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.
Good News Everyone
…New Jersey city…
It’s a nice city
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.
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.
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.
Either way getting rid of the parking caused it then.
it literally means exactly that
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.
