"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."
@TheWarOnCars Can we expect, hope that Wes Marshall, author of thus far un-released book, "Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System" will be on your show soon?
Pub date: June 4, 2024. https://www.parkroadbooks.com/book/9781642833300
@TheWarOnCars the federal DOT could stop giving money to state highway departments if they maintain deadly stroads through cities but spend all of their funding on freeway expansions.
@enobacon@TheWarOnCars I'd like to see a jurisdictional transfer grant program: Cities would apply to take over current state or US highways through their territory, and US DOT makes it financially feasible.
@haraldkliems@TheWarOnCars as long as it brings more immediate results than what Portland is doing with #SE82nd, authority transferred to the city and millions of dollars allocated by the state but nothing changed on the ground.
@haraldkliems@TheWarOnCars Oregon leg. voted but it's currently just a planning activity & we're maintaining the deadly status quo throughout the process. Reluctance to make #busLanes/turn-only the existing curb lanes of all four-lane #stroads (including ones #PBOT fully controls) is the actual hold-up. Cowardly leaders + traffic Engineers afraid to actually change, even though adopted #VisionZero and #ClimateAction plans purport to value safety and mobility over car speed and volume counts.
@TheWarOnCars If even the motorists are on board, how long could it take for the EPA and NHTSA to get on board? Who can we call to tell these public institutions to protect the public just a little fucking bit??
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