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  1. #TrafficDeaths in the 🇺🇸 US dropped to their lowest level since 2019 🚗, with about 36,640 deaths. That's a 6.7% decrease after years of higher numbers during the pandemic. It’s a sign that roads are getting a bit safer again.

    US traffic deaths fall to lowe...

  2. #TrafficDeaths in the 🇺🇸 US dropped to their lowest level since 2019 🚗, with about 36,640 deaths. That's a 6.7% decrease after years of higher numbers during the pandemic. It’s a sign that roads are getting a bit safer again.

    US traffic deaths fall to lowe...

  3. Estonia to see lowest number of traffic deaths in decades in 2025 | News

    The outgoing year is likely to set a new positive record in traffic, with the number of fatalities…
    #Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #Eesti #estonia #traffic #trafficdeaths #trafficsafety #Uudised
    europesays.com/2667750/

  4. Kuldar Leis: Estonia will not rush into universally slashing speed limits | Opinion

    The state will not blindly lower speed limits across the board but will continue with a risk-based approach.…
    #Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #Eesti #estonia #KuldarLeis #RoadInfrastructure #speedlimits #trafficdeaths #trafficsafety #Uudised
    europesays.com/2420924/

  5. Prioritising life over cars

    VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

    "Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
    zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
    datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/prog

    Can Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate

  6. Prioritising life over cars

    VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

    "Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
    zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
    datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/prog

    Can Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate

  7. Prioritising life over cars

    VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

    "Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
    zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
    datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/prog

    Can Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate

  8. Prioritising life over cars

    VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

    "Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
    zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
    datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/prog

    Can Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate

  9. Prioritising life over cars

    VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death

    "Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
    zmescience.com/science/news-sc

    In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
    datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/prog

    Can Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate

  10. portland.gov/transportation/vi

    #multilanestreets and high speeds continue to be consistent risk factors contributing to #trafficdeaths. In 2024, 71% of traffic deaths occurred on Portland’s 30 deadliest streets and intersections…At least 48% of traffic deaths involved speeding or excessive speeding.

    #PDX #Portland #bike

  11. portland.gov/transportation/vi

    #multilanestreets and high speeds continue to be consistent risk factors contributing to #trafficdeaths. In 2024, 71% of traffic deaths occurred on Portland’s 30 deadliest streets and intersections…At least 48% of traffic deaths involved speeding or excessive speeding.

    #PDX #Portland #bike

  12. portland.gov/transportation/vi

    #multilanestreets and high speeds continue to be consistent risk factors contributing to #trafficdeaths. In 2024, 71% of traffic deaths occurred on Portland’s 30 deadliest streets and intersections…At least 48% of traffic deaths involved speeding or excessive speeding.

    #PDX #Portland #bike

  13. portland.gov/transportation/vi

    #multilanestreets and high speeds continue to be consistent risk factors contributing to #trafficdeaths. In 2024, 71% of traffic deaths occurred on Portland’s 30 deadliest streets and intersections…At least 48% of traffic deaths involved speeding or excessive speeding.

    #PDX #Portland #bike

  14. portland.gov/transportation/vi

    #multilanestreets and high speeds continue to be consistent risk factors contributing to #trafficdeaths. In 2024, 71% of traffic deaths occurred on Portland’s 30 deadliest streets and intersections…At least 48% of traffic deaths involved speeding or excessive speeding.

    #PDX #Portland #bike

  15. In 2022, roughly half of traffic fatalities were unbelted. Seat belt compliance is pretty good, about 92%, but half of the deaths are from that 8% who defeat the safety measures. #trafficdeaths #trafficdeath #darwinaward #safety #driving #darwin #autodarwinate

    nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-

  16. In 2022, roughly half of traffic fatalities were unbelted. Seat belt compliance is pretty good, about 92%, but half of the deaths are from that 8% who defeat the safety measures. #trafficdeaths #trafficdeath #darwinaward #safety #driving #darwin #autodarwinate

    nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-

  17. In 2022, roughly half of traffic fatalities were unbelted. Seat belt compliance is pretty good, about 92%, but half of the deaths are from that 8% who defeat the safety measures. #trafficdeaths #trafficdeath #darwinaward #safety #driving #darwin #autodarwinate

    nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-

  18. I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

    The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

    Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

    by David Zipper, April 2024

    "Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

    "Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

    "The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

    "Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

    Read more:
    vox.com/future-perfect/2413914

  19. I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

    The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

    Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

    by David Zipper, April 2024

    "Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

    "Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

    "The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

    "Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

    Read more:
    vox.com/future-perfect/2413914

  20. I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

    The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

    Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

    by David Zipper, April 2024

    "Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

    "Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

    "The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

    "Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

    Read more:
    vox.com/future-perfect/2413914

  21. I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

    The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

    Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

    by David Zipper, April 2024

    "Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

    "Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

    "The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

    "Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

    Read more:
    vox.com/future-perfect/2413914

  22. I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen

    The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars

    Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

    by David Zipper, April 2024

    "Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.

