More than 7,500 pedestrians were killed by a vehicle in 2022, the highest number in 40 years. But experts say, more than the design of vehicles, the design of the roads themselves is to blame for the alarming rise in pedestrian fatalities. https://t.co/bfkXjbfHLE
Importantly, @NESAWG quotes scholarship from 2017 about the potential for growing communities to consider how usual dredging, ‘stabilizing’ streambanks, levees, field regrades and other drainage interventions might inhibit agricultural floodplain— this newsletter is a must-read!
The law says: Bikes are vehicles!
Police crash report says: bike riders are pedestrians!
Vehicle free plaza rules say: Bikes are vehicles!
Bicycle parking: goes in pedestrian spaces!
People walking: that vehicle belongs in the street!
People driving: Get on the sidewalk!
Important cost benefit from our CP godfather @Komanoff : “A single round trip by car from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn to Radio City Music Hall in Midtown…causes $100 to $200 worth of additional delay for everyone else…$15 or even a $20 peak congestion toll a downright bargain”
Does your programming pay farmers a fair price for their product while channeling those products into food banks, food pantries, and other anti-hunger efforts? Consider applying to the Farm to Food Assistance Learning Lab! https://t.co/MF7TZpqlrh
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Charlie says 😻
“People are quick to blame delivery workers for these maladies, but they are rooted in economic exploitation”
As always, so proud to read @Komanoff
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