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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty

Thanks for more information.

Apparently Sweden has gone from 541 overall traffic fatalities in 1997 to 253 in 2017 despite traffic volume increases.

Except they've done it primarily by implementing infrastructure such as roundabouts and putting median cable barriers on rural roads (ie 'dividing' the highways), as well as more enforcement of posted speed limits using speed cameras.

So again, what is actually going to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths?

And as mentioned prior, what about >50% of deaths being rural? What about the 85% of overall fatalities not involving pedestrians?

I don't quite understand why the focus is on posted speed limits rather than the other seemingly much more important changes to infrastructure.

Good questions. Vision Zero is not about just pedestrian collisions. It's about traffic collisions generally. I do think the motion should talk about all collision types, and also a wider array of road types - but maybe a low hanging fruit approach in their minds. I don't know.

Again, the motion does not just talk about posted speed limits - it absolutely talks about infrastructure and design too. The coverage has certainly focused on the speed limit, so maybe that's why this has left that impression. I think this has been stated about 50 times. I've stated about 5 times I think design is more important and self enforcing than speed limits alone - especially when the roadways are big. As above, speed limits have utility on local roads, however limited on their own. They are also a means to an end to more easily enable design standard changes.