#safetyoverspeed — Public Fediverse posts

Excerpt from "A Poem for Roadkill" by River Elizabeth Hall, a WA state poet:

"What if we pulled over,
got close enough to feel the death-rattle
shake the air against our skin?

Offered regret for getting in the way
with our roads, our tires, our glass?"

https://tinderboxpoetry.com/a-poem-for-roadkill

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #animals #birds #nature #traffication #wildlife #transportation #Roadkill #RiverHall #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety

Excerpt from "A Poem for Roadkill" by River Elizabeth Hall, a WA state poet:

"What if we pulled over,
got close enough to feel the death-rattle
shake the air against our skin?

Offered regret for getting in the way
with our roads, our tires, our glass?"

https://tinderboxpoetry.com/a-poem-for-roadkill

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #animals #birds #nature #traffication #wildlife #transportation #Roadkill #RiverHall #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

I currently keep my Mastodon use only on personal device so I can't easily post updates from the AASHTO 2nd Annual Safety Summit. I'm live tweeting some of my notes you-know-where starting here https://x.com/BarbChamberlain/status/1846183526254928126?t=Td8BA-RKWEAfb_CYtl3UnA&s=19.

#transportation #infrastructure #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #ZeroTrafficDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #AASHTO #WSDOTActive #CompleteStreets

I currently keep my Mastodon use only on personal device so I can't easily post updates from the AASHTO 2nd Annual Safety Summit. I'm live tweeting some of my notes you-know-where starting here https://x.com/BarbChamberlain/status/1846183526254928126?t=Td8BA-RKWEAfb_CYtl3UnA&s=19.

#transportation #infrastructure #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #ZeroTrafficDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #AASHTO #WSDOTActive #CompleteStreets

"People don’t walk in dangerous areas (of which we’ve created infinity of), unless they don’t have better options. And those circumstances would likely preclude them from doing things like buying and carrying special visibility garb." --Angie Schmitt

https://angieschmitt.substack.com/p/the-worst-of-pedestrian-safety-month?triedRedirect=true

#RoadSafety #walking #PedestrianDignity #transportation #infrastructure #VisionZero #PedestrianSafety #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar #SafetyOverSpeed #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #AngieSchmitt #poverty

"People don’t walk in dangerous areas (of which we’ve created infinity of), unless they don’t have better options. And those circumstances would likely preclude them from doing things like buying and carrying special visibility garb." --Angie Schmitt

https://angieschmitt.substack.com/p/the-worst-of-pedestrian-safety-month?triedRedirect=true

#RoadSafety #walking #PedestrianDignity #transportation #infrastructure #VisionZero #PedestrianSafety #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar #SafetyOverSpeed #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #AngieSchmitt #poverty

"It is not possible to prioritize everyone.

Every decision has tradeoffs, and it’s clear who those choices prioritize when you consider the comfort, ease, and safety of different users. When it’s faster, easier, safer, and more comfortable to get somewhere by driving, we are prioritizing driving." --Anna Zivarts
https://www.planetizen.com/features/131781-when-prioritizing-all-modes-lie

#SafetyOverSpeed #transportation #infrastructure #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #nondrivers #disability #BikeTooter

"It is not possible to prioritize everyone.

Every decision has tradeoffs, and it’s clear who those choices prioritize when you consider the comfort, ease, and safety of different users. When it’s faster, easier, safer, and more comfortable to get somewhere by driving, we are prioritizing driving." --Anna Zivarts
https://www.planetizen.com/features/131781-when-prioritizing-all-modes-lie

#SafetyOverSpeed #transportation #infrastructure #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #nondrivers #disability #BikeTooter

Seattle DOT director Greg Spotts notes the need to think about streets along the edge of a park and whether they support the park's purpose. By turning a fast, noisy slip lane that slingshots drivers into Green Lake into a barrier-protected 2-way bike lane, the change reduced noise and the traffic effect of SR99 at that spot. Much more parklike.
#WSDOTActive #SEABikes #transportation #infrastructure #BikeTooter #CompleteStreets #parks #SafetyOverSpeed

Seattle DOT director Greg Spotts notes the need to think about streets along the edge of a park and whether they support the park's purpose. By turning a fast, noisy slip lane that slingshots drivers into Green Lake into a barrier-protected 2-way bike lane, the change reduced noise and the traffic effect of SR99 at that spot. Much more parklike.
#WSDOTActive #SEABikes #transportation #infrastructure #BikeTooter #CompleteStreets #parks #SafetyOverSpeed

Yesterday and today I'm on a tour for state legislators highlighting the Safe System Approach. We're in Seattle looking at the protected 2-way bike lane on Green Lake that repurposed a parking lane. One segment converted a 2-way street to 1-way, which eliminated drivers blasting through here like it's a racetrack. Includes a segment on SR99 that closes a gap.

