#safestreets — Public Fediverse posts

Don't let Prof. Rose's death be in vain, please sign the petition below to demand safety improvements along Memorial Drive.
#CambridgeMA #BikeSafety #Bikes #MIT #safestreets

MIT remembrance:
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903

The petition:
https://cambike.us/safe-mem-dr

Don't let Prof. Rose's death be in vain, please sign the petition below to demand safety improvements along Memorial Drive.
#CambridgeMA #BikeSafety #Bikes #MIT #safestreets

MIT remembrance:
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903

The petition:
https://cambike.us/safe-mem-dr

Don't let Prof. Rose's death be in vain, please sign the petition below to demand safety improvements along Memorial Drive.
#CambridgeMA #BikeSafety #Bikes #MIT #safestreets

MIT remembrance:
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903

The petition:
https://cambike.us/safe-mem-dr

Don't let Prof. Rose's death be in vain, please sign the petition below to demand safety improvements along Memorial Drive.
#CambridgeMA #BikeSafety #Bikes #MIT #safestreets

MIT remembrance:
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903

The petition:
https://cambike.us/safe-mem-dr

Don't let Prof. Rose's death be in vain, please sign the petition below to demand safety improvements along Memorial Drive.
#CambridgeMA #BikeSafety #Bikes #MIT #safestreets

MIT remembrance:
https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-assistant-professor-thomas-rose-archaeometallurgy-expert-dies-0903

The petition:
https://cambike.us/safe-mem-dr

Maybe we expect maximalism because cars have nearly achieved maximalism.

via bsky @tomflood.bsky.social

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #LowCar #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

#LeedsUK - The city closing down streets so children can play

Kate McGough, 8/4/2026

"The idea of regularly closing down residential streets for children to play was started in 2009 by a group of parents in Bristol, who wanted to show that 'playing out near home should be normal, it doesn't have to be a special event'. "

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jnmzekx0ro

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Blq5A

#SolarPunkSunday #LessScreenTime #SpendTimeOutdoors #SafePlacesToPlay #PlaySpace #ClosedStreets #SafeStreets #NoCarStreets #NoCars #BuildingCommunity

In skateboarding we call this a "50-50"

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new-bike-barriers-are-flipping-cars-and-sparking-debate/

#Atlanta #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Skateboard #Skateboarding #HalfHeartedFanatic

Bike lanes are DEI now because someone described their benefits using the E-word: equity

https://newrepublic.com/post/212853/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-bike-lanes-dei

HT Lemmy [email protected]

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Trump #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #kakistocracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

ASU study: Relying on a car is linked to lower life satisfaction. The most surprising aspect of this is the ASU part — my alma mater. Rababe could have just asked me.

HT lemmy /u/[email protected]

https://news.asu.edu/20250124-environment-and-sustainability-depending-car-could-be-impacting-your-life-satisfaction

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

I just realized that all of the seasons of "The Life Sized City" are free on YouTube since 2024. I was previously unable to watch these because of paywalls, subscriptions, etc.

YT @coolvilletv

https://www.colville-andersen.com/lifesizedcity

#Copenhagenize #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #HalfHeartedFanatic

End socialism for cars? Alternatively: If car owners don't like this proposal, maybe let New Yorkers store anything they want on the street for free in the spaces that are currently designated as free car storage.

Picnic tables, hot tub, trampoline, small shipping container...

HT Lemmy @Lanodion

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/mamdani-free-buses-parking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.-KTl.SCiNlALrG4Ye

#NewYork #zohranmamdani #publictransportation #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsRuinCities #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

When your kids don't need you as their chauffeur everyone is better off.

by bsky @tomflood.bsky.social

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice

Fun Fact: Star Wars sandcrawlers are technically "family vehicles."

https://xkcd.com/3167/

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Non-driving New Yorkers elected Zohran

Car ownership was the strongest statistical factor predicting whether a New Yorker voted for Cuomo or Mamdani. More than race, age, home ownership, anything.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L_1iwwDnIRQ?feature=share

#ZohranMamdani #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Call me conservative, but I say we bring back the “Death-O-Meter” that keeps a running tally of those injured by cars near major intersections

https://grist.org/culture/cars-crashes-books-culture/

#Books #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Normal vs. Radical

HT Li Marco Te Brömmelstroet @lab-of-thought
xitter @thebikinglawyer

#Bike #Cycling #pluralisticignorance #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025-9-12-one-problem-two-responses-what-philly-and-charlottesville-reveal-about-school-transportation “these initiatives aren’t a cure-all. But they’ve done something equally important. They’ve protected the kids who already walk and bike — and made it easier for more families to consider those options” #Cville #BikeTooter #parenting #SafeRoutesToSchool #education #StrongTowns #walkable #SafeStreets #WarOnCars

No sidewalk. Because 5 percent of the population owns a private car.

