Local authorities to implement 30km/h speed limits in urban areas ‘where appropriate’ from 2027
www.thejournal.ie
Speed limits on roads in built-up and urban areas can only be changed where a majority of the elected members in a local authority vote to do so.
  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Amsterdam arguably has the best public infrastructure, I’ve done a fair amount of traveling and I can’t think of better public infrastructure.

    Two ton blocks of steel moving a excessive speeds and making a lot of noise isn’t something you want around homes and people.

    You might need to spend some time in a city like Amsterdam to understand, I loved cars before I lived here now I feel very differently.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Two ton blocks of steel moving a excessive speeds and making a lot of noise isn’t something you want around homes and people.

      I think Lemmy takes car abolition too far sometimes, but yes, if you think about it it’s not different from the Charlie Chaplin giant factory gears that used to be a thing. It’s just that they’re so ubiquitous they couldn’t be banned or enclosed when the other unsafe machines were.