More good news for the shortest day

In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees.

#RoadSafety #Helsinki #Finland #GoodNews

More good news for the shortest day

In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees.

#RoadSafety #Helsinki #Finland #GoodNews

Someone installed delineators along North Road on Gabriola

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsanctioned-barriers-gabriola-island-9.7017210

#RoadSafety #Gabriola

Someone installed delineators along North Road on Gabriola

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsanctioned-barriers-gabriola-island-9.7017210

#RoadSafety #Gabriola

Someone installed delineators along North Road on Gabriola

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unsanctioned-barriers-gabriola-island-9.7017210

#RoadSafety #Gabriola

"Family of teenager killed in e-bike collision pay tribute to 'beautiful' 14-year-old"

Surprisingly this article is a completely different 14yr old, on the complete other side of the country also being hit and killed by a four wheel drive while riding a bicycle and also being victim-blamed by the ABC.

I hope someone organises a ghost bike. I think Diamond Creek is covered by Whittlesea BUG.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/melbourne-e-bike-crash-diamond-creek/106121284

#melbourne #bicycles #RoadSafety

Sick of turns on red? If you live in Vancouver, please write or speak in support of restricting them!
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/

#Vacouver #VanPoli #RightOnRed #TurnOnRed #RoadSafety

"Family of teenager killed in e-bike collision pay tribute to 'beautiful' 14-year-old"

Surprisingly this article is a completely different 14yr old, on the complete other side of the country also being hit and killed by a four wheel drive while riding a bicycle and also being victim-blamed by the ABC.

I hope someone organises a ghost bike. I think Diamond Creek is covered by Whittlesea BUG.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/melbourne-e-bike-crash-diamond-creek/106121284

#melbourne #bicycles #RoadSafety

Sick of turns on red? If you live in Vancouver, please write or speak in support of restricting them!
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/

#Vacouver #VanPoli #RightOnRed #TurnOnRed #RoadSafety

My photograph of the day

A swan who was found wandering along the M1 is given a lift home (photograph attributed to the Highways Agency)

#Swan #BirdsOfMastodon #RoadSafety #Taxi

My photograph of the day

A swan who was found wandering along the M1 is given a lift home (photograph attributed to the Highways Agency)

#Swan #BirdsOfMastodon #RoadSafety #Taxi

#Ireland is adopting a default 30 kmh (19 mph) speed limit in urban areas

"The aim is to have 30km/h speed limits in built-up and urban areas operational by 31 March 2027.

In February, the default speed limits on rural local roads decreased from 80km/h to 60km/h.

This reduction in the speed limit was done as part of the #RoadSafety Strategy which aims to halve deaths and serious injuries on Irish roads by 2030.

The next step is limiting the speed limit in urban and built-up areas to 30km/h."

https://www.thejournal.ie/local-authorities-to-implement-30kmh-speed-limits-in-urban-areas-where-appropriate-6846134-Oct2025/

#Tempo30 #VisionZero #Verkehrswende #Love30 #20splenty #Verkehrssicherheit #LebenswerteStädte #StreetsForLife #StraßenFürAlle

#Ireland is adopting a default 30 kmh (19 mph) speed limit in urban areas

"The aim is to have 30km/h speed limits in built-up and urban areas operational by 31 March 2027.

In February, the default speed limits on rural local roads decreased from 80km/h to 60km/h.

This reduction in the speed limit was done as part of the #RoadSafety Strategy which aims to halve deaths and serious injuries on Irish roads by 2030.

The next step is limiting the speed limit in urban and built-up areas to 30km/h."

https://www.thejournal.ie/local-authorities-to-implement-30kmh-speed-limits-in-urban-areas-where-appropriate-6846134-Oct2025/

#Tempo30 #VisionZero #Verkehrswende #Love30 #20splenty #Verkehrssicherheit #LebenswerteStädte #StreetsForLife #StraßenFürAlle

@ncoca Welcome to the pavements/sidewalks of Malaysia! Malaysia's development overly focuses on roads, to the extent that they forget pedestrians have legs and lives too, and need to walk. Maybe the politicians are enjoying their wealthy life in moneyland while we are all in poverty, and we are blamed for our poverty.

#malaysia #infrastructure #urbanplanning #pedestrians #sidewalks #poverty #injustice #governance #sabah #advocacy #roadsafety #development #walkability

The Irish NCT should only be testing emissions. The rest of it is just to punish people for owning older cars.

Show us the studies that demonstrate that all of this theater is preventing injury and accidents.

The only study I can find is a meta-study showing that there are no studies internationally demonstrating that there is any non-compromised evidence of effectiveness: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8296297/ #Mastodaoine #RoadSafety

20mph speed limits save lives. Research from London:

"Child casualties dropped by 46%, and children killed by 75%"

20mph = Fewer maimed and dead children.

Difficult to argue with that.

https://etsc.eu/20mph-limits-in-london-linked-to-sharp-fall-in-road-injuries-and-deaths-new-report-finds/

#SpeedLimits#RoadSafety

I commented somewhere recently that it's unfair to run a town without useful public transport because it encourages people to drive when they shouldn't and harm themselves and others.

Now we see that NHS staff fatigue combines with a lack of public transport to kill them, and others, on the roads.

Not running useful transport at all hospital shift changes is very cruel.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/24/nhs-staff-fatigue-poses-significant-threat-to-patient-safety-watchdog-warns

#publictransport #publictransit #transport #roadsafety #RoadDanger #NHS