Mastodawn

> The problem here isn’t speed, it’s context. It’s mixing slow vehicles with fast ones without giving either group the tools to navigate safely.
> ... And the riders? For the most part, they’re not daredevils. They’re commuters. Parents. Students. People who want an alternative to driving that doesn’t make them feel like second-class citizens on the road.

#eBikes #20isplenty (for cars, but they aren't speed-limited)

https://electrek.co/2025/11/19/you-might-not-like-it-but-faster-electric-bikes-can-be-safer-heres-why/

You might not like it, but faster electric bikes can be safer. Here’s why

There’s a popular belief that slower equals safer. The concept is not entirely without merit, but it doesn’t apply universally,...

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😀🚲Aug 9, 2025

#trafficEngineers like to say safety comes first, but they mean the crosswalk signal makes walking illegal after a few seconds while the green light stays on for several more seconds, partly because the street has been made twice as wide as necessary, "for safety". They're just ensuring car speed, and that almost nobody who can afford a car will walk, bike, or take transit. This is fundamentally the opposite of safety. #20isPlenty #FuckCars #BanCars

😀🚲Jun 8, 2025

#CargoBikes *are* the future. #ClimateAction #FuckCars #BanCars #TheWarOnCars #urbanism #VisionZero #20isPlenty #LeaveTheCarAtHome (see also #CargoPalooza tomorrow #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeFun #pdxBikes shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21208
) #BikeTooter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7G5XQxZijI

Cargo Bikes are the Future

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😀🚲Jun 2, 2025

@RickiTarr I rarely drive anymore but speed is highly context-dependent, most people shouldn't be doing 30 in a #20isPlenty / school zone but state law, infrastructure, infrastructure, and enforcement fails to differentiate that from 65 in a 55mph zone in a straight line through a wide flat space on a clear dry day.

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😀🚲Apr 29, 2025

@bikemonterey #20isPlenty

Sydenham News & Views (Moved)Mar 17, 2025

Bad car smash at Longton Avenue/Sydenham Wells Road junction. Was anyone doing more than the speed limit to achieve that?

More: https://uknip.co.uk/news/uk/breaking/two-people-hospitalised-after-serious-crash-in-sydenham/

#sydenham #se26 #20isplenty

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😀🚲Mar 10, 2025

This SW 26th sidewalk with the woop-de-do driveway humps is supposedly a two-way bikeway. Maybe they should put some of the trash cans and mailboxes in the street to slow down the cars better than the plastic #20isPlenty signs.