I should probably post this on LinkedIn instead. But I’m a coward.
We’re not going to solve the roadway safety crisis while we insist on being courteous to our fellow professionals .
It’s time to fuck collegiality, and start critiquing when/where/who is falling short of what’s necessary to save lives. Just my $0.02.
This thought came as a result of me critiquing a very small bit of agency guidance that is stupid and regressive, and nothing will change because no one likes their stupid/regressive work product being called stupid and regressive.
@bikepedantic I need to talk to my brother, who has the collected letters that my father got published as letters-to-the-editor (hundreds) on the topic of the unjust drug war. He was pretty good.
The angle to take with engineers I think is "what are we measuring, what are we optimizing?" and dig in on "we say it's safe, but we're not measuring that, so how do we know, and by the way look at these international comparisons? We optimize level of service and traffic volumes, not safety."
@bikepedantic on the other side of that disc/coin, let's also spend time truly celebrating the people who make courageous changes that save lives and make sure people know when this happens!