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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: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday January 15 2020, @01:41PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @01:41PM (#943569) Journal

    I've lived in New York City for 20 years and Chicago for 7 years before that, both places with good public transportation. You need to commute less by car, but there are still enough use cases for car ownership to keep lots of automobiles on the road.

    Here are a handful:

    1) You need to travel late at night. Subways don't run all that often in the wee hours, and there are weird characters who bray and spray the crazy in those stations.

    2) You have small children who need strollers and diaper bags and lugging that kit up and down subway stairs and through turnstiles, or clambering over others in the bus while dragging a toddler along, just doesn't f-ing work.

    3) You need to shop for a family and want to save thousands of dollars by doing that at box stores instead of the corner market. Trying to cart 100lbs of groceries onto the subway or bus does not work.

    4) You or somebody in your family has limited mobility. Access-A-Ride sucks, the subway is not accessible, buses are limited, and almost no taxis can accommodate people in wheelchairs.

    5) You like to hike or boat or camp outside the city, and nothing but a car will get you there.

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  • (Score: 2) by qzm on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:05PM

    by qzm (3260) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:05PM (#943784)

    Didnt you get the memo?

    'Urbanisation' will save the planet (and being vegan, of course.. and soy lattes....)

    You are supposed to live in a 30 sq.m 'appartment' by yourself, with no children, interacting with others only in expensive coffee shops and social media.
    You must be available 24/7 for 'Gig' work as your overlords deem they need you.
    You will not own any personal transportation, as that would give you too much freedom to see the real world.
    You will assume the world will end in the next 10 years, hence not worry at all about your personal future, you will not invest or save, you will NEVER purchase a major asset. Your money is for spending. Debt is your friend.

    You will be Fitter, Happier, like a.......