The initial graph is flawed. There is on average , more people driving per million inhabitants in America then other countries. So you need to redo the graph to show deaths per a mile driven or deaths per car on the road. For example, Sweden has approx. 545 vehicles per a 1000 people with a total population of around 10 million . The USA has 908 vehicles per 1000 people which is almost 1 vehicle per a person and a total population of over 330 million... lol... Also note, most cars are as dangerous as the driver, I have witnessed a person driving while drinking a cup of coffee, smoking a cigarette and talking on the phone all at the same time. If the Coffee was in one hand and the phone and cigarette was in the other... how F*** were they steering????
@Ptoki1
8 сағат бұрын
its because in America they'd rather pull you over for doing 5 over and not for hogging the left passing lane or doing dumb shit. Also the quality of common sense when it comes to driving is horrendous, they would rather fail you first 2 tries to milk you for money then pass you out of obligation on your third rather than pass you first time because you are a good driver and fail others 50 times because they suck. The culture is the main problem, the roads are a small factor in all these greater problems, the culture is so much different, the difference I see in culture in Poland and Canada is huge, most people are more courteous in Poland and not willing to do dumb selfish shit but in Canada/America people are so much more selfish, I've been driving on a 4 lane main road in the 3rd lane preparing to switch to 4th to make a left turn, and then a driver from the right side turns right onto my road, except she turns EXACTLY into the lane i'm driving in straight in front of me, THEN she goes into the fourth lane after driving 10 kmh in my lane and forcing me to brake, like why? Either turn into the second or fourth right fucking away, or at least fucking accelerate if you really need the third lane so bad. This isn't solved with road infrastructure this is solved with proper culture, which goes far beyond just roads or drivers ed. It's something rooted in you when you grow up. If you just make the roads smaller without changing the culture people are just gonna be ripping 20 above speed limit in those narrow roads and causing more crashes than before. People don't speed because they feel it's safe, people speed because they don't care if its safe. Sure it's safe to speed on the highway, sure its safe to do 5 over in the city most of the time, but you need to actually CARE about safety of others and actually judge for yourself when its safe to speed or not. People who cause crashes by speeding alone do not CARE and go 30 over in the city. Crashes aren't simply caused by speeding unless you go very high over, crashes are caused by lack of attention/knowledge pretty much everyone speeds to some degree, including that in your statistics is just false causation. If you remove 5-10 over crashes from the "speeding is a deciding factor" statistics, I can bet your crash statistics will drop down to maybe 2% being due to speeding with generosity. The main problem is other aspects of driving, speeding itself is not the problem 95% of the time. Take my previous situation where a guy pulled into the third lane I was driving in, what if I was a shit driver that was on the phone or just zoning out? I wouldn't avoid that collision. Its almost always a possibility to avoid a collision when you drive with a brain I've dodged many collisions in my lifetime by idiots merging into my lane, stopping on the entrance ramp or running reds, simply because I pay attention. It surely attributes quite a lot that I love driving and am always fully immersed in the driving experience rather than just using it as a transportation measure, but even then just paying attention is not that hard.
@salvadorvizcarra769
10 сағат бұрын
Yup... Only in the State of California, (US), 80 plus fatal accidents occur EVERY DAY, on Highways 5, 8, 10, 15, 405 and 805. This data corresponds to the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. This is of almost 30K deaths per year. Every year! ,
@LexiLunarpaw
13 сағат бұрын
You guys should just lay off complaining about American Roads... it's never going to change because it's against the law to change them. This is because it would be to expensive and the government only cares about money... quit complaining. It will never change
@streetscaping
12 сағат бұрын
Positive changes are already occurring! And creating a safe road network would save society billions of dollars
@BuildNewTowns
Күн бұрын
We need to build more self sufficient, charming, walkable towns in the US
@PVFriends_VCAM50
Күн бұрын
Well, I tried to drive when dangers caused them to happen like this situation did not pass the driving and permit test for drivers license.
@davidney2412
Күн бұрын
TRULY REALLY TRULY IT TRULY IS TRULY BECAUSE ( PENNDOT/DMV ) ( MUST MEET THEIR QUOTAS ) BY PUTTING SO MANY ( IMPATIENT/ASSHOLE/MORON/IDIOT ) ( DRIVERS ) ON THE ROADS .
