Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[danbrotherston]

A surprisingly to the point article from D'Amato...she mostly quotes Jeff Casello who has some pretty good ideas.

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...safer.html

I'm a little disappointed that he talks about "education" given that we've been educating for years. It's doubly disappointing when he (or D'Amato) puts the responsibility on pedestrians--who usually aren't at fault in collisions at roundabouts...but that is in line with the car primacy beliefs in the region. I haven't necessarily felt that the Dutch are as frank as they are portrayed, but it's something I really wish we were more. I'm so sick and tired of the pandering to fragile people. No...DRIVERS are the ones who bear the responsibility for being safe on our roads. But apparently this is as hard for people to say as it is for our medical professionals to say "wear a mask" or even "COVID is bad".

FWIW there's an excellent discussion here as well:

https://thewaroncars.org/2022/12/27/rere...ie-singer/