J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski@transportation.social
- https://twitter.com/swiderskiji
- ANC-campaign twitter
- https://twitter.com/JS_1B03
- donate to my campaign for ANC
- https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=mstdn
active & public transportation advocate and planner; lifelong walker and somewhat-more-than-occasional bike rider.
fan of maps, transit, & cities; baseball, hockey, and football; puns; oxford commas; and semicolons.
candidate for DC ANC 1B03, endorsed by @DCYIMBYs and @ggwash.
Joined Nov 2022
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As a longtime @GGWash reader (like, since before I moved to DC, seriously) and supporter, I am grateful, proud, and delighted to be not just endorsed but called "a top-notch choice" for ANC 1B03.
https://ggwash.org/view/96942/2024-anc-endorsements-ward-1#:~:text=1B03%3A%20J.%20Swiderski
(Also, you can now donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=ggmstdn)
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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Seattle DOT director Greg Spotts notes the need to think about streets along the edge of a park and whether they support the park's purpose. By turning a fast, noisy slip lane that slingshots drivers into Green Lake into a barrier-protected 2-way bike lane, the change reduced noise and the traffic effect of SR99 at that spot. Much more parklike.
#WSDOTActive #SEABikes #transportation #infrastructure #BikeTooter #CompleteStreets #parks #SafetyOverSpeed
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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We’re teaming up with the Institute for Justice to make it possible to exercise our freedom of speech--by offering trainings for ANCs.: https://ggwash.org/view/97037/were-asking-dc-to-obey-the-first-amendment
As a longtime @GGWash reader (like, since before I moved to DC, seriously) and supporter, I am grateful, proud, and delighted to be not just endorsed but called "a top-notch choice" for ANC 1B03.
https://ggwash.org/view/96942/2024-anc-endorsements-ward-1#:~:text=1B03%3A%20J.%20Swiderski
(Also, you can now donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=ggmstdn)
ballot order is proven to matter for election results, especially small/low-info races, so many places hold a lottery to make sure it's random.
DC's was today; the results are posted at https://dcboe.org/elections/2024-elections
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things you love to see: your name in #1 position on your ballot order list.
wow.
I still remember when Pitt's response to staff asking for help making campus roads safer—to one of our own being killed in the shadow of the Cathedral—was "the university has bike racks throughout the campus [and[ encourages car-pooling…"
Congrats to all involved in moving this very large, heavy needle!
https://parking-mobility-magazine.org/august-2024/bike-share-takes-off/
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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The annual #RideOfSilence rolls tomorrow evening in nearly 200 cities, in 40 states and 10 countries across the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. https://www.rideofsilence.org/locations-domestic.php
#BikeDC event info here: https://ggwash.org/calendar/event/93187/ride-of-silence-dc-660f370771bfb4.16215200
(It is, I know, expected to rain most of the day tomorrow in DC, but unless it gets heavy or lightning-y I will likely move forward as scheduled.)
Take a moment out of #BikeMonth tomorrow to honor those who are no longer with us.
This year's #RideofSilence will be May 15. Mark your calendars and plan to take a moment out of #BikeMonth to honor those who are no longer with us.
#BikeDC details TBD, tentatively same as 2023. https://rideofsilence.org/locations-domestic.php?s=DC
Not in DC? Find or list yours at https://rideofsilence.org/
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“Including a few design features for pedestrians and cyclists is not enough. Following a Complete Streets approach means prioritizing the safety of all road users and designing for safety over speed.”
Yes, even in rural areas people walk, roll, and ride bikes, and deserve to be safe doing so.
https://smartgrowthamerica.org/what-it-means-to-follow-a-complete-streets-approach-in-rural-america/
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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Looking for a last minute gift? Give a bicycle to someone in need in Ukraine!
Bikes4Ukraine ships used, fixed up bikes to Ukraine. There they are used – without fuel, able to go past "potholes" from bombs and rubble from toppled buildings – to deliver food, water, medicine, etc to those in need.
Everybody needs transportation. And in a crisis a bike can be the perfect tool!
You get a gift card to print/email as a gift.
https://bikes4ukraine.myshopify.com/products/give-a-used-bike-to-ukraine
20-49 also mandates that "The Mayor shall require permittees blocking a…pedestrian or bicycle path to provide a safe accommodation for pedestrians and bicyclists" and "treat the blockage of a…pedestrian or bicycle path the same as the closure of a lane of traffic, and…apply similar regulations…."
In your second decade, may *all* your provisions be implemented and effective!
Happy tenth anniversary to DC Law 20-49, the “Bicycle Safety Amendment Act of 2013,” effective Dec. 13, 2013.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/20-49
20-49 allows bikes to proceed on LPI, allows bike riders to not have a bell and give warning by voice, and establishes fines for drivers not yielding to and hitting bike riders.
this might work for established professionals, but early-career people are the _least_ likely to be able to get their companies to pay for something like this, _or_ to be able to do it on their own.
even those who work for private-sector consulting firms.
"The program fee is $2,000 for private sector participants" 😹
"Applicants are welcome from any location; however, we are unable to subsidize travel or lodging for participants." 🤣
https://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/2023/11/emerging-leaders-transportation-2024-applications-open
i make pretty good money as an early-career professional at a private firm, but there's no way i could afford to take time off, pay more than an entire paycheck (more than twice the cost of TRB!) for a half-week-long program, and pay for a hotel in NYC besides (on <6 weeks' notice!).
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Christopher Taylor is possibly the first mayor of any city I've lived in to become a regular bike rider, let alone year-round commuter…almost certainly the first to do so _while in office_.
IMO he may even have picked the best time of year to start. (Even in MI nobody gets to ease gradually into the cold, but I think it's easier if you start and get your levels set in the fall while it's pleasantly cool out, then ramp up your layering as the weather goes downhill…)
The Transportation Research Board magazine TR News becomes freely available 4 months after publication, so this summer’s accessibility-focused edition, “Addressing Transportation and Accessibility for All” (TRN 346, Jul-Aug 2023), is now unlocked....
PDF: https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/trnews/trnews346.pdf
DC ANCs and others that host public meetings who are moving to hybrid meetings, or thinking about it, might benefit from this upcoming US Access Board webinar on how to make sure they're accessible.
https://www.accessibilityonline.org/cioc-508/session/?id=111085
“In the car, you drive down the street, and you look, but on the bike you have an intimate relationship with what’s going on on the street…”
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-e-bikes-safety-vision-zero/
Per https://twitter.com/ZachBIsrael/status/1714083443334602974, DC has reached 40 traffic fatalities for the year, matching 2021 for the worst total since 2007—with two and a half months left to go.
16 pedestrian fatalities trails only 2021 & 22 for the most on record—and, given we're only one behind 2021, we'll likely top that.
- https://twitter.com/swiderskiji
- ANC-campaign twitter
- https://twitter.com/JS_1B03
- donate to my campaign for ANC
- https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=mstdn
active & public transportation advocate and planner; lifelong walker and somewhat-more-than-occasional bike rider.
fan of maps, transit, & cities; baseball, hockey, and football; puns; oxford commas; and semicolons.
candidate for DC ANC 1B03, endorsed by @DCYIMBYs and @ggwash.
Joined Nov 2022
