New York and Michigan recently passed laws allowing local jurisdictions to lower speed limits, and Los Angeles voters backed safer road designs, but enforcement often meets political resistance. The number of pedestrians killed or injured on the road remains high.
Demolish pedestrian spaces to build roads
Demolish dense developments and sidewalks to widen roads between buildings
Demolish entire neighborhoods to build highways and interchanges
Demolish trolley lines and rail routes and bus terminals to build parking garages and toll roads and to further expand highways
Sell ultra-large SUVs promising safety from collisions with mega-sized Mac Trucks
Defund subways and inter-office skyways and bike lanes and metros, so the only way to travel is in or around giant automobiles
“Holy shit look at how many people are getting killed by all these enormous vehicles. What should we do?”
Install red-light cameras and speed traps to automate the process of issuing fines
Get push-back
“Oh well, I guess people don’t really want safer roads. Democracy has spoken.”