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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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[–] trk@aussie.zone 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being so bad at driving that you can't avoid hitting a bright yellow concrete cylinder sitting in the middle of the road when you're doing 25kph.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They should just replace it with steel planter so they have to replace it less often

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Just fit them with IEDs and gradually eliminate the problem drivers