Have you lost someone close to you, or in your community, because of a truck crash? Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks.
It can happen to anyone, as it has to thousands of Americans, it can happen to you!
Maryland legislature last night passed @govwesmoore.bsky.social's Transit Oriented Development bill with amendment proposed by @actfortransit.bsky.social.
The ACT amendment exempts mixed-use development on @wmata.com station parking lots from all local zoning rules that limit density & use. 1/2
Three e-bikes with child seats sit alongside a brick building
Preschool dropoff line, brought to you by the Seminary Road bike lanes
An old four story walk up apartment building
They don’t make them like this anymore.
A woman riding an electric cargo bike with a child seated in a safety seat behind her. She's riding down a street lined with residential buildings. The scene includes parked cars and a no-parking sign.
A woman rides a bicycle with two children seated in a rear child seat. A white delivery van labeled "Forestier" is in the lane next to them, while pedestrians and cars fill the street. There is greenery and buildings in the background
A cyclist with a child in a seat rides along a street lined with buildings. A delivery truck is in the lane next to them, and traffic lights are visible.
A man riding a bicycle is seen from behind, carrying two children in child seats on the back. The street features a bakery and a delivery van nearby, with trees and buildings lining the road.
A city can be judged by how comfortable its most vulnerable residents feel cycling on its roads.
It was very heartening to see so many parents carrying their children on their bikes on my way to work in Paris today.
Our Executive Director Laura Foote's op-ed was featured in @richmond.com on why one provision in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act could detract from an otherwise HUGE pro-housing bill.
Banning build-to-rent homes won’t lower costs, it limits options and reduces the supply of homes available.
“Advocates and politicians have an obligation to channel economic frustration into policies that will actually deliver. We shouldn’t write policy based on whom we hate. We should write policy based on whom we can help.” 🏘️ @yimbyaction.bsky.social
“When we pursue state-wide legalization of missing middle housing we’re not overriding local control, we’re enabling local action. State reform doesn’t override the community — it shifts whose preferences within that community get to count.” @laurafoote.bsky.social
How rude of DC to kill its streetcar on International Tram Day of Visibility. 🚉
Mcmillian suburban design
Glad this is here instead of nothing but this Loudon ass development in the heart of DC is a huge waste of space for an urban neighborhood, should be 10X denser.
“Incorporating small commercial uses into neighborhoods could help Richmond become more walkable and convenient, especially for residents who don’t have a car or want to reduce their carbon footprint. It could give a boost to local businesses competing with big retailers.” @richmonder.bsky.social
“In the first year after the rules went into effect in 2021, 88% of new building permits were for middle housing and accessory dwelling units, far outpacing single-family homes. And fourplexes were three times as popular as duplexes and triplexes.” 🏘️
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I'm car free, so I never think about gas prices, but I empathize with those hit hard. We’ve created a system where driving is a mandate, not a choice. That isn’t freedom. Let's create a world where everyone has viable options for getting around not solely based on the private automobile.
“There’s lots of good evidence indicating that cycling and walking significantly reduces mortality, lowers the risk of injury and helps with depression. That obviously reduces demand on the NHS.”
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/everyon...
“People who have walked,
biked, or took the bus to school have a reduced probability of being car-dependent today by 12 percentage points. And that experience increases the probability that their children use a sustainable mode by more than 30%.” 🚶🏾♂️🚴🏼♀️🚌 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
I didn’t coin this, but I think about it all the time: murder is completely legal in the US as long as the weapon is a car
“Bike lanes that greatly reduced crashes on National Mall set for removal”
10/10 hed, no notes. #bikedc
The urbanism of Friedrichshagen. 🇩🇪
Professor Streetcar bestowed plenty of lessons — about the fecklessness of the only administration to oversee it, about why America struggles to build good transit, and more.
“We had a freeway plan in Vancouver. It would have decimated low-income, vibrant communities. It would have done all the damage most other North American cities saw. But it was the moms and the grandmothers who started the great freeway revolts.” @brenttoderian.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
When the Bauhaus movement built a training center for Germany’s largest union, they wanted wayfinding between the various dormitories to be easy, so they used the same floor plan but different colors. 🔴🟠🟢🔵
Council Candidate responses to our housing questionnaire are online now!
Thanks to @sandymarks.bsky.social, Frank Fannon, and @avo4alx.bsky.social for all getting us their responses. They'll all go out in an email next week, while we consider an endorsement
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I’m such a fan of the Happy Rizzi House in Braunschweig. 💕
👀 ggwash.org/view/102681/...
Things that become even more essential when ⛽ goes up:
BRT & more bus lanes
Park & Ride, also using the bus lanes.
Tax rebates for all bicycles.
More micro mobility/bike lanes. Start with tactical.
Safer crosswalks, refuge Islands
"Richmond’s new transportation director @urbanismspeakeasy.com wants a city ‘built for people.’ His work is increasingly urgent."
We need safer streets. Remember, streets are for people! www.richmonder.org/richmonds-ne... via @richmonder.bsky.social
The urbanism of Braunschweig. 🦁
