darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
Automated traffic enforcement revenue should go into a fund that:
*pays out an annual dividend to every resident with no tickets, and
*funds victim assistance for people suffering from traffic violence and facing financial hardship
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Hey, i didn't realize that USDOT released a list of applications to the Reconnecting Communities grant program (h/t @streetsblogmass)
Some that were notable to me:
DC asked for $2M to study the DC 295/I-295 corridor (!!!)
Providence (not RIDOT) asked for $1.6M to study an I-95 cap
Alexandria VA asked for $240K for a feasibility study for an I-395 West End ped Bike bridge (Landmark?).
Heartbreaking. Besides the mobility loss to the community, Bill Dossett and his team at Minnesota Nice Ride are known within the US #bikeshare community as some of the smartest, most passionate folks around. RIP, Nice Ride.
https://racketmn.com/no-nice-ride-bike-share-program-minneapolis-this-year-lyft/
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The lease agreement between the #MBTA and City of #Somerville is one of the last steps necessary to complete to open the Community Path to the public later this spring:
One mile from Pentagon City Metrorail, this is all that current #ArlingtonVA zoning allows you to build new.
Instead of homes for, like, five families. What are we even doing?
https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/1038-26th-St-S-22202/home/172939415?utm_source=myredfin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=instant_listings_update&riftinfo=ZXY9ZW1haWwmbD00OTQ2OTM3NyZwPWxpc3RpbmdfdXBkYXRlc19pbnN0YW50XzE1JmE9Y2xpY2smcz1zYXZlZF9zZWFyY2gmdD1hZGRyZXNzJmVtYWlsX2lkPTQ5NDY5Mzc3XzE2Nzc2OTE5NTNfMiZ1cGRhdGVfdHlwZT0xJnNhdmVkX3NlYXJjaF9pZD01Mjk5MjY5NiZsaXN0aW5nX2lkPTE2NjU1MDAyOSZwcm9wZXJ0eV9pZD0xNzI5Mzk0MTUmcG9zaXRpb25fbnVtYmVyPTA=
Tufts planning students doing a studio class on Davis Square posted a survey link on nextdoor https://nextdoor.com/p/95DgDTHgbBP_?utm_source=share&extras=MTU4OTYyOA%3D%3D
I told em that we need a continuous, direct, all ages connection of the trail, and the same thing running to/from it. Direct link to survey: https://tufts.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_24y4YL07r7qr9ki
Notably, this was a change that - as a public standalone project - would have easily cost seven-figures. It was carried out *for free* by the developer-owner of the adjacent park as part of its reconstruction.
Make developers build better public space next to their private developments.
Nice before/after of the Crystal City underpass to the Mt Vernon Trail from the latest @mtvernonfriends newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/0268e9bac5b3/march-2023-newsletter?e=6a56e4f713
I rode and jogged this nasty bit thousands of times over twenty years or so, happy to see this change. #bikedc
See also: Businesses have a nasty habit of dying on the west side of seven-lane N Glebe Road in Ballston, #ArlingtonVA https://www.arlnow.com/2021/09/29/glebe-road-divide-in-ballston-gets-renewed-county-attention/
Hypothesis: Six-lane arterials do not belong in cities. They are inherently dangerous, uncomfortable, have a barrier effect, and antagonistic to any activity outside a motor vehicle.
Support: Walmart on H St NW going under.
https://dcist.com/story/23/02/28/h-street-walmart-dc-closing/
Knock knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Orange you glad this banana car exists?
Really only sharing for the Mastodon red-meat titles https://messagebox.substack.com/p/how-to-use-a-diminished-twitter-in
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Rich people problems, sure. But damn, I hate having to put my personal hit on display for everyone all the time.
I wasn’t really ready for just how much privacy you surrender in trying to carve out ongoing time away from work to deal with family health issues
Not enough #Jeopardy chat on here. I was really smitten (in a non-gross way i promise) with Audrey, and happy to see her finish a very strong challenging second.
The big question is when they tackle Mass Ave west of here through Central Sq, which studies have shown is a sheetshow.
"We're putting in better safer bike facilities, tune in to hear more." I love the #CambMA Cycling Safety Ordinance. #biketooter
Memorial Drive #OpenStreets for both Saturday and Sunday in season apparently passes #CambMa council 7-2 https://twitter.com/realBurhanAzeem/status/1630616395447779328
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
