#zeroroaddeaths — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zeroroaddeaths, aggregated by home.social.
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30km/h as a standard on residential streets
“Slowing traffic makes bicycle riding less stressful, encouraging more people to choose bikes as a safe and viable mode of transport...If you get hit by a car travelling at 50km/h, you’ve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If it’s going 30km/h you’ve got a nine-in-10 chance."
"By 2030, transport is likely to overtake electricity to become Australia’s largest emitting sector, according to the Climate Change Authority. It is the only sector where emissions are increasing, according to government data."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/switching-50kmh-speed-limits-to-30kmh-would-protect-cyclists-while-barely-affecting-commutes-research-finds
#pedestrians #cycling #MobilityDesign #councils #ActiveTransport #climate #ZeroRoadDeaths #safety #cars #vehicles #trucks #BellingenShire #speeding #GHG -
Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety
“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign -
Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety
“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign -
Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety
“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign -
Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety
“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign -
Road Death: The proliferation of larger vehicles ( SUVs or LTVs ) threatens to undermine all the road safety
“Around the world, we have seen a huge increase in the sale of ever-larger cars...Previous research has found that this trend is substantially undermining progress towards net zero goals."
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/supersize-suv-cars-fatal-injury-cyclists-pedestrians-research-b1224908.html
#cars #SUV #LTV #consumer #CarBloat #CarSpreading #RoadDeath #crashes #pedestrians #cyclists #children #ZeroRoadDeaths #violence #MobilityDesign -
Zero road deaths - An unmet target
"Time-series projecting road traffic fatalities in Australia: Insights for targeted safety interventions
Projections for 2030, 2040, and 2050 show Australia won't achieve its zero-fatalities vision."
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138325000269
#MobilityDesign #roads #cars #speeding #RoadTrafficFatalities #RTFs #ZeroRoadDeaths #failure #holidays #travel #rural #risks #Bellingen #enforcement #ActiveTransport