The gist is that Portland drivers couldn’t stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they’re going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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    3 months ago

    It also shows that the layout of these calming devices was poorly designed. There are lots of ways to calm traffic without causing continual accidents

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        3 months ago

        Yes, otherwise they’d call them intentions lol

        No one’s like “I’m going to ram into this giant concrete barrier now,” they do it accidentally

        Edit: I don’t understand why this is so unpopular

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          if u make shitty street designs, give driving licenses to people who shouldnt even operate a tricycle let alone a 2+ ton metal vehicle, let such people drive at reckless speed, sdont enforce traffic laws, and then put a concrete planter in the middle of the street that isnt an accident.