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The extreme size of tractor-trailers means that they also have an extremely large stopping distance once the brakes are applied. Estimates show that a tractor-trailer moving at 60 mph has a typical stopping distance of 310 feet (more than a football field) once brakes are applied.
Victims and Elected Officials Fight for Truck Safety on Capitol Hill
Brian Goggin
In a 2021 report, Transportation Alternatives made a pitch for reclaiming 25 percent of the street space New York had allocated to cars. What could we have? Thirteen new Central Parks. Five hundred miles of bus lanes; forty miles of busways; 38 million square feet of community space; better visibility at every intersection; a thousand miles of open streets; 5.4 million additional square feet for restaurants, businesses, and cultural institutions.
Paved Paradise
Henry Grabar
The lesson for me, which applies to all statistical analysis, is that even the most precise measurements or calculations should be checked against common sense.
Naked Statistics Stripping the Dread From the Data
Wheelan, Charles
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