Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year
by jerlam on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @03:07PM
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The average commute is not entirely within the streets with the 30 km/h speed limit. City planners usually try to route car traffic away from residential areas and places with large numbers of pedestrians, through arterials, freeways, and the like, which will have a higher speed limit.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year
by Muromec on Saturday August 02, 2025 @05:45PM
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Most of Amsterdam is 30 km, including through roads. But it's Amsterdam through roads, so it's mostly two lines one way, a dedicated tram track in between, trees that separate the road from a bike path and all that. Actual in-district roads where unsupervised 8 year olds are cycling to school and back are 15 km/h.