @Banff_Town Council for dropping #speedlimit to 30 km/h ❤️❤️❤️ on ALL streets.
'Slower is safer,' sez @banffmayor Corrie DiManno. 😎
https://t.co/H5qOMA0fuP
The solution to the problems wrought by automobiles isn't better cars. Nor is it more costly, confining automobile infrastructure.
It's safe, space-efficient, low-emission alternatives like walking, cycling & public transit.
https://t.co/qljO0BGdUm #peakMusk#thinkoutsidethecar
From now on, speed limit in #Bordeaux drops from 50 km/h to 30 (30 to 20 mph). Joins #Montpellier#Grenoble, #Nice, #Lille, #Nantes, 200 other cities in #France with 30 km/h limits.
This has already led to an astonishing 70% decrease in crash fatalities.
https://t.co/214qwgLjTG
☝️“We would like to remind all Edmontonians that speed is a factor in every crash. Slowing down gives us more time to react to the unexpected, reduces unnecessary tragedies on our roads & has very little impact on travel times.”
— @CityofEdmonton safe mobility Rajna Tufegdzic.✊
"We need to design our streets and roads to be safe not for the predictable abstractions of our best-laid plans, but for the complex, unpredictable, flesh-and-blood people who actually use them. We need to #SlowTheCars."
John Pattison @StrongTowns
https://t.co/VmXYiU3ro7