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@WorldBollard But also, F bike facilities in the middle of the street between car travel lanes…

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@jbteal @SeattlePD

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@UDHCMH https://t.co/YIKYSchVP1

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@UDHCMH https://t.co/Q4lgNEvu2x

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

There are ~233M licensed drivers in the US. Driving can be impaired by drugs, alcohol, age, youth, grief, rage, distraction, exhaustion, jet lag, medications, acute illness, chronic illness, children, friends, weather, time and chance. Our safety plan: none of that ever happens.

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@barrettjoneill The +size/+weight that makes your passengers safer is also the thing that makes passengers in other cars *less* safe. Iterate this selfish tradeoff a couple of million times and, voila, 40k traffic deaths/yr.

Nobody ever imagines that their car is going to do the killing.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Valentine's Day Cow Art
https://t.co/WwfrsUapWy

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

Community feedback is a double edged sword. “I may be inconvenienced while sitting in my climate controlled motorized easy chair.” and “I don’t want to die as I ride my bike to work” are different in both degree and kind yet the first is often prioritized over the second.

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@rooster_ohio And they keep doubling down on this ghastly design across the city even though it is obviously deadly. Total lack of political courage from the city to engineer roads that force drivers to slow the fuck down.

Pass thru driver convenience > residents lives

@VisionZeroCbus my ass

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@nytimes In Home Alone 2, they’re the *Sticky* Bandits. 🤓

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

There have been several responses which are best addressed FAQ style. They are parsed as follows:
1. I am a very special driver [for reasons]
2. What about [vulnerable or special class of people]
3. What if I need to [activity]
4. What about [things that do require trucks]

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

Where’s the top half?

[WSYX ABC 6 @wsyx6]

A project is in the works in Bexley that could change the city. https://t.co/bXoFduCLUF

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@FAFO_TV But where did the lighter fluid come from, Michael?

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@dmtrubman At least you have a train station. -Columbus, OH, pop. 1M

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@benlkeith Big picture — my issue is that local governments are not looking for the “easy/cheap wins” with the energy/gusto I think they ought to… (like they’re currently doing all over Europe) they’re only willing to do things that have zero impact on cars, which isn’t much! And is $$$.

[Austin @texcapprezjimmy]

@benlkeith The bridge was estimated to cost $2M. Not sure what the actual bridge ended up costing.

City unveils details of new pedestrian bridge near Crew Stadium

https://t.co/TGX7ww7jhO