#SEABikes #BikeTooter #transportation #infrastructure #cycling #CompleteStreets #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #WSDOTActive

Yesterday and today I'm on a tour for state legislators highlighting the Safe System Approach. We're in Seattle looking at the protected 2-way bike lane on Green Lake that repurposed a parking lane. One segment converted a 2-way street to 1-way, which eliminated drivers blasting through here like it's a racetrack. Includes a segment on SR99 that closes a gap.

#SEABikes #BikeTooter #transportation #infrastructure #cycling #CompleteStreets #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #WSDOTActive

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #transportation #CarCulture #PedestrianDignity #pedestrian #walking #walkability #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice

Reread a poem this morning that I included in one of my transportation poetry round-ups (http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/02/17/how-we-get-where-were-going-transportation-poems/).

“The News in Southwest Minnesota” by Marianne Murphy Zarzana

"The victim, following the rules of the road, still unsafe, vulnerable.
The intersection, unconsciously aiding and abetting fatal collisions."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/07/marianne-murphy-zarzana-news-in.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #TranspoPoems #transportation #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Reread a poem this morning that I included in one of my transportation poetry round-ups (http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/02/17/how-we-get-where-were-going-transportation-poems/).

“The News in Southwest Minnesota” by Marianne Murphy Zarzana

"The victim, following the rules of the road, still unsafe, vulnerable.
The intersection, unconsciously aiding and abetting fatal collisions."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/07/marianne-murphy-zarzana-news-in.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #TranspoPoems #transportation #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar

If you drive faster on freeways you drive faster on local streets, with all that implies for traffic impacts (using that word deliberately and literally): My TL;dr on study from AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Related: Can we PLEASE get speed governors in vehicles?

https://aaafoundation.org/uncovering-the-spillover-effect-from-posted-speed-limit-changes-a-tool-to-examine-potential-safety-concerns/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #VisionZero #transportation #traffic #CarCulture #CarHead #driving #CrashNotAccident

If you drive faster on freeways you drive faster on local streets, with all that implies for traffic impacts (using that word deliberately and literally): My TL;dr on study from AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Related: Can we PLEASE get speed governors in vehicles?

https://aaafoundation.org/uncovering-the-spillover-effect-from-posted-speed-limit-changes-a-tool-to-examine-potential-safety-concerns/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #VisionZero #transportation #traffic #CarCulture #CarHead #driving #CrashNotAccident

I know how to have a good time on a rainy Sunday: Put on a warm robe, curl up by the fire, and edit an early draft of the state highway safety plan.

Wait, am I doing weekends wrong AGAIN?

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #transportation

I know how to have a good time on a rainy Sunday: Put on a warm robe, curl up by the fire, and edit an early draft of the state highway safety plan.

Wait, am I doing weekends wrong AGAIN?

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystemApproach #transportation

Boost/discuss for people who think vehicle tech will take care of safety for them. Kea Wilson's takeaways:
-Systems aren't trained to recognize people who use wheelchairs, other assistive devices, bikes, scooters or motorcycles
-The deadline for compliance got bumped back from 3 to 5 years
-They don't have to be able to stop for pedestrians above 45 mph

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/04/30/four-things-to-know-about-the-historic-automatic-emergency-braking-rule

#RoadSafety #TranspoTech #AV #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #BikeTooter #walking #VisionZero

Boost/discuss for people who think vehicle tech will take care of safety for them. Kea Wilson's takeaways:
-Systems aren't trained to recognize people who use wheelchairs, other assistive devices, bikes, scooters or motorcycles
-The deadline for compliance got bumped back from 3 to 5 years
-They don't have to be able to stop for pedestrians above 45 mph

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/04/30/four-things-to-know-about-the-historic-automatic-emergency-braking-rule

#RoadSafety #TranspoTech #AV #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #BikeTooter #walking #VisionZero

