Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
16 Comments
lqdrchrd@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 2y
I can absolutely see how removing street parking increases visibility and decreases accidents. Too many times I have to pull out into a road almost blind because my line of sight to traffic is blocked by an enormous SUV / pickup until I am partly in the intersection.
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
I hate having giant trucks or vans parked so close to an intersection. I would love a bylaw restricting large vehicles from parking within 15m of an intersection or crosswalk.
ares35@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
i wish they'd do that here. they used to have 'compact car only' parking closest to the intersections so you could see better. but as suv and pickups became the 'norm', they took those restrictions out. giagantus automobilus now blocks the view at every corner downtown. trying to cross the street on foot (which i have to do 6-8 times a day) or trying to turn onto the main street thru town in your car is scary af.
Joejoebinkz1@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Banished!
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Chilly Willy the Penguin will be pleased.
Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 2y
ruckblack@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
It's a nice city
reddig33@lemmy.world · -21 pts · 2y
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 2y
Or increase public transit so that people don't need to drive?
Baines@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I’ve used the best public transit in the US, I have zero faith that would work out well
we need a massive design overhall as well and nonidea how’d we do that in an existing city
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
Stockholm tunneled under their 500-year-old city for a subway system. 500 years is older than America.
It could go very well.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
People can park their private vehicle in a private garage, they have no right to expect the government to give them parking.
reddig33@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 2y
Lmaydev@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
You've accidentally hit the nail on the head.
Public transport needs to be invested in to make it a viable alternative.
The regulations for parking lots and garages need to be added.
Saying it's bad now so we should change nothing is not the attitude.
Uvine_Umbra@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
No, get rid of city parking minimums.
Use the land to build more shops, offices, apartments/ homes, and smaller, more general parking garages that hold more cars & actually puts parking where it's needed.
There are better solutions.
kandoh@reddthat.com · -26 pts · 2y
This is a very misleading statistic, traffic deaths are down because none is taking their car there because there is no parking. It's not because banning parking stops cars from hitting people.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Yup Hoboken is a ghost town now....
Lmaydev@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
Either way getting rid of the parking caused it then.