A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years

Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities.

For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.

(Many thanks to Geoff B. for sharing.  He wrote:

“First, Hoboken, New Jersey gave us Frank Sinatra (thank you!). Then it gave us one of the first robotic parking garages (not an initial success—one weekend 125 cars were trapped in the structure when the computer-run system crapped out. The City contracted with an Israeli computer firm to free the cars by hacking the system. The Israelis had to learn so much about robotic parking that they became a leader in developing such systems—parking kismet!).

Now they have done something else that is new and interesting.”)