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Concrete planters for calming traffic removed after frequent collisions (bikeportland.org)

submitted 3 months ago by regul@lemm.ee to c/portland@lemmy.ml

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The gist is that Portland drivers couldn't stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they're going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Alternative: recycle old, large pipeline and pour concrete between two different diameters of it. Should hold up better to being struck by idiots in vehicles