#TransportationJustice #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Africa #Malagasy #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

@dmirams “We know this works in a lot of cities” #education #SafeStreets #SchoolStreets #WarOnCars

"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot."

This should be part of every mayoral oath of office.

via xitter/yt @wef

HT LinkedIn Marco Te Brömmelstroet

#Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Sacramento will use AI and cameras to catch people who park in bike lanes. Cue protests that "a driver might get mad"

via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social

https://www.itsinternational.com/news/hayden-ai-now-has-eyes-california-citys-bike-lanes

#Bike #Cycling #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Politics #Democracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

via bsky @tomflood.bsky.social

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Hey Toronto! Make good trouble. I wish I could join you (but I'm in Madagascar).

HT Reddit u/Marslettuce

#Toronto #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

The Rosa Parks of Jaywalking

On This Day 100 years ago: Electra Lynne was arrested for violating LA's newly enacted traffic ordinance that prioritized cars over people.

HT LinkedIn Peter Norton
Attn @notjustbikes

#LA #LosAngeles #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

"I'd like to force everyone to buy a vowel, Pat. A $50,000 electric vowel."

@tomflood

#Bike #Cycling #Fuckcars #Carbrain #Motonomativity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Apropos of nothing, here are a couple of lovely "bodaboda" bicycle taxis from Uganda. I found these on Flickr while working today.

by Flickr/Butterfly Works
https://buff.ly/4dmrXLN

#BodaBoda #Uganda #HalfHeartedFanatic #SustainableTransport #SustainableTransportation #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice

I'm reviewing older studies and thought I'd share this one from Charlotte, NC.

Incorporating #CompleteStreets elements into road project adds a little to the costs, but overall fluctuations in construction costs dwarf those. https://doi.org/10.3141/2393-15

#RoadDesign #SafeStreets #TrafficEngineering

“Speed is so central to what generates mistakes and what makes them deadly,” says @BethO on CBS Sunday Morning. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-rise-in-pedestrian-fatalities/

#VisionZero #SafeStreets #RoadDesign

Chicago offers lessons in automated traffic enforcement:

1. Fines and late fees can be a huge burden for some.

2. Disadvantaged communities may bear the brunt.

3. It can seem like a money grab (or actually be one).

4. Safe road design is also important.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-automated-speed-cameras-disproportionately-affect-black-and-brown-drivers

#VisionZero #SafeStreets #RoadDesign #Policing

I know y'all are here and not there on the birdsite but I'm doing some tweeting from an all-day workshop at USDOT on the National Road Safety Strategy. Thread starts here https://twitter.com/BarbChamberlain/status/1664262349979525122?t=Oqzdv0icT3qkEcTtpGadsQ&s=19 #transportation #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafeSystemApproach #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreets #SafeRoutesNow #ZeroTrafficDeaths #SafeStreetsForAll #WSDOT #WSDOTActive

Traditionally, speed limits were set based on how fast the top 15% of drivers travel. State agencies in Minnesota, Massachusetts, Washington, and others are leaning into new approaches that prioritize safety and speed management. https://ssti.us/2023/05/30/state-dots-are-helping-locals-set-lower-speed-limits/

#SafeStreets #VisionZero #TrafficEngineering #RoadDesign

In San Francisco, we need multiple warnings, threatening paint colors, and bollards to tell drivers that they aren't supposed to park on the sidewalk.

Even worse, this is probably really meant to remind police officers not to park on the sidewalk, as this is located next to a subway entrance.

#Bollards #BadParking #Sidewalks #SafeStreets

#MadisonWI recently adopted a new #CompleteStreets policy.
https://smartcitiesdive.com/news/madison-wisconsin-complete-green-streets-policy/639736/
#TransportationPolicy #RoadDesign #TrafficEngineering #SafeStreets