    "Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.

    "The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.

    "Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."

    Read more:
    vox.com/future-perfect/2413914

  23. I regularly see this sort of irresponsible driving in Southeast Portland. On Division this morning, I saw a self-involved troll passing cars at freeway speeds on a neighborhood street that's a no-passing zone. We need a traffic department that knows how to design safe roadways. #trafficsafety #portlandoregon #trafficdeaths bikeportland.org/2023/07/17/pe

  24. 1. Doing #trafficschool and the curriculum repeatedly states that "using alternative forms of transportation can be very expensive." Frustrating that this is both ignorant and true depending on where you live. But, feels like it is another example of perpetuating #carculture. Ironicly, it also perpetuates the #trafficdeaths that it is trying to help reduce ... which it clearly states is the number one cause of death of people ages 1-54 in the U.S. as of 2019, and its gotten worse as of today. Also super annoying that they use the word "alternative".

  25. 1. Doing #trafficschool and the curriculum repeatedly states that "using alternative forms of transportation can be very expensive." Frustrating that this is both ignorant and true depending on where you live. But, feels like it is another example of perpetuating #carculture. Ironicly, it also perpetuates the #trafficdeaths that it is trying to help reduce ... which it clearly states is the number one cause of death of people ages 1-54 in the U.S. as of 2019, and its gotten worse as of today. Also super annoying that they use the word "alternative".

  26. I remarked yesterday that #cycling round the city on a cold but clear + sunny day made me resent the smell of petrol + diesel engines. But the adoption of #EV's in #Norway appears to have had fatal consequences on pedestrians due to weight.

    The statistics on US #TrafficDeaths are *appalling*.

    This piece makes me wonder if anything can ever be done about any easy to solve problem in a polarised land.

    America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences - on.ft.com/3J4Rht1 via @FT

  27. I remarked yesterday that #cycling round the city on a cold but clear + sunny day made me resent the smell of petrol + diesel engines. But the adoption of #EV's in #Norway appears to have had fatal consequences on pedestrians due to weight.

    The statistics on US #TrafficDeaths are *appalling*.

    This piece makes me wonder if anything can ever be done about any easy to solve problem in a polarised land.

    America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences - on.ft.com/3J4Rht1 via @FT

  28. I remarked yesterday that #cycling round the city on a cold but clear + sunny day made me resent the smell of petrol + diesel engines. But the adoption of #EV's in #Norway appears to have had fatal consequences on pedestrians due to weight.

    The statistics on US #TrafficDeaths are *appalling*.

    This piece makes me wonder if anything can ever be done about any easy to solve problem in a polarised land.

    America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences - on.ft.com/3J4Rht1 via @FT

  29. I remarked yesterday that #cycling round the city on a cold but clear + sunny day made me resent the smell of petrol + diesel engines. But the adoption of #EV's in #Norway appears to have had fatal consequences on pedestrians due to weight.

    The statistics on US #TrafficDeaths are *appalling*.

    This piece makes me wonder if anything can ever be done about any easy to solve problem in a polarised land.

    America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences - on.ft.com/3J4Rht1 via @FT

  30. I remarked yesterday that #cycling round the city on a cold but clear + sunny day made me resent the smell of petrol + diesel engines. But the adoption of #EV's in #Norway appears to have had fatal consequences on pedestrians due to weight.

    The statistics on US #TrafficDeaths are *appalling*.

    This piece makes me wonder if anything can ever be done about any easy to solve problem in a polarised land.

    America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences - on.ft.com/3J4Rht1 via @FT

  31. Why is your city not like #Tokio ?

    - no #trafficjams
    - lowest air #pollution
    - <1/4 the #trafficdeaths compared to the US (2.7 vs 12 per 100.000 inhabitants)
    - same average travel speed (18km/h)

    The author hides the answer in the last paragraph: “Japanese value the society more than their own comfort”

    Also: No on street parking, need to have a personal parking spot to register a vehicle.

    zeit.de/2023/05/japan-verkehrs

    #citiesforpeople #urbanism #japan