@RandomerFellow
Күн бұрын
the Netherlands, the Netherlands the Netherlands Tired with these eternal references to this miniature country in Europe that has VERY different conditions than many other countries. The US needs to do a lot to improve road safety but copying their ideas is no solution.
@streetscaping
19 сағат бұрын
The biggest difference is of course sprawling cities. In low-density cities destinations are far apart making cycling not the most convenient means of transport. However, as I mentioned, suburbs should still have safe bike lanes to allow people the option to cycle safely.
@jonkore2024
2 күн бұрын
Never happen in America just like we will never have substantial number of high-speed trains
@streetscaping
12 сағат бұрын
Positive changes are already occurring! And hopefully, the east and west coast where there is high potential for a transit corridor will see high-speed trains.
@streetscaping
12 сағат бұрын
Positive changes are already occurring! And hopefully, the east and west coast where there is high potential for a transit corridor will see high-speed trains.
@joeyalptekins55
2 күн бұрын
so this is what its like to live in a cities skylines world
@richard8417
2 күн бұрын
I live there, never gave it a second thought. But it’s pretty cool to realise how clever it actually is.
@Xenomorph-hb4zf
2 күн бұрын
That restaurant crash. 3 seconds into the video. Did any of the restaurant patrons die?
@streetscaping
19 сағат бұрын
Nobody was seriously injured
@miata00212
3 күн бұрын
agree
@TheSuperappelflap
3 күн бұрын
Some notes; In the residential areas where cars, bikes, pedestrians and playing children share the same street, with a max speed of 30, cars have the lowest right of way. They have to wait for everyone else. So, if someone is walking down the street, or biking, you have to slow down even more. You dont have any right to start honking and demand people move aside so you can drive faster. The street is for the people living there, and cars are guests. The maximum speed may be 30, but the advised speed is walking pace. A kid could come running out of a driveway or kick a ball across the street at any point. If the max speed is 50 instead of 30, where 50 is the highest possible speed inside urban areas, then cars, bikes and pedestrians are seperated, with marked or seperated bike lines and a kerb for pedestrians. The trees dont just discourage speeding, they also for physical protection for the cyclists if a car has an accident. They will hit the tree. The tree will probably win. The cyclist on the other side of the tree is safe. They also provide wind shade, which is very important in flat land. The bike paths are set back at intersections so the drivers can more easily see cyclists. Instead of having to stop and look left and right at a 90 degree angle, the cyclists will be in their peripheral vision. This significantly reduces accident rates at intersections without lights where cyclists have to cross a car lane. The roads without lines in the middle are specifically designed to be exactly wide enough that 2 cars can barely pass each other, while slowing down, and driving on the bike lanes to the side. Meaning that, if there is a cyclist there, one of the cars has to wait for the other one to pass and only then can overtake the cyclist. Which further slows down traffic and makes things safer for everyone. Buses have special transponders that communicate with the streetlights and get priority over car traffic. They also have their own dedicated street light. So the 30 people in the bus spend less time waiting at intersections than all the people sitting in their cars alone. Parking in cities is very expensive. Some smaller towns may allow 2 hours of free parking next to the shopping mall, but in large cities you will have to pay several euro per hour to park in a partking garage or on street parking. In Amsterdam it can be up to 10 euro per hour. So its cheaper to park outside the city and walk or take the tram to the center. Or just take the train.
@Parascuba
4 күн бұрын
too bad they wont redesign road in usa cuz they dont want to spend too much money on redesign. they want use tax money for other thing like police to beat people out sh!t
@frenchcraft2796
5 күн бұрын
In the suburb I live in all major roads look like the improved road in the beginning of the video
@Esiassweden
5 күн бұрын
Why do we always talk about netherlands all the time? Why not Sweden
@streetscaping
5 күн бұрын
Both countries have relatively similar road safety statistics even though the Netherlands has a population density about 20 times that of Sweden and has the highest density of cars per km2 in Europe (excluding microstates).
