“…Getting emissions to near zero will be incredibly, maddeningly difficult. It will be ugly. There will be losers. Ultimately, though, there will be many more winners. “

@thewaroncars.bsky.social

The City of Columbus likes to applaud its Vision Zero initiative but it’s like applying bandages on a stabbing victim while they are still being stabbed. The bandages are important, of course, but we also need to stop the stabbing.

Interesting. It’s 2025 and we need to demand better from Columbus DPS

So what is the tl;dr here? Is the city and state violating their own safety standards? Or are they in compliance meaning we are stuck with this debacle and need to pressure them into adopting better safety standards?

I would like to know what standards they are following. Any safety standard that allows cars exiting a highway to drive through a crosswalk while pedestrians and cyclists have a walk sign is not a standard that our city should be following

I’m not convinced that’s the issue. The main problem is the traffic controls. We need to look towards the city’s department of public services or (more likely since it involves route 315) ODOT. To me, this is yet another example of traffic engineers prioritizing driver convenience over human lives