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posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 14 2020, @10:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the splat-no-more dept.

Jalopnik has a story about how the Norwegian capital, Oslo, recorded only one death on its roads in 2019.

Speed limit laws and reducing the very presence of cars in the city center and downtown areas have resulted in a very aggressive, downward trend of traffic-related fatalities in the Nordic country's capital city. There was only one traffic-related death in Oslo in all of 2019.

No children were killed in traffic in Norway last year, Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported.

There was only one road-related death of a pedestrian, cyclist or child in 2019 in Oslo. No children were killed in traffic in Norway last year, either.

Norway plans to reach "Vision Zero", and eliminate road-related deaths within four years and do more to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, serious injuries.

The only person who died last year, according to Aftenposten, was a man whose car crashed into a fence in June.

This sharp decline is due to the fact that Oslo heavily regulates places where people are allowed to drive and has set strict speed limits. The city is also very friendly towards cycling and walking.

Olso's road fatality rate for 2019 was 0.1 death per 100,000 people. American States vary between 12 and 26 per 100,000 people

Original Norwegian article.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mhajicek on Wednesday January 15 2020, @06:10AM (2 children)

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @06:10AM (#943482)

    Part of the problem is that in the US you're rarely permitted to live and work in the same neighborhood due to zoning restrictions. This necessitates commuting.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:07PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:07PM (#943785)

    That's not really an issue. You'd still commute, but proper mass transit wouldn't require long distances or long waits to transfer.

    Mixed use neighborhoods can work, but it's not what messes up mad transit.

    • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday January 16 2020, @06:22AM

      by mhajicek (51) on Thursday January 16 2020, @06:22AM (#943916)

      In the old days lots of people lived upstairs from their shop. Current zoning prohibits this in many areas.

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