BellingenNSW<p>Road deaths<br>"Australian road deaths rising to levels not seen in nearly a decade."</p><p>"Last year, 1,266 Australians died from road accidents involving at least one car and a driver, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist. The economic cost of Australian road trauma exceeds $27 billion each year. That's 1.8 per cent per cent of Australia's GDP."<br>"Vision Zero: no loss of life or serious injury on roads is acceptable.">><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/can-we-cut-road-deaths-to-zero-by-2050-current-trends-say-no-whats-going-wrong-220289" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/can-we-cut</span><span class="invisible">-road-deaths-to-zero-by-2050-current-trends-say-no-whats-going-wrong-220289</span></a></p><p>Car dependency in Australia is unquestioned. The 'road toll' is a sacrifice to private mobility in sprawling sub-urbia. The present 'mobility design' gives people no options to travel on (fossil fuel free) public transport, walk or cycle without fear of being maimed or squashed by a SUV.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadDeaths</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IntegralAccident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntegralAccident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/crashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crashes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/speeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speeding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mindsets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindsets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a></p>