@opiniontrading
5 күн бұрын
Lemo Indian Roads
@EdgarsKuks
6 күн бұрын
I lived in Spain and enjoyed waking trough the city and had no car for the family. We bought a car before returning to Latvia and it's not because we don't like walking or bicycles. Car equals speed and quite often traveling long distances is not convenient with a bike. And sorry but not everyone lives, wants or can live in the city Center so pretty understandable why car lanes are the priority. Comparing Rīga to Netherlands? Check the weather sir. It's 4-5 months of normal weather here. Car makes all the sense. Also when the weather is good I still don't use a bike as I do not enjoy getting sweaty every time I need to get somewhere to work. Also I don't enjoy carrying shopping bags with my bike.
@TimaKush2020
6 күн бұрын
American Roads are safe
@markh.6687
6 күн бұрын
The US has several times the motor vehicles than several European countries put together. As a result, most U.S. streets are designed around motor vehicles to begin with. Some areas create unprotected bike lanes in places they shouldn't, because the street wasn't wide enough to begin with, actually causing a vehicle/bicycle accident hazard, while traffic circles/roundabouts are a current fad in the U.S. (nothing like seeing tire tracks over the landscaping in the middle of a circle). There is neither interest nor money to redo all the urban roads in the United States, especially since taking up street parking with European-style measure in old neighborhoods, or slowing traffic with fancy restriction devices will simply get politicians voted out of office at the next election. One nearby town is redoing a 4-lane road with commercial and industrial traffic through a business district trying for the speed reduction and livability factors. That works SO well when they have an expressway on and off-ramps just south of the redone area, and traffic going through the redone area leading to industrial areas north of the area. I wonder how long it will be before it is returned to a regular US-style road, since they went from 4 lanes down to 2 lanes to plant trees, and widen sidewalks so businesses can set up outdoor spaces (not many restaurants/cafes along that route either). It ain't fancy; it's gritty, blue-collar people there, not fancy, trendy white-collar cafes serving wine and cheese. Enjoy the diesel fumes with your Chateau Whatever, right?? Don't forget to take in your ourdoor furniture every night so nobody steals it (it's a town fighting a high crime rate also).
@streetscaping
19 сағат бұрын
This is such a myth, 2015 data for amount of registered vehicles per 1000 people: USA - 867 Greece - 883, Finland - 950, Italy - 875, Austria - 849, Poland- 711
@ElicleitonWander
6 күн бұрын
Sinto muito ser tão sincero mas, como motorista brasileiro que viaja ocasionalmente aos EUA, constatei que os motoristas americanos são PÉSSIMOS! Muito ruins, mal educados w desatentos! Essa é a média, claro. Não são todos tão ruins, mas a maioria são péssimos.
@traduly1997
6 күн бұрын
Hungarian here and Hungary is always like this, when I see the news everytime. People are so stupid that when they hitting somebody when someone trying to cross the road zebra lines. There are so many psychos in Hungary also.
@panas1122
7 күн бұрын
So you want to tell me that in US there is more accidents bcs there is less bikeroads ? Sorry man but i disagree with this what you are saying. Ofc in city when you have more bikeroutes, more people ride a bike and there is less cars which means less accidents. The problem is PEOPLE not roads. People look at their phones when they drive a car, or drive drunk, or too fast. I lived in europe and i like more road system in usa. Wider, less signs, everything more simple. When it comes to bike trails ofc they should be separated from roads bcs people on bikes are oo stupid to watch for cars. Germans have unlimited highways and somehow it works there very good and its bcs PEOPLE are careful.
@BrowncoatGofAZ
7 күн бұрын
By that logic, since people aren’t as careful here in the USA, they shouldn’t be allowed to drive at all.
@streetscaping
6 күн бұрын
The problem will always be people because people make mistakes, and when they are made, nobody should get seriously injured or die.
@floycewhite6991
7 күн бұрын
You're using the circular reasoning that driving less is better, so everyone must drive less because it's better. You haven't even begun to address the reasons why Americans drive so far. So I'll help. We drive so far / spend so much time in traffic because (1) workers don't want to live in our ever-expanding ghettos, so workers have to drive past them to get anywhere, (2) a handful of corporate lawyers and executives benefit from all the government and office buildings being unnecessarily clustered tightly together, and benefit from the road system converging on a downtown, to the detriment of everyone else, and (3) most workers are unnecessarily forced to start and stop work around the same time, causing heavy congestion during rush hours. If you really want to solve these problems you have to use radical solutions that many won't like. You're never going to solve these problems by asking corporate lawyers or welfare mothers what they want.
