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"
@enobacon@CathyTuttle@streetsmn
"Speed effects of a single or series of speed humps are greater than for any other traffic calming measure with the exception of route diversions that eliminate a particular traffic movement."
What kinds of roads we choose to build (and for whom we build them) is relevant to creating a future we can thrive in.
Back in the #USA, #Oregon Metro planner Robert Spurlock calculated a complete linked 1,000 MILE network of low-impact regional walk/bike trails would cost $500M. That's half the cost of expanding a mile of I-5 freeway. Admittedly that's just for 3-meter ribbons of asphalt, not beautiful Dutch fietspad with complex crossings and community input.
In #Utrecht I live in a dense neighborhood in an apartment building, surrounded by other apartment buildings. It is always quiet because most everyone travels by #bike
Being outside, hearing #birds, kids, people, seeing my neighbors while walking and biking makes me calmer and happier. My blood pressure is getting lower.
John Simmerman #ActiveTowns and I sat down for a chat on how Dutch street infrastructure reflects #Dutch values.
Premieres 11amPST 8pmCET on 10 April. Podcast also drops Wednesday.
My thesis is that #Netherlands values of commonsense, punctuality, consensus, adaptation, sharing, self-reliance, and looking for bargains are actually built into the Dutch streets.
What #urbanism values are reflected where you live?
@CathyTuttle@londoncycling@bikeloudpdx I strongly disagree with the idea that it’s women who need to talk about this. It’s a man problem. Men need to step up to stop their fellow men’s bigoted behavior. Everyone who can do so without severe personal risk should be prepared to intervene when they witness egregious incidents, but only men are welcome in the spaces where this behavior gets propagated and normalized. They must rebel against it.
@CathyTuttle i am regularly honked and yelled at for taking a lane on my small town’s main st. When I bring this up with friends they say they don’t experience that! It never occurred to me that the pushback I get for riding safely and assertively could be a result of my gender.
In 2013 Transportation for #London invested £100M in "Mini Holland" pilot projects in 3 areas of the city, improving #bike and walk investments, to build streets more like the #Dutch.
University of Westminster researchers found 10x Return On Investment compared to nearby areas:
✔ lower health costs
✔ fewer sick days
✔ fewer collisions
✔ more savings & fewer car payments