"If your mode of transportation forces you to do something, does it really set you free?" Me, in this post on the joy of setting your own pace on a bicycle and how riding compares to other modes.

http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/18/setting-my-own-pace/

#BikeTooter #BicyclesChangeLives #cycling #BikeLove #time #transportation #trains #transit #driving #flying #aviation #walking #infrastructure #SafetyOverSpeed

"If your mode of transportation forces you to do something, does it really set you free?" Me, in this post on the joy of setting your own pace on a bicycle and how riding compares to other modes.

http://bikestylespokane.com/2023/08/18/setting-my-own-pace/

#BikeTooter #BicyclesChangeLives #cycling #BikeLove #time #transportation #trains #transit #driving #flying #aviation #walking #infrastructure #SafetyOverSpeed

'The idea that we should never experience delay is so ingrained in our culture that we twist “no extra delay” into “as fast as possible.”' -Andy Boenau

https://speakeasy.substack.com/p/install-speed-tables-as-fast-as-you

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeSystemApproach #transportation #infrastructure #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #SafeRoutesNow #CarCulture

'The idea that we should never experience delay is so ingrained in our culture that we twist “no extra delay” into “as fast as possible.”' -Andy Boenau

https://speakeasy.substack.com/p/install-speed-tables-as-fast-as-you

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeSystemApproach #transportation #infrastructure #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #SafeRoutesNow #CarCulture

Interested in #WSDOT Active Transportation Division Ped/Bike and Safe Routes to School grants? Call for projects now open! PBP deadline 5/31, SRTS 6/7. Subscribe to WSDOT Walk + Roll E-News to get this and other timely news https://lnkd.in/dtXjR5Yf
#WSDOTActive #SafeRoutesNow #infrastructure #RoadSafety #VisionZero #transportation #cycling #walking #walkability #ADA #accessibility #SafeSystemApproach #WalkSafe #BikeSafe #SafetyOverSpeed #pedestrian #bicyclist #planning #BikeTooter

Interested in #WSDOT Active Transportation Division Ped/Bike and Safe Routes to School grants? Call for projects now open! PBP deadline 5/31, SRTS 6/7. Subscribe to WSDOT Walk + Roll E-News to get this and other timely news https://lnkd.in/dtXjR5Yf
#WSDOTActive #SafeRoutesNow #infrastructure #RoadSafety #VisionZero #transportation #cycling #walking #walkability #ADA #accessibility #SafeSystemApproach #WalkSafe #BikeSafe #SafetyOverSpeed #pedestrian #bicyclist #planning #BikeTooter

Boost if you don't want to die/ don't want to kill on the road.

A part of my job that doesn't show: Every week I look at stats on serious injuries/fatalities and know that they're still going up. Comparing them to the previous year doesn't bring comfort even if a particular month is a little lower. Especially true in late Dec.: long dark days and New Year's Eve coming.

Drive carefully, or don't drive at all. Please.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #DriveSafe #BikeTooter

Boost if you don't want to die/ don't want to kill on the road.

A part of my job that doesn't show: Every week I look at stats on serious injuries/fatalities and know that they're still going up. Comparing them to the previous year doesn't bring comfort even if a particular month is a little lower. Especially true in late Dec.: long dark days and New Year's Eve coming.

Drive carefully, or don't drive at all. Please.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed #driving #DriveSafe #BikeTooter

Auto ads sell a mythical world of open roads and all the speed the vehicle can produce. But we don't allow cigarette ads any more because we know smoking causes cancer. We know speed causes death on impact. Is it (past) time to regulate auto ads? Kea Wilson in Streetsblog: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/22/fed-panel-wants-to-confront-the-role-of-aggressive-auto-advertising-in-u-s-road-deaths
#CarCulture #RoadSafety #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #KeaWilson #StreetsBlog #BikeTooter #walking #SafetyOverSpeed

Auto ads sell a mythical world of open roads and all the speed the vehicle can produce. But we don't allow cigarette ads any more because we know smoking causes cancer. We know speed causes death on impact. Is it (past) time to regulate auto ads? Kea Wilson in Streetsblog: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/22/fed-panel-wants-to-confront-the-role-of-aggressive-auto-advertising-in-u-s-road-deaths
#CarCulture #RoadSafety #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #KeaWilson #StreetsBlog #BikeTooter #walking #SafetyOverSpeed

Shoutout from Polly Trottenberg of USDOT at AASHTO Annual Meeting for WSDOT work on road safety: Complete Streets, overhauling design manuals, updating Strategic Highway Safety Plan with safe system approach at the heart.

