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Hoboken is becoming a pedestrian wonderland

The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-20/this-new-jersey-mayor-ended-traffic-deaths-with-a-vision-zero-plan

In Hoboken, Mayor Ravi Bhalla has worked to redesign city intersections, install bike lanes and slow traffic. The result? Six-plus years of no pedestrian fatalities.

The New Jersey Mayor With a Plan to End Traffic Deaths

Hoboken has slowed traffic and increased bike lanes and pedestrian areas, leading to a six year period with zero pedestrian deaths.

3 comments

Luft

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Hell yeah, take back the streets

Trabic

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I'm in this prison, you built for you, Hoboken New Jersey

mulcahey

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Free to read here:

https://archive.is/yU6Jh

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