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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year

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1163 points DaveZale | 1 comments | 30 Jul 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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mzmzmzm ◴[02 Aug 25 20:31 UTC] No.44771148[source]▶
At the same time NYC and Toronto, we are removing protected bike lanes. In North America the acceptable amount of lives per year to sacrifice for a little convenience for drivers is above zero, and apparently rising.
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1. woodruffw ◴[02 Aug 25 22:24 UTC] No.44772166[source]▶
I think the bigger scandal in NYC isn't the removal (it was a single lane removed as part of a 15+ year back-and-forth beef), but the fact that the city isn't even close to meeting its legal obligations around constructing new lanes[1].

(That's not to say that the removal isn't shameful and nakedly for hizzoner's political gain; I just think it's not the "big" thing.)

[1]: https://projects.transalt.org/bikelanes