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A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years (apnews.com)
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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.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago

Stockholm tunneled under their 500-year-old city for a subway system. 500 years is older than America.

It could go very well.