Objetivo de Portland en materia de transporte: acabar con las muertes por accidente de tráfico en 2025

The new safety goal from Portland’s Director of Transportation is to end traffic fatalities in the next ten years.  Auto fatalities and deaths can be avoided, but it is a collaborative effort to decrease the numbers.  The Bureau of Transportation released a 2-year work plan earlier this week.  Distracted driving and speeding are two of the main contributing factors to the average of 37 auto deaths each year.

If a pedestrian is hit by a car traveling 25 miles per hour, the chances of them surviving are very likely.  With a car going just 10 miles per hour faster, the survival rate for a pedestrian if it is about 50%.

• The safety plan uses a combination of strategies, including:
• Rediseño de algunas calles de cuatro carriles
• Reducción de los límites de velocidad
• Hacer cumplir las leyes de tráfico ampliando el uso de cámaras automáticas
• Educar a los conductores
• Sellado protector de 147 millas de calles
• Gestión de la congestión del tráfico y el aparcamiento

With the expanding Portland population, the road space is unable to keep up.  Parking is also another issue demanding attention, and the Bureau is looking at adding more metered parking on the East side and other new ideas for downtown.  One of the new plans is looking at allowing hospitals, theaters, and businesses to have spaces available to the general public too.