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Three minutes of peace, joy, and me struggling to keep up with my kid on our morning ride to school (because @bikepedantic asked for it).
I love the conversations we have on the in the mornings. It's never this good in a car.

urbanists.video/w/1EsmWoU4RoCM

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Guess what! I made a friend!

Leaving our neighborhood this morning enroute to school, we met another biking family. They'd driven past us all year, and decided this week to try biking themselves. And they're doing it and loving it!

WE HAVE A BIKE BUS!

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Kids shouldn't have to sacrifice their futures for the convenience of adults.

@tomflood@mstdn.social

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Exhibit A: Why you can fix a dangerous street with a sign.
The in this video was a great first draft at calming traffic on this neighborhood street, but it's no longer effective. This video shows 48 times drivers--including professionals with CDLs--ignored it over a few hours' worth of filming in April 2023.

urbanists.video/w/h4FeDHt6yj9M

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I really, really, really don't give a flying flip about that time you saw a bicyclist run a stop sign.

Also let's stop designing city streets like drag strips.

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In other news, my students routinely give me so much hope for the future of our profession. My attempt to capture some of their unfiltered comments in the wrap-up session of Complete, Safe, Equitable Streets last week:

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One year ago this month, @tomflood@mstdn.social came to to share his incredible knowledge and insights on effective messaging about with students, researchers, and public officials. This 2-way workshop, "Flipping the Script on Road Traffic Violence," was transformative.

@KellyKenoyer covered the event in an excellent tweet thread twitter.com/Kelly_Kenoyer/stat and an even more excellent podcast: whqr.org/show/the-newsroom/202.

I'm still in awe.

@sethlaj

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I've spent a long time sitting at this pedestrian signal, waiting for a car to come along and trigger a walk phase. But some time in the past few months it was quietly switched to come on automatically when the adjacent traffic light turns green. And it's LOVELY.


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, , . Ultimate weekend bliss.

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Me: Hey kids, you wanna come in for snacks and watch some TV?

Kids: Nah, we're gonna keep riding our bikes for a while!

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Give a kid a sticky note...

At the Downtown Plan

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Our last guest expert in 's PLAN 639 Complete, Safe, Equitable Streets today is the incomparable (but not yet in the fediverse) Carlos Pardo. Gonna be a good one, folks!

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I created this a year ago to help address the ridiculous conditions US impose on . This is a 2-stage crossing on the way to my kid's elementary school. Complying with the signal here means a 3-minute crossing, including a substantial wait in an unprotected refuge island.

Thanks to @tomflood@mstdn.social for help on crafting the message.

urbanists.video/w/8esJ8mPNrRK2

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Hey Tooters, I'm gradually shifting my content from to . If seeing silly/deadly/occasionally educational videos of the state of in the US (and sometimes a fuzzy red puppy) makes you happy, please give me a follow:

urbanists.video/a/drtcombs/vid

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Still trying to process yesterday's close call with a reckless driver by looking through some of my old video footage. I put together a little montage of the a sample of the worst of it.

Y'all, I really just don't want to anymore. At least not with people who aren't willing to share back.

urbanists.video/w/bxHj41ufUHWu

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Today I was a single pedal stroke away from being killed by a reckless driver in an oversized vehicle at a dangerous intersection in a transportation system that couldn't care less.

urbanists.video/w/nGy4LNg6bqHy

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Yesterday a student pointed out that it would be easier to get the funds to build a new bridge for than to continue a across an existing bridge

They weren't wrong

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Some day we will stop pretending we can fix unsafe street design with signs.

This is just a sample of yesterday's runners in my neighborhood in . The full video includes nearly 100 more stop sign runners (including a school bus!) and is almost ten minutes long.

urbanists.video/w/qvp6fvPjS7AG

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What excuses will we make this time to justify propping up a system that kills over 40,000 humans a year? How many more lives need to be sacrificed before it's worth investing in safer roads, safer vehicles, safer systems?

triangleblogblog.com/2023/04/0

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I don't understand why DC's isn't the norm. Large are freeloaders. Their weight accelerates pavement wear, increasing road maintenance cost. Their length reduces space available for other cars, increasing congestion. Their width increases the risk of sideswipe collisions. Their height increases the risk of fatalities & serious injuries when crashes do happen.
It's ridiculous we don't charge extra for all that.

washingtonpost.com/transportat

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