> For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017, elevating Hoboken as a national model for roadway safety.

https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-dayli...

I like the idea of the curb bump-outs. Intersections where you cannot see the cross traffic are definitely higher risk.

> Mike McGinn, the mayor at the time, said he wanted to recalibrate the public’s expectation of road safety to make it more akin to their thoughts on airplane safety, where no fatality is considered acceptable.

That isn't true. There is an FAA standard.

No. The standard is zero. That's why the FAA investigates every crash or safety incident no matter how small. Realistically, the number will never be zero but if we don't put in the effort to improve constantly, safety will stagnate.

> The standard is zero.

This is simply incorrect. The FAA has a standard of getting the death rate below a certain figure per million flights, not zero.

i don't know that I would use "founded a tech startup" as a good proxy for skill creation. perhaps the type of people who acquire tech skills in government are aren't necessarily primed to found a startup

To elaborate on this, it's conceivable that startups come from tech giants not because of tech skill, but rather because of confidence and connections.