In Vox, I explained why small business owners consistently exaggerate the share of customers who drive, undercounting those who bike, walk, or ride transit.
Merchants' pro-car bias leads them to fight critical policies like NYC congestion pricing as well as dedicated lanes for bikes and buses -- moves that could boost their bottom line.
#nyc #newyorkcity #congestionpricing #newyork
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/354672/hochul-congestion-pricing-manhattan-diners-cars-transit
The latest War On Cars podcast https://thewaroncars.org/ about women biking gives me complex feelings as a femme presenting woman who chooses to bike whenever I can.
It's necessary that the stories be told, it's necessary that their audience hear them (to the point of my profile pic)...
I would have loved to hear a diverse set of voices of women across the world facing the very same issue. As an American I would have loved to hear experiences like mine told and those of femmes of color as well.
Me earlier, making eclipse cookies, lunch salads and chicken pot pie in one sitting. I contain multitudes
If you think for one second that people are just going to give up their freedom to own their own vehicle and join a likely privately owned AV system. El.oh.el you're going to see driverless vehicles circling blocks contributing to congestion even more with varying software quality & ability to recognize a human form let alone one with darker skin. No just no. Get them out of our cities until they are heavily regulated & tested on your own dime. Residents are not your crash test dummies. F*$k.off
If it's one thing Americans are terrible at (and there's many) it's sharing anything at all. We had rosey promises from the TNCs too, and look now, curbsides are worse than ever, they contribute to congestion, they cause personal safety issues for non masc people and myriad for those outside of the vehicles having unregulated, undertested drivers. Now imagine a fleet of those musky designed vehicles in assertive mode, take away a sentient driver, add those screens that are on taxis but in IMAX.
When someone is standing on the left side of the Metro escalator https://youtu.be/3w9KChxlEtY?si=YoJ-RAIXRiSU7wNG
You know what's super encouraging to government staff who are legitimately trying to change things for the better and make progress, albeit incrementally? Minimizing actually good projects and pointing out everything else that you think needs to be done (and is also on our to-do lists) /s
It just feels so much like nothing is ever good enough and actually makes me/us very very discouraged
BREAKFAST LINKS 1/31/2024: Bowser holds firm: Caps and Wizards stay or DC will invest $500M offer in new property uses. Temporary Arlington bus storage yard could become permanent. Baltimore’s new tree planting fees undermine its canopy goal.: https://ggwash.org/view/92384/breakfast-links-500m-offer-contingent-on-caps-wizards-staying-in-dc-bowser-says
Beating the same old drum that we have to at least try (de)congestion pricing if we ever want to get to the climate and safety goals we have committed to. We have to disincentivize driving because this current thing isn't working for anyone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/09/22/dc-commute-cars-traffic-metro/
Something that the public, especially white collar, paints with a broad brush is that people working for government took the position as an easy job doing the minimum to get by.
Most folks I know & see everyday are totally the opposite. We CHOOSE to do this very hard work to make a difference and move the needle to better.
In the highly educated DC region, those not trained in the transportation industry just think you're incompetent or obstinate, missing something that's JUST SO OBVIOUS
In this latest Transit Diary, join Renée Moore from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association as she travels around the region mostly by bike – and delivers lots of food for Food Rescue DC along the way.
: https://ggwash.org/view/90377/transit-diary-a-bike-advocate-commutes-and-rescues-food-on-two-wheels
Disgruntled pelican, baker, mom, and oxford comma enthusiast mastodon-ing into the void as 'me time'. I think in GIFs. Opinions = my own. she/her