The city is one of the few U.S. localities to see a significant decrease in traffic crashes and road deaths. | City of Hoboken / Street Design Guide
Hoboken, New Jersey has managed a rare feat for an American city: it hasn’t seen any traffic deaths since January 17, 2017, writes Shia Levitt in Reasons to be Cheerful.
As Levitt explains, “That analysis showed that, between 2014 and 2018, 40% of the accidents causing serious injuries or death in Hoboken involved bikers or pedestrians, even though people walking and bicycling were only involved in 8% of all crashes. Given that most bicycle and pedestrian crashes (88%) happened in intersection crosswalks, those became a major priority.”…