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A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years (moist.catsweat.com)
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For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.

While Hoboken’s plan has numerous components, including lower speed limits and staggered traffic lights, daylighting is often credited as one of the biggest reasons its fatalities have dropped to zero.

Ryan Sharp, the city’s transportation director, said when roads need to be repaved, Hoboken takes the additional step of cordoning off the street corners to widen curbs and shorten crosswalks. It’s already illegal to park at an intersection in Hoboken, but drivers often do anyway if there aren’t physical barriers.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I used to live so close to Hoboken that I may as well have lived in it. This cannot be taken at face value as a recipe for success. Hoboken is only one square mile, and they flaunt this fact all over the city. There's one main street that contains basically all of the city's traffic, and they did do all the right stuff on this street, but it's not exactly the most replicable thing for other cities to follow, given how straight forward and affordable the solution is for Hoboken and Hoboken alone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

60 000 in one square mile? Holy population density Batman

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't know why you say it is not replicable. If a city is 'n' sq-miles, then take what Hoboken did over its 1 sq-mi and repeat 'n' times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not many cities have 60,000 taxpayers (many in high income brackets) to be able to draw from to solve a problem by applying it to only a single street.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Most ped/bike improvements are ridiculously cheap. Daylighting intersections just requires some red paint. Lower speed limits can be done with a sticker. Lack of money isn't the problem here.