Notice how when PBOT talks about how it delivers value, making space for people to sit in traffic one-per-car isn't on the list. And yet single-occupancy SUVs are the greatest driver of costs in maintaining our streets.

https://youtu.be/uRm5VztWQX8

damn scooters

dude in a banana suit "We're all trying to find the guy who did this [drove a banana car through the store]"

@steter it seems like we could put some effort into controlling the ivy and maintaining a stand of native trees and shrubs on those slopes instead of annually shoveling the hillside off of the streets there

The driver's license test should include an obstacle course in the largest vehicle your license qualifies for, with a manual transmission.

And traffic Engineers should have to ride a bike with their kid to school in order to maintain their license.

The helicopter plane crash that killed half as many people as traffic Engineers kill with cars every single day in the US, was 5 days ago, first time a midair crash happened in this country since 1986 (which changed regulations and equipment) and they're still talking about it, considering changes to regulations. Tomorrow a plane-load of people will die turning left at a red light on a stroad on the way to get milk and nothing will change.

"I’ve yet to see a better introduction to the workings of the city than the presentation given by the Public Works Bureaus —#Transportation, Water & Environmental Services — to the City Council last Thursday as part of Council’s Public Works work session. To anyone who wants a deeper understanding of #Portland, including budget issues, tuning into the first [6:05-]90min of this session is well worth your time."

https://www.youtube.com/live/ww_o-T7lZAo (from https://bikeportland.org/2025/01/27/city-council-reckons-with-infrastructure-392386 "we don't have enough [💸]")

it's cute how they pretend we ride bikes and scooters and walk and stuff while they build and maintain gold-plated streets primarily for cars

Like if sixty or seventy people died from the water every year, would this presentation be exactly the same?

Has Williams ever said anything that wasn't from the POV of a driver? 🤦

25% of the water+BES budget also goes to cars 🙃 (stormwater)

"Reduced posted speeds on eleven (11) miles of streets" 😒 not even one mile for every six fatal crash victims.

And then Clark softballing the question like potholes create themselves 🙄 #fuckCars

Zimmerman "all public works should be under the same hood" 🤨 pointy white hood, or car hood? (Is there a difference.)

straight from the mouths of #trafficEngineers, making cars go fast enough to kill you is expensive #VisionZero

why are we going to work so hard to be creative in funding the speed of cars but not able to be creative in slowing them down?

@steter update says Naito work was postponed until at least March to allow for county work around Burnside Bridge. #pdxBikes

@skinnylatte you left out the drivers who think you're just one more car in front of them at the signal or taking their free parking at the local shops. I think most yimbys are pro immigrant though. Now if only we could use a voting method that supported more than two sides (STAR or Approval, or a few ranked methods that aren't IRV/STV)

#BikeWayNetwork #JFDI #TacticalUrbanism #ClimateAction #BikeTooter

"For the first time in ten years, emergency response times for firefighters in #Paris have fallen to below seven minutes.

A key reason? Because the French capital's network of new cycle lanes are also wide enough for use by emergency services."

https://bird.makeup/users/adamtranter/statuses/1641362901071015936