Chris AdamsThis is likely of interest to many people here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fowers/walkable-city-the-urban-planning-boardgame
JesseFlinders St was closed to through traffic for 7 years due to Metro Tunnel works.
It's now bumper to bumper, running red lights and blocking intersections again.
We didn't need to increase traffic here. There was no reason to reopen to this street to cars.
Jere OdellToday a driver yelled “Get out of the road! Jerk!” … while I was stopped, in the bike lane … at a red light. #carsRuinCities
😀🚲The cost of expanding freeways is like 3x any possible benefit when you neglect all the damage cars do and consider only the land value. #noMoreFreeways #inducedDemand #CarsRuinCities
Putting 12 Urban Freeways Out to Pasture
Dominik OgilvieIst «bürgerlich», wer permanent gegen den Willen der Bürger:innen agitiert?
Ich denke, wir sollten vielmehr von einer Parkplatz-Sekte sprechen.
#carsruincities
Ich denke, wir sollten vielmehr von einer Parkplatz-Sekte sprechen.
#carsruincities
"Emergency services were called to Geelong Road about 7.15pm on 15 February after reports a pedestrian had been struck by a car.
The pedestrian, believed to be a man in his 80s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries."
Elderly people are very over-represented in motor killings because they move slowly. If you move slowly then it doesn't matter if it's safe when you started crossing the road because the road conditions will change while you're crossing the road and you won't be able to move fast enough to adapt.
Our most vulnerable people, elderly and children, are the most effected by the unsafe nature of our roads.
#RoadSafety #CarsRuinCities #CarsKillPeople #melbourne
https://maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au/news/hit-and-run-in-kingsville/
Hit and run in Kingsville
Police are investigating a hit and run collision in Kingsville on Sunday night. Emergency services were called to Geelong Road about 7.15pm on 15 February after reports a pedestrian had been struck by a car. It is alleged a silver Toyota Corolla was involved in the collision but did not stop at the scene. The [...]
I'm still mad about them killing these huge trees to widen the freeway off ramp to Flemington Rd
2014 vs 2017
András Bárány
NextSTLYou find out how much a business/property owner/government/community values people outside of cars when it snows.
#stlwx #carsruincities
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It's just really not a long journey from:
"I can't drive my car through there but people on bikes can."
to "I could ride my bike through there."
Doesn't matter so much what we call it once we've done it.