For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.
While Hoboken’s plan has numerous components, including lower speed limits and staggered traffic lights, daylighting is often credited as one of the biggest reasons its fatalities have dropped to zero.
Ryan Sharp, the city’s transportation director, said when roads need to be repaved, Hoboken takes the additional step of cordoning off the street corners to widen curbs and shorten crosswalks. It’s already illegal to park at an intersection in Hoboken, but drivers often do anyway if there aren’t physical barriers.
Cross post but a great one
Fuck, I need context and non-jargan words. I skimmed the article. Seems “daylighting” is not allowing cars to park near and in intersections.
No idea how many deaths had happened in previous 7 years, or in a comparable city in the same 7 years.
Daylighting is defined the first time it’s used. I think it’s useful to define and use a term when you’re going to use it 6 more times in one article.
That is where I read it. I didn’t want to have to open the article to figure it out.
Also, thank you for the statistic and link. I appreciate it.