from Hacker News

Traffic deaths rise in U.S. cities despite billions spent to make streets safer

by jbrins1 on 4/1/24, 9:02 PM with 22 comments

• by Tiktaalik on 4/2/24, 3:49 AM

  > Osborne said the vast majority of projects funded by U.S. DOT have focused on making America's roads faster and more efficient, not safer.

  Pretty much this is the cause (alongside the steady increase in SUV use). We need the opposite trend and slow traffic to induce a reduction in injuries and deaths.

• by MBCook on 4/1/24, 9:06 PM

  If the number of cars keeps increasing, so will the number of deaths. If the size of cars…. If the speed of cars….

  How about reversing those trends?

• by litoE on 4/1/24, 10:27 PM

  I wonder how much of the increase in fatal accidents is due to the increase in mobile phone use by drivers. The improvements in SS4A do not seem to address this.

• by nbdy on 4/2/24, 1:42 PM

  imo it's neither car size or speed but the people operating the vehicle.