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My city is reducing car speeds on 132 roadways! (www.haarlemupdates.nl)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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The article is in Dutch. The city is reducing the speed on many city roadways from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr, to increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The goal is to reduce traffic injuries and deaths by 20-30%.

As usual, carbrains on social media are complaining left and right. "Some ebikes are faster!"

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Changing signs does little to change drivers speeds.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I'm reasonably sure Dutch civil engineers know this. They were the ones who rewrote the books on traffic safety.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Even then, we aren't immune for billboard politics. But in this case it looks like this is a decision that includes the decades of effort to actually repave the affected roads to meet the guidelines for 30km/h roads.

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