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Concrete planters for calming traffic removed after frequent collisions (bikeportland.org)
submitted 3 months ago by regul@lemm.ee to c/portland@lemmy.ml
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The gist is that Portland drivers couldn't stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they're going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Stopping with 30 kph puts a pressure of over a metric ton via the seat belt on your body for a short time.