@theendofthestart8179
7 күн бұрын
1:10 is so funny to me, simple sure, but 1 leaves room for emergency services and uh, turning, while your "improved" version, does not.
@JazyyWazyy
7 күн бұрын
emergency services work just fine in the netherlands lol
@BrowncoatGofAZ
6 күн бұрын
I have an easy solution for you: u-turn zones.
@theendofthestart8179
5 күн бұрын
@@BrowncoatGofAZ I like it
@theendofthestart8179
5 күн бұрын
@@JazyyWazyy I wasn’t trying to imply that they don’t, just pointing out a flaw with the visual really.
@folwr3653
7 күн бұрын
I love that you mentioned the relationship between neighbourhood and wellbeing of children. The important of this cannot be underestimated.
@Gman2002
8 күн бұрын
In Florida or South Florida regardless of the road, folks don’t obey traffic laws. Licenses are passed out like candy. All you need to do is show up and they will give you a license. Folks also don’t yield to pedestrians or cyclists. They also go 65+ mph on a slow 30mph residential road. On i95 or any other highway they drive highly aggressive and reckless.
@tajothy2692
8 күн бұрын
i live in aachen germany so very close to the netherlands. i really enjoy driving there but i hate the speedbumps. I love the street design and the traffic lights. late in the evening you often see your traffic light turning red and after 3 seconds while you are heading towards the traffic light it switches on green again. you spend so much less time waiting at traffic lights inspecially if its low traffic. but after my visit to the netherlands i enjoy the most driving over the german border and going home with 140mph :D
@streetscaping
8 күн бұрын
Dedection strips at traffic lights are really nice, saves a lot of time and makes traffic flow efficiently.
@tajothy2692
8 күн бұрын
I dont get why every us city is build in squares. its so boring, bad for traffic and dangerous. every city here in germany is unique with a layout completly different to every other city
@canadian_aviation
9 күн бұрын
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@sreyaann
9 күн бұрын
Roads inTaiwan: 😊
@trombonefreakus
10 күн бұрын
Proud to be Dutch and to have almost everything within cycling range.
@floycewhite6991
7 күн бұрын
I tried to ride a bike in snow once. I think you'd have to be some kind of nut to do that to yourself on purpose every day. Or riding in a rainstorm. You get a lot of bad weather there, right? Just masochism.
@Spacegamer45334
10 күн бұрын
He American DUI, is not strict enough, in America the limit is 0.08 but in Australia it’s 0.05 and in China it’s 0.02 and some countries 0.00. And in some countries the fine for speeding or using your phone is very expensive so more people won’t do it.
@ycx9578
3 күн бұрын
As a Chinese currently in Australia I agree with what you said, and I also want to add that in China you will face criminal charges if your BAC is higher than 0.08. In my country, the biggest problem is that the driving test is too theoretical to teach drivers how to drive responsibly at all 😂
@birddog3130
11 күн бұрын
Keep dreaming.
@bluefungi
11 күн бұрын
Top 3 things the US needs to be a fully developed nation. We're about 60 years behind everyone else currently. 1. High speed rail 2. Free healthcare 3. Affordable housing For a free nation, we sure do it let cooperations and the top 1% buy our lives. The future will be amazing when the Boomers loose power. And because they're aging out all we gotta do is wait and let nature help us. 😉
@garystar1592
12 күн бұрын
There are health benefits as well, by walking and cycling. Unfortunately North America is built around the car culture. It is no coincidence, that many cities the design is for car use, especially in suburbs of major cities (where crime, homelessness is out of control) that obesity and BMI are very high as a result.
@Brian-----
12 күн бұрын
7:43 “nobody wants to live next to a highway.” America: “great, let’s build very many highways through many stable neighborhoods full of people ‘we’ don’t want here” (nonwhite people)
@kennixox262
12 күн бұрын
Here in Las Vegas the metro area is built on the "Western Grid Pattern". Essentially about every mile east and west there is a wide straight arterial road that is wide, typically three lanes each direction with a center turn lane. These roads go mostly from one end of town to the other uninterrupted. They are wide, straight and by their design promote speeding. Many of these roads back up to residential neighborhoods divided only by a three foot sidewalk and a concrete block wall. Cars frequently run off the roadways and through the walls. Add to that, Las Vegas has liberal drinking laws, a "party town" and what appears to be lax DUI laws.
