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[–] rainwall@piefed.social 9 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Unfortunantly, the number 1 reason most safty things dont happen is cost. Red paint on a curb is way, way cheaper than a concrete bump out or other physical barrrier, and it occasionaly generates ticket revenue. Win win from a city budget perspective.

Its why bike lanes are often nice cheap white lines, or in exotic US locals pretending to care, slighlty less cheap green paint paths.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

whenever you dont understand engineering decisions the answer is always cost.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yep. Read "There are no accidents" by Jessie Singer to see why tragedies like this happen.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

NYC literally lines their curbs with steel plates. Cost is not an issue in this city.