Wuzy@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days agoIreland is adopting a default 30 kmh (19 mph) speed limit in urban areaswww.thejournal.ieexternal-linkmessage-square118linkfedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkIreland is adopting a default 30 kmh (19 mph) speed limit in urban areaswww.thejournal.ieWuzy@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square118linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarechocrates@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·23 days agoMore incentive fo bikes and public transit if taking a car is more obnoxious (and safer for pedestrians)
minus-squareMika@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoBus is also gonna go 30 max though?
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·23 days agoBuses generally don’t go fast anyway in urban areas
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoThey do, it’s just the average speed is low because they have to stop every few hundred meters.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoExactly. We have excellent public transport (possibly the best in the world, tied with Japan) and distances are short because the country is so small.
More incentive fo bikes and public transit if taking a car is more obnoxious (and safer for pedestrians)
Bus is also gonna go 30 max though?
Buses generally don’t go fast anyway in urban areas
They do, it’s just the average speed is low because they have to stop every few hundred meters.
Exactly. We have excellent public transport (possibly the best in the world, tied with Japan) and distances are short because the country is so small.