#RoadSafety #NRSS #SafeSystemApproach #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #WSDOT #transportation

Shoutout from Polly Trottenberg of USDOT at AASHTO Annual Meeting for WSDOT work on road safety: Complete Streets, overhauling design manuals, updating Strategic Highway Safety Plan with safe system approach at the heart.

#RoadSafety #NRSS #SafeSystemApproach #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeStreetsForAll #WSDOT #transportation

Feel the power! https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/power-hours/

I'll be speaking in one of the Complete Streets Power Hours hosted by the National Complete Streets Coalition on Nov. 28, 9am Pacific.
#transportation #CompleteStreets #PeopleStreets #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #HumanSpeed #infrastructure #WalkTooter #BikeTooter

Feel the power! https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/power-hours/

I'll be speaking in one of the Complete Streets Power Hours hosted by the National Complete Streets Coalition on Nov. 28, 9am Pacific.
#transportation #CompleteStreets #PeopleStreets #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #HumanSpeed #infrastructure #WalkTooter #BikeTooter

The stats in this are stale but the principle still applies: Drive as if someone's life depends on it. It does. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027183213/https://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/remember-what-uncle-ben-said.html #RoadSafety #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar #SpiderMan #UncleBen #driving #DriveSafe #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeRoutesNow #KidsDeserveIt #Halloween

The stats in this are stale but the principle still applies: Drive as if someone's life depends on it. It does. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027183213/https://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/remember-what-uncle-ben-said.html #RoadSafety #CrashNotAccident #DriverNotCar #SpiderMan #UncleBen #driving #DriveSafe #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeRoutesNow #KidsDeserveIt #Halloween

THIS IS IT! Closes tonight 9/28 11:59pm PT. Communications pro wanted for WSDOT Active Transportation Division.
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5

#WSDOT #WSDOTActive #TranspoJobs #CommsJobs #CommunicationJobs #communications #PR #CompleteStreets #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #accessibility #ADA #cycling #walking #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #MobilityJustice #BikeTooter #walkability #BicyclesChangeLives #MoveEquity #BikeNite

THIS IS IT! Closes tonight 9/28 11:59pm PT. Communications pro wanted for WSDOT Active Transportation Division.
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5

#WSDOT #WSDOTActive #TranspoJobs #CommsJobs #CommunicationJobs #communications #PR #CompleteStreets #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #accessibility #ADA #cycling #walking #EJ #EnvironmentalJustice #MobilityJustice #BikeTooter #walkability #BicyclesChangeLives #MoveEquity #BikeNite

Please boost! And send to your favorite awesome communications professional who cares about active transportation, safety, environmental justice, Complete Streets. Closes 9/28.
https://governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5
#WSDOTActive #WSDOT #CommunicationJobs #MobilityJustice #RoadSafety #transportation #BikeTooter #ActiveTransport #walking #TranspoJobs #Climate #EnvironmentalJustice #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #CompleteStreets #communications #CommunityEngagement #EJ #Health #HealthPolicy #ClimatePolicy

Please boost! And send to your favorite awesome communications professional who cares about active transportation, safety, environmental justice, Complete Streets. Closes 9/28.
https://governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4209632/active-transportation-communications-lead-cc5
#WSDOTActive #WSDOT #CommunicationJobs #MobilityJustice #RoadSafety #transportation #BikeTooter #ActiveTransport #walking #TranspoJobs #Climate #EnvironmentalJustice #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #CompleteStreets #communications #CommunityEngagement #EJ #Health #HealthPolicy #ClimatePolicy

TONIGHT please stand with us to rally for real change on our streets.

This is a moment where we must be loud.

Thank you KTVU FOX2 for helping us get the word out.
🔗https://bit.ly/protest-ktvu

#neveragain #SlowOurStreets #VisionZeroSF #familiesforsafestreets #SafetyOverSpeed

RT @kenmcld "a review of 12 major roadways across the U.S. showed increasing speeds has little effect on saving time or increasing traffic flow.

