“I don’t want to lie to people,” lieutenant Megge tells us. It may make parents feel better if the speed limit on their street is 25 mph instead of 35 mph, but that sign won’t make people drive any slower. Megge prefers speed limits that both allow people to drive at a safe speed legally, and that realistically reflect traffic speeds. People shouldn’t have a false sense of safety around roads, he says."
This is likely false.
NYC changed the speed limit to 25 mph in Nov 2014. Pedestrian deaths have been sharply reduced:
This is likely false.
NYC changed the speed limit to 25 mph in Nov 2014. Pedestrian deaths have been sharply reduced:
1) https://ny.curbed.com/2018/1/8/16863408/nyc-vision-zero-traf...
2) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/nyregion/nyc-pedestrian-d...
At the same time pedestrian deaths in the US as a whole have increased:
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/03/01/pedestrian-deaths-rea...
The data is clear that lower speeds means accidents are less dangerous: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/05/31/3-graphs-that-explain...