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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/news/p/872834/bike-lanes-and-speed-cameras-disappear-from-the-dot-s-list-of-proven-safety-measur

The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.

Bike lanes, variable speed limits, speed safety cameras, appropriate speed limits for all road users, and road diets

Were all the things removed

our traffic fatalities by 100,000 inhabitants far exceeds that of many industrialized countries and puts the U.S. in the company of Chile and Costa Rica

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[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 week ago

The Department of Transportation is doubling down on its campaign against "DEI bike lanes," as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called them in a social media post earlier this month.

JFC. I mean, I shouldn't be surprised, but somehow I still am.