Students for Safe Streets - Melbourne

Advocating for safe streets, for people of all ages and abilities. Calling upon policymakers to enable sustainable and equitable transport networks.

[Students for Safe Streets - Melbourne @Stu4SafeStreets]

@EmDimitriadis A modal filter on South Crescent would significantly increase pedestrian and children safety, so why are you suggesting to remove it from the plans?

[Ben @Bentwittman]

@EmDimitriadis Modal filter on south crescent sounds great

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children & teens to play, roam, & engage in other activities independent of direct oversight & control by adults.”

Connected to city design.
https://t.co/idw2bRrpg7

[Ms Mountebank @MsMountebank]

‘Vehicle crashes are the most common cause of death for Australian children and the second most common cause of death for those aged 15-24.’ https://t.co/LDCPEtdFPv

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Anti-bike people will always say “we aren’t Amsterdam”, as if the Netherlands didn’t face the same sentiment decades ago.

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

"Vehicle speed isn’t the only variable deadly to pedestrians; so is size. A child struck by an SUV is eight times more likely to die than if hit by a car."

https://t.co/db5EVIK2GW

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

“We need bolder regulation to redirect the automobile industry towards smaller instead of bigger.”

https://t.co/Qj4JFVqD0q

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

To battle transport inequality, people with a low income in #Utrecht can get a good bicycle for €30/y. After 2 years, evaluation shows that most users cycle every day, get to their destination more easily and visit more different locations. https://t.co/OTLCF52nKs #Fietsdeal

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

The car-oriented street is a blip in the long history (and future) of our cities.

A short history of transport planning.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

What four books have most influenced how you see the built environment? Here are mine:

[Thijs vanderHeijden @tieskevdh]

Does @VicRoads offer invisible protection shields for nighttime peds/riders? 40kph limit ends 7pm because no one walks/rides after that time? #twistedlogic #visionzero #zerovision

[FuckCars @FuckCarsReddit]

Nice, the EU will soon be voting to ban oversized and dangerous American-style pickup trucks from being imported.
https://t.co/zLOBzQ7im1

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Real life is crazier than fiction.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Only 5% of people ride bicycles, so it doesn't make sense to improve bike infrastructure.

Only 5% of people drive electric cars, so we're going to create a national charging network.

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

New study of Rome finds that people living in neighborhoods with significant pollution from traffic (NO₂ & ultrafine particles) are more likely to have mental issues, esp depression.

Add it to the pile of evidence showing that cars damage human health.

https://t.co/mWz6tSul3f

[push the needle @pushtheneedle]

what our engineers do to protect cars from being hit by cars versus what we use to protect people on bikes from cars says everything about who they want to protect

[Stephen B @BicycleAdagio]

‘Infrastructure experts and our transport planners have been working together around the clock to….’

….add another lane for 400 metres.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

How to draw attention to the cause: ask strangers to take the picture.

[Dustin 🚌🚶‍♂️🚲 @EngineerDustin]

Oh, this is cold.

[Jago Dodson @urbanizationist]

The main bike lane heading north from Fitzroy to Northcote is still flooded, more than 12 hours since the last rainfall.

Would be good if @CityofDarebin could fix this so it drains quickly and avoids cyclists being forced into traffic.

cc new Mayor @susannenewton