Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲

Policy Director at The League of American Bicyclists (@bikeleague). Most tweets are bike-related, but not always org-related. Also at @kenmcld.bsky.social

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

@nztacwc Thanks!

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Looking forward to this event tomorrow!

[Santa Monica Spoke @SMSpoke]

Come join us for an evening HandleBar Happy Hour of fun and camaraderie with our national, state, regional and local leadership all together in one place – Santa Monica Brew Works @SantaMonicaBrew! @BikeLeague @HeyBikeLA @CalBike @SMSpoke - https://t.co/cSk0LKHGET

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

“Wide, straight roads are safe because they’re less prone to be crowded" - Sen. Mark Harris

“Narrowing up the streets is dangerous” - Rep. Joe Palmer

https://t.co/fANTykVQ4G

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

These very important people have very important places to be. Other lives don't matter.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

@mattpenniman @NHTSAgov @clmarohn There's also an aspect where NHTSA wants speeding to be a clearly behavioral issue

"aggressive driving" is clearly a behavioral issue where speeding because of poor road design is not

"aggressive driving" more clearly means NHTSA has a role to punish those aggressive drivers

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

The spike in traffic deaths during Covid was because "we took away the congestion, we took away the thing that was stopping people from driving fast ... [without congestion] people drove the speed the system was designed for [and more people died]" - @clmarohn

[Stephen Szibler @sszibler]

The REAL Reason Traffic Deaths Are Down https://t.co/tkfSzfsOJX via @YouTube

Are traffic deaths really going down?

Also, I’ll bet that injuries have gone up.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

@mattpenniman @NHTSAgov @clmarohn I think there's also an aspect of manufacturing consent for more travel lanes

If drivers get the open roads they are promised by auto ads then they'll be relaxed and happy. If they are delayed, or annoyed by something like a bike lane, then they'll be angry and speed

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

@NHTSAgov @clmarohn "drivers’ decisions about speed selection include many instances in which the vehicle’s speeds are constrained by traffic control devices or traffic congestion—instances in which drivers clearly have no opportunity to speed" - somehow also @NHTSAgov https://t.co/oAIqqd0OW5

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

The messaging problem from @NHTSAgov is worse than @clmarohn says

NHTSA actually says that congestion causes speeding https://t.co/2H28OA6l2m "Traffic congestion is one of the most frequently mentioned contributing factors to aggressive driving, such as speeding"

It's nonsense

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Wish this had talked more (or really at all) about traffic safety

Texas has lost at least one person every day on Texas roads since Nov. 7, 2000. #EndTheStreakTX

[Texas A&M Transportation Institute @TTITAMU]

We’re turning 100—episodes, that is! 🎉

For 75 years, TTI and @TxDOT have partnered to improve transportation safety. In this milestone episode, TxDOT's Marc Williams and TTI's Greg Winfree talk about the impact of this collaboration. |🎧: https://t.co/JFkCb12Dno

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Love to see it! Amazing #BikeToWorkDay by @MattMeyerDE #BikeJoy @BikeLeague

[Governor Matt Meyer @MattMeyerDE]

I found my parking space at the new office 🚲

[Jeff Davis @JDwithTW]

By my reading, President Trump has ordered the immediate shutdown of all ongoing highway bridge projects in the US, or at least to stop paying states the money they are owed once they build the bridge. Because "disbursements" means outlays and IIJA funds $7.3B/yr for bridges.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Register at https://t.co/tPpQXr7LFA

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Final day for early bird pricing at the @BikeLeague National Bike Summit #BikeSummit25

Excited for plenary speakers Wes Marshall - author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer, Hahrie Han - author of How Organizations Develop Activists, and @JenniferHomendy - chair of the NTSB

[League of American Bicyclists @BikeLeague]

Thanks to @SenatorBaldwin for asking @USDOT Secretary nominee Sean Duffy about the Sarah Langenkamp bill in today's confirmation hearing. His reply: ‘I commit to work with you to make sure our roadways are safer for everyone.' We look forward to seeing this commitment in action.

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

This March, @BikeLeague will be organizing meetings with members of Congress to advocate for this bill and others that can improve the safety of people who bike

You can be part of those meetings

Register by January 17th for early bird pricing: https://t.co/awu0jlLI58

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

Automatic braking systems that would better protect cyclists and pedestrians must be mandatory on new vehicles, a Colorado member of Congress said, offering up a new bill that advocates hope will finally protect vulnerable road users from drivers. https://t.co/om2r6IQW3Y

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Four days left for early bird pricing for the National Bike Summit

Excited to see biking (and walking) advocates in DC later this year at the Summit: https://t.co/awu0jlLI58

[League of American Bicyclists @BikeLeague]

The National Bike Summit isn’t just an event—it’s where ideas spark, connections grow, and the movement for better biking gets stronger. Prices go up after January 17th, so get your tickets now at https://t.co/35akzUS0MZ!

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

@OhioBikeLawyer @BarbChamberlain A reporter reached out about it and then said it was withdrawn later on Friday ... so at least they realized it was a bad idea quickly

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Tell me you know nothing about bicycling without telling me

[Cycling Utah @cyclingutah]

Montana Proposes Bill to Force Cyclists to Ride the Wrong Way in Traffic - Yes, it's true: https://t.co/Sex77Z0IUe

[Ken McLeod 🚴🚵🏃🚲 @Kenmcld]

Riding in the same direction as traffic is the first bullet point about safe bicycling by @NHTSAgov https://t.co/GwErvChWFq and the first example in their video on Rules of the Road: https://t.co/T4P5ERhZLM