Does someone know why North America basically never utilizes retractable bollards? They are so useful in creating flexible car-free spaces!
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IDK who is still hanging out in this desolate walled garden with the chud bots, news anchors, & consent-manufacturing accounts run by governments that can't figure out how to setup their own instance. (now a word from our sponsor: cars)
Somebody tell me why a business would be operating a van in Oregon with California tags, but not have mounted the front plate as required by the traffic laws of both states? 27155N3 #MustGetInFront
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Stop letting your bot developers and content creators work for free in your walled garden, hah.
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This January, our family shifted 263.8 miles of local travel from car to #ebike.
We used about 4 kWh of electricity to power our bikes, and that cost us about 80¢ for the whole month.
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ODOT report says state should make e-bikes easier to purchase
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RCV is the ethanol of voting method reform.
It gets an absurd amount of ink and it lets people feel like they’ve done something meaningful, despite never addressing more than 10% of the problem.
Any momentum it has is a curse.
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"Filtered Permeability" is more than traffic calming, it's a network-level approach to removing car traffic from neighborhood streets in *favor* of giving a pleasant and efficient experience to people biking & walking instead of making it easier to drive.
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Tomorrow! 10am at Unthank Park: Join Bikeloud and for a listening and walking tour of the history of Albina.
We are super excited and grateful for this opportunity, so please RSVP to let us know you can make it!
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I have been (trying to gently) reminding people to say "hit *with* car" instead of "by", to encourage everyone to think about traffic violence in terms of policy solutions instead of individual choices. Today I'll remind folks to say "killed with police" instead of by, bcs same.
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As shown by this recent study of Low Traffic Neighborhoods, pulling the other way on the lever of #InducedDemand gives #TrafficEvaporation, turns car trips into bike trips by making cars unable to ruin your low-stress bikeway streets for their convenience.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j
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"Filtered Permeability" is more than traffic calming, it's a network-level approach to removing car traffic from neighborhood streets in *favor* of giving a pleasant and efficient experience to people biking & walking instead of making it easier to drive.
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It's a kind of magic.
You open a school street for people and people immediately pops up in the street.
Is there anyone who prefers metal boxes to smiles?
#piazzeaperte #streetsforkids #workinprogress
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"Yes, my kids love the bike bus, but us parents might love it even more. Our group texts quickly ballooned & splintered, crossing over from bike bus logistics to other topics. We planned neighborhood roller skating meetups, gear exchanges, and karaoke nights."
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kinda makes it seem silly to raise fares when you're in a farebox-revenue-dependency-induced service-cutting death spiral
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To add to the transit discourse, I’d note that the systems around the country are headed towards major financial shortfalls, no longer have ARP money and are desperately going to need a concerted push for federal dollars.
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What's the deal with renewable diesel? Is this more fossil fuel industry greenwashing / siphoning off subsidies to rescue refineries and other stranded assets while running the same polluting playbook with different feedstock? Who is working on good policy for this?
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What's the deal with renewable diesel? Is this more fossil fuel industry greenwashing / siphoning off subsidies to rescue refineries and other stranded assets while running the same polluting playbook with different feedstock? Who is working on good policy for this?
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How it started / how it's going.
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What inspires us most about Dutch planning? They design for the future they want; with bold, ambitious projects that make the right choice the easy choice.
The brand new 7,000-bicycle parking facility built beneath the water at Amsterdam Central Station.
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/cycl
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NEW: Utility corruption is everywhere! Wondering what to do about it? We just published a new report that shares reforms that policymakers can enact to make it much harder for them to run corrupt schemes. 🧵
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How ridiculous to lump problematic and overly-complicated "Ranked Choice" IRV together with a simple method like Approval where you vote for as many people as you like and the most popular candidate wins.
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In North Dakota (where Fargo now uses Approval Voting) a bill has been filed in the legislature that would ban both RCV and Approval. As motivation, they cite the recent RCV spoiler in Alaska that flipped a seat from red to blue.
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I think drivers would respect stop signs harder if they had tougher poles have we considered the risk of injury to bystanders with these breakaway metal things flying around? This one seems to have been dragged away from where it was blocking the crosswalk ramp.
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this post goes viral every couple months but what most people don’t realize is that driving to the supermarket creates far more emissions than shipping the pears
maritime container shipping is really efficient! personal automobiles are not twitter.com/GreenpeaceCA/s
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Just a reminder that we're keeping the design of this street the same after we're repaving it, even though we know most drivers are exceeding the speed limit, because it's a "freight corridor."
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Crews are responding to a vehicle rollover near 15th Ave NW & NW61st St with reports of occupant(s) trapped. Please avoid the area.
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Wear bright clothing.
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Replying to @transitharmony
Tolls that high would make driving unaffordable.
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Correction: they are underfunded by gas taxes. Michigan comes up $1B short every year and the roads are crumbling.
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Uh huh.
“Recent estimates from Europe suggest that up to 51% of all freight journeys in cities could be replaced by cargo bike,”
amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug
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"No, no, I don’t think the 1970 exploding whale is gonna repeat itself ever." don't be so sure, I mean the i5 rose quarter and interstate bridge replacement projects are still going.
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"In 2022, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) intercepted and seized more than 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) of fentanyl and over 50 million fentanyl pills, more than double what was seized in 2021 and enough to kill every person in the United States." 🤨
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Don't know how it hasn't gone more noticed over the years, but the guy in this video that Elon tweeted out to show the safety features of Tesla autopilot...? He died in a Tesla autopilot accident two months later.
twitter.com/elonmusk/statu
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"If you are interested in becoming a Depave Crew Leader, join us on January 28 from 9am - 2pm at Oliver Middle School for our 2023 Crew Leader Training... skills for leading volunteers and maintaining greenspaces. Breakfast and lunch will be included!
depave.org/volunteer/crew
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Reminder: meeting tonight! Would love to have you tune in and help us determine the future of BikeLoud in 2023!
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BikeLoud PDX - Board Elections and First General Meeting of 2023 - mailchi.mp/174cdeb19fd2/22
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