excellent testimony by @bikeloudpdx chair Nic Cota about #TrafficViolence and #VisionZero at this morning's #Portland City Council meeting

https://youtu.be/lG5plSPVWf4?t=1165

I'm so sick of SF fossil fools and traffic violence ghouls. Every day is a day wasted where we don't remove traffic lanes, fund transit and create a slow street network.

#fossilfools
#trafficviolence
#leadership
#vote

@ohrite since speed limits are so widely ignored, & SFPD refuses to enforce traffic safety (heck, the number of SFPD vehicles I see ignoring the vehicle code re speeds, stops, right on red)

So let's use some of the money going to SFPD for faster, better traffic engineering fixes.

I can't help but believe traffic engineers know how to design speed bumps that you can drive over at 20 mph, and get a real shock at 30.

Perfect streets approaching/leaving on/off ramps

And then no turn on red arrows for the pedestrian walk phases, with camera enforcement.

And not just at 4th & King.

#TrafficViolence #pedestriansafety #bikesafety

We need action not more analysis of double-turn lanes and surface highways. Soma is deadly for pedestrians. What more data does MLB need?

#trafficviolence
#surfacehighway
#stroad

Per press release, SFMTA will remove the double right turn lane at 4th & King that contributed to the death of a 4-year-old child.

There is nothing in here about removing other double right turn lanes all over SoMa and the city. Why not? They’re acknowledging it’s an unsafe design. Fix the unsafe design citywide. Or must we sacrifice another child at each individual corner?

#VisionZero #SFPol #TrafficViolence

@RichmondFamilySF and it's not just fixing that intersection. We have unsafe streets throughout the city, and hazardous driving behaviors are much too high everywhere.

I don't understand why #SFPD has eliminated #sfpdtraffic in favor of officers hanging out at high end stores. Do we, as pedestrians, residents and taxpayers need to hire off-duty police like so many businesses do so that we can stop driver violence?

#safestreetsforall #TrafficViolence

A year ago on August 17th, 83 year old Willie Tea-Cake Jackson was driving home when he was killed by a reckless driver

His family returned yesterday on the one year anniversary to remember his life and mourn the loss of his life

14th Street with its excess speeding lanes is just as dangerous today as it was a year ago with no changes to prevent future tragedies

#oakland #oakdot #TrafficViolence

A League of American Bicyclists / #BikeLeague cycling instructor in California issued a request for bike advocates to send letters to

#Sacramento #DistrictAttorney Thien Ho about an apparent #RoadRage incident in #California’s capital city on August 12.

For address, sample letter, and details: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-advocacy-prosecution-of-road-rage-in-californias-capital-city.html

#BikeTooter #transportation #TrafficViolence #TrafficSafety #VisionZero #cycling #bicycling

re: https://twitter.com/19th_c_Houston/status/1688528587626860544?s=20

If we're asking, "Do we have so many pickup trucks because consumers wanted pickup trucks — or because car companies wanted to sell them?"

I think we'd find it's mostly because companies wanted to sell pickup trucks. Advertising, product placement, pricing, promotions all shape consumer preferences.

Also, car companies can only offer cheap trucks by skirting regulations. This is why the oversized truck Mike drives in LA is regulated less than every other car driving to pickup coffee in the morning.

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/19/us/plan-allows-big-vehicles-to-skirt-rules-on-pollutants.html

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#trucks #cars #FuckCars #CarFree #transit #yimby #nimby #streets #roads #traffic #TrafficViolence #CarIndustry #regulation #government #policy #history #politics

it's fuckin SUVs and woodchippers all the way down #TrafficViolence

Us: Calmly crossing the street, collectively, for two minutes, to protest the broken infrastructure that allowed a woman to be killed crossing the street.
Driver: I’LL JUST DRIVE ON THE SIDEWALK TO GET AROUND THEM. #fuckcars #anticar #safestreets #slowstreets #trafficviolence #infrastructure #chicago #urbanism #activism #publichealth

NHTSA is *finally* considering updating safety scores for vehicles to take into account danger to pedestrians outside the vehicle. But their proposal could be a lot better. Here's an easy way to send a comment on the upcoming regulation: (comment closes July 25)

https://saludamerica.salsalabs.org/realrisk/index.html

#BikeTooter #PedestrianSafety #TrafficSafety #TrafficViolence #VisionZero #cars

"If a Quick Build project is not doing enough to protect pedestrians and bring down driver speeds, it must be improved. This tragedy certainly points to the need for a more aggressive redesign of South Van Ness." - @walksf

I agree. South Van Ness needs concrete bulb-outs and a median in the center where crossing pedestrians can wait. #VisionZero #TrafficViolence #SFPol

https://walksf.org/news/for-reporters/press-releases/pedestrian-hit-and-killed-on-sunday-is-the-eighth-this-year/

@Free_Press

Seems like ALOT of news stories need correction.

#TrafficViolence and dozens hurt in #NYC when the driver of tour bus ran a red light and broad-sided an express bus. In spite of injuring dozens of people, no violations were issued.

One day, NYS will get out of the way and we will install universal enforcement for red light camera violations.

https://www.amny.com/new-york/manhattan-bus-crash-july-6-2023/

Great overview of the online (and a little offline) organizing against car culture right now, featuring @SafeStreetRebel, @bikegridnow, and @RapidResponseTeam.

But it’s sobering to be reminded that despite all we’re doing, US pedestrian deaths are at a 40 year high.

https://mashable.com/article/car-free-movement-social-media #carFree #bikeTooter #trafficViolence

@mimsical

This piece about decreasing murder rates (after a covid surge) across major cities in the US motivated me to look at this in context of my normal urbanist (envi justice) perspective.

NYC is doing better than the National avg.

Cuttings and Stabbings in NYC have roughly the same frequency as Traffic Violence Deaths. Shootings about 2-3x rate.

Still think not enough is written about the order of magnitude greater #TrafficViolence though.

#NYC

Thank you KTVU for covering our Potrero and 16th St protest! “It could have been any of us waiting for the bus. The sheer width of the street allows cars to get going really fast, going speeds that really aren't appropriate for a busy city street with a lot of pedestrians and bus riders.”

#SFPol #VisionZero #TrafficViolence

https://www.ktvu.com/news/protestors-call-for-more-vision-zero-safety-measures-at-site-of-fatal-sf-pedestrian-crash

What this guy says:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/13q73t9/this_is_fine_everything_is_fine/

#trafficViolence #fuckCars

On Wednesday night in #seattle a 53 year old women was killed in a SUV hit and run. SPD has not yet identified a suspect. Earlier today I noticed the memorial that was put togther and wanted to share it here. #VisionZero #TrafficViolence

https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2023/05/18/pedestrian-killed-in-hit-and-run-fatality/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/deadly-hit-and-run-in-seattles-queen-anne-neighborhood-under-investigation/ar-AA1bnHpI

Paul Valdez kicks off the SF #RideOfSilence. #BikeSF #BikeTooter #TrafficViolence