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eclectic5228 t1_j5mjkp7 wrote

Reply to comment by Grass8989 in VISION ZERO 2022: More Dead Kids, More Crashes in Known Danger Zones by mossylegacy

I attend transportation community board meetings and try to keep up with what DOT is doing. The issue is that many of these safety issues are ignored. DOT sets it's own goals and misses them Community boards ask for specific safety measures and DOT ignores them. In contrast, cities like Hoboken and Jersey City have implemented really cheap and easy fixes, such as stopping cars from parking next to crosswalks (which is actually the law in NY State but the city overrides, and is a proven way of improving visibility) and they have had NO traffic fatalities in years!

Every life is a world. We can't stop all deaths, but DOT isn't even close to stopping preventable deaths

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supermechace t1_j5o8ik5 wrote

I could never make sense of the DOT in queens, they ignores complaints about a dangerous intersection for years before finally painting the ground and putting signs up relatively low cost safety measures. I don't get what their real priorities are other than hints it's to maximize traffic speed regardless of pedestrians.

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