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Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is)

Not Just Bikes · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

Not Just Bikes explains why crossing streets is dangerous in the US and Canada, where roads are designed to move cars fast, and contrasts it with Dutch designs for pedestrians.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in road-safety threads as a good explanation of how street and signal design prevent pedestrian deaths.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “there's also just re-designing the streets to prevent the accidents in the first place”

    Shows redesigning streets prevents accidents.

    pronlover723, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “The most dangerous road for cyclists in America”

  2. “Here are two really good videos about this”

    Explains crossing design and traffic light improvements.

    dagurp, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “The most dangerous road for cyclists in America”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: urban planning, pedestrians, traffic lights, netherlands, road safety

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