Dru van Hengel

Reducing health and wealth disparities by improving public spaces for people from 1 to 100 who walk, bicycle, and linger.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@edbegleyjr @TheAcademy @HaydenBegley @metrolosangeles Oh the places you’ll go, with LAMetro. Thank you for amplifying what a great option transit can be.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Thank you #NYSCleanTransportation for bringing game changing projects and people to our attention this morning. Most especially inspired by @HarlemGirl59.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@CoachBalto @POTUS Yes! You can borrow my bike @POTUS

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Way to go, @CoachBalto.

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

At this point I have nothing to say. The #BikeBus is it!! 150 kids which is 27% of students at Alameda Elementary participated today. I am speechless.

[Nelson\Nygaard @NelsonNygaard]

Congrats to @VisionZeroCLE for taking a bold action to eliminate future fatal and life-changing crashes by adopting its Vision Zero Action Plan.
https://t.co/l3Vqmo3L5I

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Waking up in the night’s middle leads to this conclusion too.

[Great minds discuss ideas; @MonsoonWM]

@Thom_Hartmann LET’S PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN AMERICA.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@Jonathan_Maus No such thing.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Bike to School Day. Missing physical, social, and economic networks to sustain it. And still an amazing morning.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@NWurban I had to be sure.

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@WHands80 @JohnBauters @PeteButtigieg oh. and while I'm thinking of 40th st again, here's this example 45.544237799419165, -122.55775557382813

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@WHands80 @JohnBauters @PeteButtigieg @JohnBauters it was @WHands80 that I mentioned at coffee in Portland. Take him up on it!

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Accepted proposals launch next month in my 2022 Spring Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning class.

[TREC at PSU @TRECpdx]

Submit your proposal to Better Block PSU! Integrated into @Portland_State planning and engineering classes, students support community members with the technical aspects by developing plans, designs, and engineering concepts. https://t.co/crQL3TU0xT @MaseehCollege @psu_cupa

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@pkoonce Not here to define ‘good’ but offering this game changing example: https://t.co/QCp1t9W5nJ

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Began my career in the kitchens of people living near the path of the Century Freeway. Working in service to them since then.

[Nelson\Nygaard @NelsonNygaard]

Join us a week from today for @SouthwesternLaw's Symposium: Judge Harry Pregerson & the Legacy of the Century Freeway on its 50th Anniversary. Nelson\Nygaard's @dvanhengel will discuss the social justice legacy of the Century Freeway. Register here:
https://t.co/v8EHOCe1H0

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@DavidZipper @SecretaryPete @USDOT @Slate It’s a good day to come to work when @SecretaryPete admires your project @DDOTDC @WHands80 @dwdaddio

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@pkoonce Haven’t seen it yet, but already like it. Also, this: https://t.co/HUW48jjxdE

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

@jessicaroberts So this is how the relationship starts …

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

Plus every US City with a federal or state funded road.

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

If this wasn’t ‘social engineering’ then nothing is

[Dru van Hengel @dvanhengel]

What is, one of the most gratifying projects I’ve led.

[Brian Romanowski @DCShawTea]

Will 💯% visit the Mall more often thanks to this massive safety upgrade. Thank you @DDOTDC @NationalMallNPS !

[tamika butler is @tamikabutler.bsky.social @TamikaButler]

The reality is, people are going to say how messed up this is. How surprised they weren't. How broken things are. None of that matters. True honestly requires acknowledging that these systems are working exactly how they were built to and for who they were meant to protect.