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Hoboken proves once again that Vision Zero works. But only if a city actually commits to it. The New Jersey city has gone 9 years without a...

Vision Zero failed in Los Angeles because the city failed to adequately fund it. And the first time there was significant pushback, city officials ran scared, cancelling fully funded and shovel ready projects in multiple council districts, including dangerous and deadly streets like North Figueroa and Temple Street.

Now there’s a campaign urging Mayor Bass and the City Council to declare a state of emergency regarding traffic violence — although that may fall to her successor, whoever that may be, after June’s election.

You’ll find my name on the petition calling for it.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    If we only go by ratio then, LA has about 1 death per 10,000–15,000 residents per year. That should still mean Hoboken gets a handful or so deaths per year.

    A typical American city of Hoboken’s population averages about six to eight traffic fatalities per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. [Cited from here.]

    Seems about right, ratio wise, both for Hoboken and LA.

    Yet Hoboken has zero deaths in 9 years since implementing this? Hardly a statistical anomaly, but couldn’t be anything than pure causality.

    Feel free to correct me if I’m thinking about this in a way that isn’t logical.