Rubén Casas

Talks a lot

[Urban@UW @UrbanUW]

Today is #HuskyGivingDay! Your gift to Urban@UW will help facilitate new opportunities for collaborative research to pursue solutions to today’s urban challenges!

https://t.co/0HYsiq0O40

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Something else @NHTSAgov omits: Global comparisons

Other rich countries have far lower rates of road deaths, and they’re now seeing a *decline*– not a surge.

Why are US roadways so exceptionally deadly? NHTSA doesn’t seem very curious to learn.
https://t.co/bMiB1oNZ95

[Matt Binder @MattBinder]

as Twitter plans to remove legacy verification & solely promote Blue subscribers on users' feeds, here's some new Twitter Blue data:

➡️ 50% of all paying subs have less than 1k followers

➡️ around 18% have less than 100

➡️ thousands have 0 followers https://t.co/XjGJwFpe3Q

[HEY RERUN, The Tinker-Crab @RerunTinkerCrab]

Coordinating with @DowntownOntheGo @CityofTacoma @uwtacoma @HistoryMuseum to figure out just what to tell people when they ask where the nearest public bathroom is because nobody knows anymore

[Rubén Casas @rhouses]

#saltoftheearth type

[NPR @NPR]

Joseph Harding, the former Republican Florida lawmaker who sponsored the bill known as the "Don't Say Gay" law, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining COVID relief funds.

He faces up to 35 years in prison.
https://t.co/Is8xJnt05f

[FuckCars @FuckCarsReddit]

Car-dependency is a tax on the poor.

https://t.co/MA8fPCZL5g

[Rubén Casas @rhouses]

A bias towards cars looks like…

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

30 people getting a coffee 🇺🇸
vs.
30 people getting a coffee 🇫🇷

[Rubén Casas @rhouses]

@mmwpro63 @latimes Casebook!

[City of Tacoma @CityofTacoma]

We want to hear from you! Please complete our survey on the proposed Rental Housing code changes in #Tacoma. For more information, including how to take the survey, visit https://t.co/TnWE7pWhYL.

[Rubén Casas @rhouses]

@edwardsdusty Oh, same! But not so much a mistake. It’s fine this time.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT: “But Norway says it isn’t hoping to simply replace combustion engines with electric counterparts 1:1 but motivate people to get out of their private vehicles & walk, cycle, & take public transport” Via @ElectrekCo #Norway https://t.co/dnBeSFtKsN

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Hoboken, New Jersey is a dense city center that hasn’t had a traffic death in over 4 years. They’ve accomplished this by creating more narrow, one-way streets, high visibility crosswalks, raised intersections, curb extensions, bike & bus lanes, and removing parking spaces.

[Pierce County Council @PierceCoCouncil]

This is the letter to Sound Transit concerning delays in light rail connection (ST3) to @PierceCo that was signed by Council Chair Ryan Mello (@RyanMelloPierc1). You can find the letter here: https://t.co/logzS6igM3

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Last year, the world’s S.U.V.s collectively released almost a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. If all the vehicles got together and formed their own country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest emitter, just after Japan. https://t.co/ma8tjXivAJ

[Pierce County Council @PierceCoCouncil]

A statement from Council Chair Ryan Mello (@RyanMelloPierc1) on the announced delay of the @SoundTransit light rail connection to @fife_washington and @CityofTacoma