If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.
This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.
#citymakingmath
In the Safe Systems Approach, roads must be designed with a mindset of safety. One of the elements of the approach is that all users of the system must be safe. Today I show two versions of a collector road, one that that is safer for all and one prioritizing traffic flow.
Want to talk like a #zoning expert? CNU and @AARPLivable put together a quick glossary of words and phrases used in planning and land use discussions and documents. https://t.co/YRaDVcFJFq
Only a few more days left to tell us what you think of the Kensington Neighborhood Byway draft design! The survey closes this Sunday, June 11. Visit the interactive comment map: https://t.co/EsOzFusx0O
I applaud Darin Mano, Chris Wharton, and Alejandro Puy for this thoughtful and direct letter to the legislature. Thank you for speaking up!
Well done @slcCouncil!
How do you write a powerful & emotional op-ed about a made-up controversy that keeps you on the high road (... and makes your detractors look silly)?
Here: https://t.co/GeK6tN3lWW
@RideUTA@SweetStreetsSLC@BjaminWood@RideUTRU#utpol#utleg
Great Salt Lake National Park. It has a nice ring to it, right? That’s what ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox is suggesting as an intervention to the ongoing crisis at the lake. (1/2)
📷: @saveourgsl
https://t.co/rURKRNY0YU
“You might not hop on your bike to go to work. But your neighbour might. Or the guy delivering your lunch. More people would be willing to cycle to work than you might think (myself included), if we made it safer.” Via @TVO @TheAgenda @Steve_Lafleur https://t.co/KsjYPLGkE9
STUDY: Walkable neighbourhoods don’t just support physical health (& lower public costs, reduced pollution, climate change mitigation etc), they also support social connection/health as well (other studies have connected physical exercise & mental health).
https://t.co/hy3i6z43I1