@floycewhite6991
7 күн бұрын
Vegas boulevards and especially the new rural highways are so easy to drive on compared to old ones elsewhere. You're griping about the good parts.
@Landis_Grant
12 күн бұрын
Intersections are where many are killed including motorcyclists so why not use Roundabouts?
@azulaquaza4916
12 күн бұрын
Roundabouts are usually only common in newly built neighborhoods, but US is phasing them in slowly before changing entire intersections to educate the public by starting small and letting them experience it.
@streetscaping
8 күн бұрын
Roundabouts are great, Carmel IN has many great examples.
@BrowncoatGofAZ
6 күн бұрын
Personal story. I used to live in Tucson, Arizona, but my workplace was a Bayer greenhouse in Marana, half an hour away. On the traditional route, there was a 4-way stop that was super busy because of work transit and the nearby school. Then it was closed for several months and replaced with a roundabout. I loved it. Instant increase in safety. No more worries of T-boning or being T-boned by a school bus.
@ThrowAwayAsinine777
13 күн бұрын
Nice vid, really enjoy how many are quickly realizing just how stupidly we've built our environment over here in North America.. Gotta love oil and auto industries
@WindowsXP_logon_sound_25yrsago
13 күн бұрын
Yes I totally agree, that approach makes much more sense
@technocody9296
13 күн бұрын
COVID are more dangerous than driving on the America's roads. "Statistics show that an average of over 2,000 people died from COVID-19 in the US every day, roughly on par with the deaths seen in late September." Go figure. Infrastructure bill wasn't that important for road improvements. Just useful is bridges and newer interstate highway at Chicago and cross USA. We need funding to fight disease, super bacteria, etc. These cause COVID death more than driving on America's road in one month.
@Franzuino
13 күн бұрын
Your probably right. But you also forgot éducation. Europe driving license are a harder to get, you need to actually study, and their expensive. Also you have in most country's you have a point system. Américain driving license are a joke.
@yoyok1y
14 күн бұрын
The world should be livable while also being livable for car enthusiasts
@lutfiprayogi2
14 күн бұрын
Amazing video! Do you know any book/website to be read to understand the whole Dutch street design? In Dutch language will be okay. Thank you beforehand!
@streetscaping
13 күн бұрын
A great book by CROW is the Road Safety Manual and the Bicycle Design Manual (both in english).
@lutfiprayogi2
13 күн бұрын
@@streetscaping great. Thanks!
@miguelcontreras3953
14 күн бұрын
Cars are getting ridiculous bigger with more powerful engines. SUV’s and big Pick-Up trucks are more dangerous than ever.
@hydronpowers9014
14 күн бұрын
So far, there are also the problems of: 1. Strict zoning laws of single family homes. 2. The bulldozing of lower income neighborhoods for highways 3. The accessibility of cheap cars to anyone 4. Lack of relatable clean safe public transit
@bluefungi
11 күн бұрын
Thank your local Boomers. They had a chance to develop this nation but, instead chose greed and cars over people.
@roshanramesh2634
11 күн бұрын
@@bluefungiactually parents of boomers started this mess and I think most of the boomer behaviors were as a result of toxic parenthood that many of the boomer generations were subjected to. I'm not in any way justifying them but we have to question how they ended up like this.
@BrowncoatGofAZ
7 күн бұрын
Number 3 is disappearing fast. My wife’s first car was secondhand from her best friend, and honestly should’ve been completely rebuilt or outright scrapped. I could only afford my first car debt-free because my parents paid for it. We’re still paying for my wife’s replacement car.
@celebrityrog
14 күн бұрын
1. ANYONE can get a license. Including people who can't read English signs or instructions. 2. MOST PEOPLE lack insurance and registration, a lot of it is faked. In every accident, CALL POLICE NO MATTER HOW SMALL 3. We have lax laws that put points on records rather than punishing by removing people from the streets. 4. There is no public transport in America - it's only in the 2 biggest cities, NYC and Chicago. All other cities have crap transport.
@jamesgordon2809
14 күн бұрын
The US Federal Transit Administration requires grading of roads and highways using "Level of Service" which measures speed, traffic flow of cars, and non-stop vs stop-and-go. Until the FTA decides to use other criteria for awarding money and rating streets and highways, we're stuck.
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