I agree with this, however I suppose accidents will be inevitable.
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serial_crusher@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 months ago
Cars made of metal do more damage when running down pedestrians than cars made of nerf do. Is the solution to make all cars out of nerf, or to stop running down pedestrians?
cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The correct answer is to copy the netherlands in every possible way. You add physical impediments to your transit corridor to make it safer for people and cars to coexist.
Grade separated bike and walk lanes.
Sidewalks that are contiguous, i.e dont dip down to the level of the street. If the sidewalk stays level, pedestrians and bikes cross faster while the sidewalk serves as an inante speed bump where pedestrian traffic crosses roads.
No right on red. This is a leading cause of pedestrian/bike impacts.
Traffic lights not across the road, but next to the road. This keeps driver vision local, not looking far off
Narrow driving lanes. These force cars to slow down, lowering pedestrian impact speeds which drastically reduce mortality.
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Almost like putting the pedestrian first. Unfortunately that is the opposite of America. In good ol USA the car has right of way. That’s why you have jaywalking as a crime. In other parts of the world the pedestrian has right of way and so car has to stop for them.
Would need to upend the whole American system
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How do you accommodate for people in wheelchairs? That’s why they dip in the U.S.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 months ago
They go straight across the road in the Netherlands for streets that cross sidewalks. They dont dip down, so all wheelchair users can just continue on the sidewalk as is.
The sidewalk that intersects the road is a smooth curve. To enter the sidewalk in a wheelchair, you just roll up the smooth curve like a car would.