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Yes Segura
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Founder & artist |Trans Man 🏳️‍⚧️ & 1st gen. El Salvadoran 🇸🇻 | he/him, they/them. Views are my own.
Seattle, WAlinktr.ee/stboxseaJoined August 2016

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amazing that elected leaders can complain $37m is too high a price to make their city accessible, while at the same time asking for literal billions for a highway expansion.
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Its findings were stark: Only 11% of curb ramps, 6% of sidewalks and 0% of push buttons in Lake Stevens were compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, not including facilities owned by the state, @SophiaSGates reports. heraldnet.com/news/after-yea
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I spent my Sat eve experimenting with #midjourney5 AI image creation tool My goal was to envision an electric version of Broomer, our bike lane minisweeper Let me know what you think
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If we are going to reach #VisionZero we need to make work on setting goals for increasing our rates for bike/pedestrian commuter trips. Do we even have goals for that in our Seattle communities?
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We did it! On April 5, Rob Fleming, B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure proposed changes to the Motor Vehicle Act, including the addition of a minimum safe-passing distance law. 👏🏽 Read more 👇🏽👇🏼 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023M #SafePassingDistance #VisionZero
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We will require wider bike lanes in the future in Seattle. (And really need them now to continue inducing demand for this mode share.) 1 vehicle lane per typical city street is plenty. #visionzeroseattle
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Wider bike lanes can create more comfortable spaces for a growing number of cyclists & modes, including e-micromobility and cargo bikes. Implementing wider #BikeNYC lanes is part of “Charge Safe, Ride Safe,” the City’s holistic effort to support safe e-micromobility use.
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People riding wearing helmets and riding bike on wide and freshly painted bike lane in New York City as people walk on a side walk.
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🚦 on Aurora Ave N now put pedestrians 1st! Walk signals now turn on automatically & give 🚶🚶🏾‍♀️ a head start & more time to cross before cars get a green light. This improves safety by making people more visible to drivers. More #VisionZero safety upgrades to come. @Spottnik
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The scooters are not the problem. Shall we count how many lives have been lost and bodies have been seriously injured because of cars?
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I find it absolutely incredible that a conversation today on @kuow about the shooting of a young Black activist in Seattle, who was killed by someone who happened to be on an e-scooter, turned into a debate over whether scooters are the true menace
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Just heartbroken this morning 💔 Elijah L. Lewis, a tireless advocate for youth in Seattle was taken from us in a senseless act of violence on Capitol Hill yesterday. At only 23 years old, Elijah was a true champion for the change he wanted to see for young people in the Emerald… Show more
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Just witnessed a car crash into parked cars outside the bar. He was shot. His young nephew was shot. They fought for their lives in front of us, in the street. Devastating. We are so broken. America is absolutely broken.
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