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A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years (apnews.com)
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Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a very misleading statistic, traffic deaths are down because none is taking their car there because there is no parking. It's not because banning parking stops cars from hitting people.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

it literally means exactly that

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