Instead, @aaanews said raising speed limits could lead to more crashes, injuries, and deaths"

#SafetyOverSpeed #SlowRoadsSaveLives

RT @wsbtv The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety says increasing speeds has little effect on saving time or increasing traffic flow.

https://wsbtv.com/news/local/traffic-safety-study-says-raising-speed-limits-causes-crashes/KYWDSK4LKBAENB72SBJ472RCGA/?taid=64b05b50a756b90001e17e45&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter…

RT @kenmcld "a review of 12 major roadways across the U.S. showed increasing speeds has little effect on saving time or increasing traffic flow.

Instead, @aaanews said raising speed limits could lead to more crashes, injuries, and deaths"

#SafetyOverSpeed #SlowRoadsSaveLives

RT @wsbtv The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety says increasing speeds has little effect on saving time or increasing traffic flow.

https://wsbtv.com/news/local/traffic-safety-study-says-raising-speed-limits-causes-crashes/KYWDSK4LKBAENB72SBJ472RCGA/?taid=64b05b50a756b90001e17e45&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter…

Design Training for Safe, Walkable and Accessible Communities sponsored by WSDOT Active Transportation Division.
June 21, Olympia: 2-5pm, WSDOT HQ or online.
June 22, Moses Lake: In-person 10:30am-4:30pm includes walk audit, lunch on your own; online-only 1-3pm, key concepts of design training. Register for either date https://lnkd.in/gN4Vcyfz.

#WSDOTActive #infrastructure #transportation #accessibility #walkability #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #BikeTooter #engineering #ActiveTransport

Design Training for Safe, Walkable and Accessible Communities sponsored by WSDOT Active Transportation Division.
June 21, Olympia: 2-5pm, WSDOT HQ or online.
June 22, Moses Lake: In-person 10:30am-4:30pm includes walk audit, lunch on your own; online-only 1-3pm, key concepts of design training. Register for either date https://lnkd.in/gN4Vcyfz.

#WSDOTActive #infrastructure #transportation #accessibility #walkability #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #BikeTooter #engineering #ActiveTransport

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

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

@enobacon @DrTCombs @bikepedantic @largess @pedbikeinfo Love the evolution of this essential point. Could add walking as well.

"If we're serious about traffic safety, we're making things safer for bicycling and walking even in contexts where getting more people to choose to bike or walk is unlikely."

#VisionZero #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #ZeroTrafficDeaths #infrastructure #transportation #CompleteStreets

@enobacon @DrTCombs @bikepedantic @largess @pedbikeinfo Love the evolution of this essential point. Could add walking as well.

"If we're serious about traffic safety, we're making things safer for bicycling and walking even in contexts where getting more people to choose to bike or walk is unlikely."

#VisionZero #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #ZeroTrafficDeaths #infrastructure #transportation #CompleteStreets

(Continuing)
Me to all of you: What do you do and say in these scenarios? Meaning ones in which people laugh at the idea of following the law and driving carefully so as not to kill others, and you really want them to think, not push back or retreat. #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #WordsMatter #transportation #CarCulture #psychology

(Continuing)
Me to all of you: What do you do and say in these scenarios? Meaning ones in which people laugh at the idea of following the law and driving carefully so as not to kill others, and you really want them to think, not push back or retreat. #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #WordsMatter #transportation #CarCulture #psychology

(Continuing]
Me [inside voice]: When did it become okay to laugh at the implied violence of hitting someone with your vehicle because you wouldn't slow down when it's unsafe to drive that fast?
Me [rethinking what I said]: I needed to appeal to positive traffic safety culture, maybe point out that most people think of themselves as "good drivers" and wouldn't want to drive in a way that might kill someone.
#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #WordsMatter #transportation #CarCulture

(Continuing]
Me [inside voice]: When did it become okay to laugh at the implied violence of hitting someone with your vehicle because you wouldn't slow down when it's unsafe to drive that fast?
Me [rethinking what I said]: I needed to appeal to positive traffic safety culture, maybe point out that most people think of themselves as "good drivers" and wouldn't want to drive in a way that might kill someone.
#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #WordsMatter #transportation #CarCulture

Topic: Effectiveness of RRFBs at marked crosswalks.
Q: What about snow/ice conditions where it takes longer to stop? What does WSDOT have for that?
My A: WSDOT has state law that tells you to drive for conditions.
Room: Laughter.
Me [outside voice]: It may be a laugh to you, not to me when you're bearing down on me. I'm being a killjoy to ask you not to kill someone's joy.
#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #WordsMatter #transportation #walking
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