FuglyDuck comments on The Trick To Stop Speeding Drivers Is Actually More Green Lights

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Another solution is to go back to actually enforcing it in a meaningful way.

Also you can’t get all lights everywhere synced up that way, and it would only work in places that have a significant number of lights. Places that have 3 on Main Street are still going to have problems.

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe there should be more lights? That way we don't have little old ladies crossing 6-lane stroads without a crosswalk to get to the market, while the nearest crosswalk is a half mile in the wrong direction.

Obviously this only works where there's one major throughway and most perpendicular streets are minor...like every retail center in every city >35k pop in the country. These roads often have very predictable traffic patterns.

Getting lights synced up for a consistent speed is the easy part.

We need more roundabouts, too.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago*

There should be less car infrastructure, not more. Crossing a 6-lane road will suck regardless. Both asphalt roads and traffic lights are very expensive to build and maintain, better to invest a bit more up-front in tram tracks and rip the socioeconomic benefits for decades to come.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Those kinds of places, usually only have one or two blocks worth of store front anyways. The Walmart. The big box hardware store, two churches, cafe and 3 bars.

I do agree we should make our roads safer, but that’s really not going to happen in small town America. Especially when you’re already not enforcing basic road safety laws

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