How to misdirect with indicators: "Median travel speeds are only slightly above the 15-mph target (17 mph averaged across the corridor).” I don't know about you, but I'm a lot more concernd about the high end speeds, not that only half the cars exceed 17 mph. Median (half above, half below) and mean (average) do not tell you distribution of speeds, or how fast the extremes are.
And as a pedestrian who likes slow streets, I am very aware of the high speed tail. I'm a little worried that #sfmta appears to not understand how to use statistics to assess risks.
I finally got to bike in Vancouver and it turns out their slow streets can have real diverters without the whole city burning down. And they have the budget for concrete somehow, and the staffing to install it. Cars can take a two minute longer route and it's fine and nobody has died. There are benches and tables that you don't have to pay money to use and yet the city has not become overrun with crime. It's ok, we have the technology, we can do this
Now @jessjenk on @pageslowstreet. 70% of kids used to get to school on their own power—walking or biking. Now it’s less than 10%. #SlowStreets help reverse that declining trend.
#Portland Bureau of #Transportation (#PBOT) wants to know if people think they're doing a good job. LMAO. #YellowCenterlines leading to a #NeighborhoodGreenway#SlowStreets signs and barrel cowering over by the side, cutting-through drivers ignore the yellow lines anyway, surface quality is crap and getting worse with every mile driven by car. They should just cut the entire yellow paint budget, I don't care how much they already bought, use it on curbs or something.
Rear camera shows he did start to signal before passing me, like how does that thought process work? "I can make it"? I might not have actually had a chance of getting my front wheel under his vehicle and thrown under the passing car but it sure felt like I had to brake.
This orange barrel was supposed to be in the middle, with the #SlowStreets stuff.
New report says all but four #SlowStreets are meeting volume goals of <1,000 vehicles/day. The four exceptions: Minnesota, 20th St, Page, and Noe. That's surprising since counters purchased by Lake residents show it well over that threshold. Those 4 "will require volume management tools."