“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. Oslo & Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills #Oslo #Helsinki
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pede...
The results are in (AGAIN): speed cameras save lives—after Pennsylvania installed speed cameras on Roosevelt Blvd, another study finds crashes and deaths dropped after the intervention #VIsionZero #SpeedKills
https://t.co/OV0s5ZPBo0
#SpeedKills: Often, a small number of local streets account for a high proportion of serious traffic injuries and deaths – and that’s where we must start. A single stretch of Marin Avenue, where Julia’s collision occurred, was responsible for over 20% of Berkeley traffic deaths between 2012-2022.
Streets are not designed to prioritize safety, and that needs to change. This means streets with slower speeds, shorter and more visible crosswalks, lower turning speeds, protected bike lanes and other physical changes – many of the core tenets of Caltrans’ complete streets policy.
#EndDangerousByDesign
JonathanVankin for California Local- In California, speeding-related tragedies were 35 percent of the total 4,285 traffic fatalities in the state happened due to excessive speeds. That’s about 1,500 deaths.
Friedman also authored 2021’s AB43, which allows local governments to lower speed limits without following the state-mandated “85th percentile rule,”
Under Friedman’s new legislation, AB645, Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach and San Francisco will be allowed to install the automated cameras—previously prohibited under state law—in “high injury network” areas, that is, areas where the highest percentage of crashes occur. The cameras will also be allowed near schools, and in areas prone to street racing.
#CrashesArentAccidents #SpeedKills #20splenty #SpeedSafetyCamerasSaveLives #UnGlamourousSolutionsAreClimateJustice #SlowStreetNetworks
https://www.thedrive.com/news/narrower-city-streets-could-actually-be-safer-study
#SpeedKills: “Our study of #city #lanewidths found that contrary to the current thinking, wider lanes in urban areas can lead to a higher number of #crashes and ultimately #fatalities,” said Shima Hamidi, Ph.D., Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health and director of the Center for Climate-Smart Transportation at the Bloomberg School.
three Southern California cities, along with Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco, to run the five-year camera pilot program around schools, high injury networks — streets with the highest rates of injury and death — and areas known as street-racing corridors.
Gruesome collisions have killed more people than nonvehicle homicides in Los Angeles this year
#SpeedKills: "Here in Atlanta, our streets are... designed more for speed. Where policy decisions have resulted in more dangerous streets... By making changes to those 10% of streets, we could dramatically improve pedestrian safety in Atlanta," Serna said.
#20sPlenty #SafetyUnfunded #BDS #ParisMisAligned #UnGlamorousSolutions
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-pedestrian-deaths-propelatl-study-black-neighborhoods
#20sPlenty: Once penalties kick in, drivers going 11 to 15 miles per hour over the speed limit will be sent a $50 ticket. Sixteen to 25 miles over the limit is a $100 ticket and 26 miles over is $200. Those who exceed 100 miles per hour
#SpeedKills #SlapOnTheWrist
#SpeedKills: The new law comes with stipulations. For example, #speedcameras can only be installed in certain locations, and cities must make a good-faith effort to let drivers know where the cameras are — and when they will be in use — at least 30 days before they go live. To address #privacy concerns, the new law says the cameras will be angled so that they only capture the license plate of motorists.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/what-we-know-about-bay-area-speed-cameras-18445648.php
#CrashesArntAccidents: “The simple fact of the matter is that #SpeedKills. Higher speed vehicles lead to more serious #pedestrian #crashes. Our vibrant businesses draw people on foot, on #bikes, and on #cars,” President and District 2 Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas said.
AB645: will authorize San Francisco to adopt a "Speed Safety System Pilot Program" employing the use of the cameras to monitor and ticket drivers for #speeding. The pilot program would last until January 2032 before possibly extending to the rest of California.
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/speed-cameras-may-be-coming-to-san-francisco-assembly-bill/article_11f9826a-5419-11ee-b84e-efe2a633716c.html
#SpeedKills #20splenty #ActiveEnforcement #TaxOnSafety #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #StopSubsidizingDriving #BrokenTaillightPolicing
#EnforcementWorks: #Speed #violations down 30% on #CameraEnforcedRoutes which flies in the face of "cash grab" #complaints from #speedcamera detractors. Speed was a reported factor in nearly one-third of #deadlycrashes in the U.S. in 2021.
#SpeedKills #DataToManage #AbolishThePolice #20sPlenty #CarFreeCityCentersPlease
#CoBenefits: Reducing heat-trapping gas #emissions slows the #climatecrisis and is #safer, improves #health, and protects #democracy from #CitizensUnited #extractive money. #speedkills #20sPlenty #WalkableCities #betterworld
#DeregulatingCrime because #RepublicansBackLosers: 17 and 23 year old going over 80 mph in a 35 mph zone T-bone and kill 2. Why was the street design permissive of #CriminalBehavior and lack of judgment when other drivers and pedestrians are out, and when we know #SpeedKills, while the #NSA and tell what you ate for dinner. https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/pair-arrested-in-redwood-city-fatal-crash/article_7e3f52be-6a23-11ed-bed4-c778d54af3b0.html
