Vanaf vandaag 30 km/uur op veel Haarlemse wegen
www.haarlemupdates.nl
Vanaf vandaag, 1 oktober 2025, wordt de maximumsnelheid op maar liefst 132 Haarlemse wegen verlaagd van 50 naar 30 kilometer per uur. De gemeente zet hiermee een grote stap om de stad veiliger te maken, vooral voor de vele fietsers en voetgangers. Het is officieel: op wegen waar automobilisten en fietsers de rijbaan delen, of [...]

The article is in Dutch. The city is reducing the speed on many city roadways from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr, to increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The goal is to reduce traffic injuries and deaths by 20-30%.

As usual, carbrains on social media are complaining left and right. “Some ebikes are faster!”

  • pc486@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    I’m reasonably sure Dutch civil engineers know this. They were the ones who rewrote the books on traffic safety.

    • Scribbd@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Even then, we aren’t immune for billboard politics. But in this case it looks like this is a decision that includes the decades of effort to actually repave the affected roads to meet the guidelines for 30km/h roads.