@PedestrianError@CathyTuttle it's some specific men in govt, but also women leaders, who may not realize how much infrastructure exposes women to abuse from #drivers, or how to fix it with #bollards. Roadway design which assumes drivers are all law-abiding rule-followers is too inviting for those who would take advantage of the difference of hundreds of horsepower and thousands of pounds of armor. Separated bikeways would also be more popular, so there's people near you, not cocooned in cars.
A modest proposal for keeping people outside of #cars alive by Dan Marshall @streetsmn
"I’d start with installing Great Big #Bollards at all bus shelters. The fact that we don’t protect #transit shelters tells us everything we need to know about modern American morality... Streetlights, signs and stoplights are all built w breakaway bolts to protect drivers and minimize vehicle damage when hit"
"This is the standard method that the Netherlands uses to prevent people from driving through a neighborhood, and they make the streets safer and more enjoyable for everyone who lives there."
They just need to put in dozens of these #modalFilter things until the people who want to turn left across a busy intersection and drive two blocks to park for free just give up and walk or ride a bike, golf cart maybe... #PBOT#bollards#pdxBikes
USDOT should just be like here you go cities (and states building highways in cities), all of your funding is in #bollards only now. How does the country that came up with food stamps not apply this nanny state personal responsibility mindset to car infrastructure?
Listen to Portland's failed mayor co-opt #VisionZero to justify criminalizing #homelessness while the rate of traffic deaths has continued increasing and been completely unaffected by that stupid policy.
Gonzales fishing for how can we get more money for police 🙄 when what we really need is enough fixed objects in the street for drunks to crash into before they get up to deadly speed. #Bollards
while taking this picture of a driver turning left from the right turn and bike lane, it occurred to me that we probably need more #bollards here. #pdxBikes#DriverAccountability
@danlyke "a level playing field" is never fair when cars are allowed, unobstructed, in the same space as unarmored people.
"We need rules and designs that control the most powerful road users, and protects and empowers the most vulnerable." 👆 #bollards to constrain car speed and limit the unprotected space to one lane with a refuge between lanes, where you can look the other way and deal with one driver at a time.