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.
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
are they really accidents if they are predictable
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
No, they’re just like “let me check this text while I make this turn”
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.