[HN Gopher] US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
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       US DOT awards $800M toward street safety
        
       Author : walterbell
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-02-07 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | TheCoelacanth wrote:
       | Pathetically small considering how much they spend on making
       | streets more dangerous (i.e. more cars traveling at faster
       | speeds).
        
         | walterbell wrote:
         | _> The next round of funding opportunities, totaling $1.1
         | billion, is expected to be released in April_
        
           | TheCoelacanth wrote:
           | Yes, still pathetically small. The DOT spent $375 billion on
           | roads in 2022. Most of it went towards making roads more
           | dangerous by increasing traffic volumes and speeds.
        
       | Maarten88 wrote:
       | As long as safety for people is not prioritized over car speed,
       | no amount of spending will make streets substantially more safe.
       | Cars are the problem, they cause all the deaths.
        
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