#safestreets — Public Fediverse posts

This fucking loser needs to get a life… #nyc #safestreets #bikelanes #urbanism https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/08/anti-bike-lane-lawyer-astoria-uws-court-street

“more kids cycled or walked to school.
The absence of cars outside the school also led to a reduction in air pollution in the immediate area” #SchoolStreets #education #SafeStreets #WarOnCars #BikeTooter #CleanAir #PublicHealth https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/school-streets-canada-9.7320074

#CarWeek #MontereyCounty Thanks to California Highway Patrol, who took a hit - quite likely preventing harm to someone else. "A Porsche was stopped after going 90 mph in a 55 mph zone. After the driver was pulled over, the Porsche backed into a CHP patrol vehicle, CHP alleges.” - Ricardo Tovar, #KSBW https://www.ksbw.com/article/porsche-four-times-over-legal-limit-backs-patrol-car/73438667 #SpeedLimits #SafeStreets #LawEnforcement #TrafficSafety #DrunkDriver #DUI #alcohol

https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/09/03/fairfax-county-to-test-slow-streets-project-in-downtown-springfield/ “Signage on these streets will discourage cut-through traffic and encourage speeds of no more than 15 MPH, and temporary materials, such as flex posts and planters will be used to calm traffic. These features will not impact local traffic, public and school bus services, emergency vehicles or service delivery vehicles.” #FairfaxVA #SlowStreets #SafeStreets #BikeTooter #walkable #VisionZero

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (#AJC) in #Atlanta: This murder-by-car of a human (I'm not going to use the bullshit passive voice and "pedestrian" on this one) was completely avoidable.

Link: https://archive.ph/j40Vw

How so?

There used to be a "shared street" setup on Peachtree Street in Atlanta where the outer lanes of the street were converted to an outdoor sitting area, and the road section for cars was a single-lane in each direction. Traffic slowed down, and the area was more safe for all street users.

But, alas, the property owner of the surrounding buildings and the hotel nearby pitched a fit, claiming various bs excuses like "it took more time to get to the interstate" and "ambulances will be delayed" and so on.

Then, that property owner (Bowers) used his money/power/influence in the General Assembly (Georgia's state legislature) to threaten to ban any future "complete streets" if the shared street wasn't torn down. He bullied the mayor into doing it, and the rest is history.

Source: I helped lead a protest against the tearing down of the shared street. It was awesome, inspiring, and ultimately made no f-ing difference apparently.

And now a man is dead because some asshole property owner thought, rather ironically, that an ambulance would get stuck to pick up a patient. Oh, and he may be a few minutes late getting home.

Kudos to the AJC for reminding people of the history of this.

#safestreets
#urbanplanning
#georgia
#peachtree

People who bike or walk to Taqueria El Kiosko on Williams Road at Alisal Street will be among the many celebrating these infrastructure improvements! https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2023-awards

U.S. DOT's Safe Streets and Roads for All grants announced 12/13/23 include $16M to the #MontereyCounty seat and its largest city, Salinas. The work on the Williams Road Safe Streets Corridor Project—where 11 pedestrians and bicyclists were reported to have lost their lives from 2017-2021—will include constructing a single-lane #roundabout at the Williams Rd and East Market St intersection, installing #CurbExtensions, new lights and signals, and raised, buffered #BicycleLanes. https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-12/SS4A-2023-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #VisionZero #SafeStreets #BikeLanes #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #SafeStreetsForAll #transportation #infrastructure #CompleteStreets #RoadDiet #Salinas #SanFrancisco #SanJose