Dortmunder Rat beschließt #Tempo30 auf vielen #Hauptverkehrsstraßen.
Ausnahmen gibt es nur dort, wo die Straßenverkehrsordnung das nicht erlaubt.
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/dortmund-tempo-30-strassen-100.html
#BestPractice #Dortmund #Love30 #RoadSafety #StreetsForLife #LebenswerteStädte #20splenty #StVG #StVO #Verkehrswende
#Tempo30 wirkt! Das zeigt zuletzt die italienische Stadt #Bologna: Dort gilt seit dem 15. Januar 2024 auf den meisten Straßen Tempo 30. Das Resümee nach einem Jahr:
👉 Die Zahl der Verkehrstoten halbierte sich sich im Vergleich zu den beiden Vorjahren
👉 Die Zahl der Schwerverletzten sank im Vergleich zu 2023 um 31%
👉 Zum ersten Mal seit 1991 kam kein:e Fußgänger:in im Straßenverkehr ums Leben
Diese Zahlen heben sich vom allgemeinen aktuellen Trend in Italien ab: Im gesamten Land steigt die Zahl der Unfälle, Verletzten und Verkehrstoten im Vergleich zum Vorjahr an, insbesondere auf den städtischen Straßen.
Neben der Einführung #Tempo30 hat Bologna auch Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum durchgeführt, z.B. Straßen, Kreuzungen und Übergänge sicherer gemacht, neue Fußgänger- und Schulzonen geschaffen und die Rad- und Fußverkehrsinfrastruktur ausgebaut.
#Verkehrswende #VisionZero #Love30 #StreetsForLife #LebenswerteStädte #20sPlenty #Radverkehr #Fußverkehr #BestPractices
Dear guy who honked at me before passing me on my bicycle on Ainsworth St;
I knew you were back there, I just wanted to make you mad 😘
#20sPlenty #portland #pdx #20isplenty #bikeTooter #cycling #biking #bicycle
#CrashesArntAccidents: Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities, which accounted for 21 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities in 2023, increased 18 percent from 2018 to 2023. From 2018 to 2023, the number of pedestrians killed increased 16 percent (from 6,482 to 7,522) and the number of bicyclists killed increased 29 percent (from 859 to 1,105).
With the absence of #20sPlenty and #SlowStreetNetworks, more intrusion for #SpeedSafetyCamerasSaveLives: The Flock network is separate from the speed enforcement cameras (also) being installed in San Francisco this year. Flock is not used for moving violations or traffic citations, and it doesn’t use facial recognition technology, officials said.
The Flock system works with police databases of suspect vehicles, including those used in Amber Alerts, compiled from departments all over the region.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sfpd-arrests-license-plate-readers-19509117.php
Slightly more than 3% of all crashes resulted in at least one death or severe injury, and more than 50% of all fatal and severe injury collisions involved pedestrians or bicyclists.
wide streets beget themselves to prolonged pedestrian traverses, creating more opportunities for vehicular crashes. The road is also a one-way street; the combination of these two factors, per the pedestrian protection advocacy nonprofit, evokes a sense of reckless driving. #VisionZero’s San Francisco chapter notes just 12% of City street miles account for some 68% of all severe and fatal pedestrian injuries; the 6th and Brytan streets intersection in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, where a thirty-something man lost his life crossing the road early in the morning on February 8th, is among those City-managed roadways
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/san-jose-san-pedro-street-closure/3431344/
#GiveFeetAChance: “When we reclaim public space, and allow it to be used by pedestrians and customers, we have more opportunity for our small businesses to be successful, in our downtown and beyond. For our residents to be they come to the downtown area and beyond for events and more and we come together in community,” said Mahan.
#CarFreeCityCentersPlease #20sPlenty #15MinuteNeighbourhoods
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://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/rethinking-streets-to-drive-commerce-and-connection-not-just-cars
#UnGlamarousSolutions: The concept of closing streets gained major traction during the #pandemic, first out of necessity and then as a result of the success – both economic and social – of embracing more pedestrian-friendly urban thoroughfares.
There’s an overwhelming desire in the U.S. for more livable and walkable cities: A 2022 survey by the American Planning Association found that 83% of Americans support the creation of more pedestrian malls in their communities. A recent study by the Urban Land Institute adds another layer to this narrative, revealing that 70% of real estate developers believe pedestrian malls will be more important in the future than they are today.
#CarFreeCityCentersPlease #15MinuteNeighbourhoods #GiveFeetAChance #20splenty
Another great little article from the UK's ETA Trust.
The trust is the charitable arm of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The ETA sells motor vehicle breakdown cover. But unlike AA, RAC or Green Flag they do not fund lobbyists pushing for bigger roads etc, and instead the Trust advocates for pedestrians, cyclists and other responsible road-users.
#Environmental
#Transport
#Roads
#SaferRoads
#20sPlenty
https://www.eta.co.uk/2024/01/03/if-an-englishmans-home-is-his-castle-what-does-that-make-his-car/
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.
#20sPlenty #SafetyUnfunded #ParisMisAligned #UnGlamorousSolutions #VisionZero
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
#20sPlenty #speedkills #CarFreeCityCentersPlease #15minuteneighborhoods
The 20mph limit for Ely was approved yesterday. https://cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Meetings/tabid/70/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/397/Meeting/2317/Committee/30/SelectedTab/Documents/Default.aspx
#ely #feniverse #20sPlenty
#20sPlenty: Speed-related crashes accounted for roughly 12,000 deaths in 2021, the last year for which there are complete statistics, and hundreds of thousands of injuries.
But governors? How about automated cameras ticketing?
#CarFreeCityCentersPlease
Stop #ProtectingOilAndGasShippingLanes
#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
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/narrower-lanes-safer-streets
Exposing #CigaretteScience: The number of #crashes on a street with 12-foot lanes is significantly higher than on streets with narrower lanes. That is the opposite of the general belief and what has been the foundation for street design and lane-width guidelines.
#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
#AB645: San Jose is gearing up to install 33 of the devices next year at high-risk intersections, with the ultimate goal of reducing the dozens of people killed and hundreds severely injured each year in traffic collisions.
#AB645: This year, 45 people in San Jose have died from traffic-related incidents. Of those deaths, 24 were #pedestrians. Last year saw 65 deaths, the highest number of fatalities in the city’s modern history.
