Gladwyn d’Souza#EndDangerousByDesign: He was also charged with two felony DUI counts related to the injuries suffered by Veronica Baer, a second community service officer who was also hit Saturday night while she and Pham worked a road closure for an earlier traffic crash at Monterey Road and Palm Avenue near the southern edges of the city.
Skipping hybrids: Between 2020 and 2022, the last year for which figures are available, Cuba-based companies produced more than 23,000 electric vehicles, according to official data. Since then, demand has grown, alongside an economic crisis that has slashed both fuel supply and public transportation.
#RenewablesAreDeflationary
#EMicroMobilityReducesEmissionsFastFairFrugalForEssentialWorkers
#EndDangerousByDesign
#CrashesArntAccidents: Bicyclist and pedestrian fatalities, which accounted for 21 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities in 2023, increased 18 percent from 2018 to 2023. From 2018 to 2023, the number of pedestrians killed increased 16 percent (from 6,482 to 7,522) and the number of bicyclists killed increased 29 percent (from 859 to 1,105).
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Hostile architecture: Any number of other hostile physical obstructions can be found. Garbage cans are often fitted with hood designs, as well as external cases with built-in locks, to deter trash-picking.
Other designs alter the landscape itself. Bollards or boulders can be brought in to break up potential camping spaces. Fencing can be used to block off sheltered areas such as highway underpasses.
#EndDangerousByDesign
https://theconversation.com/how-camping-bans-like-the-one-the-supreme-court-just-upheld-can-fit-into-hostile-design-strategies-to-push-out-homeless-people-233508/
Other designs alter the landscape itself. Bollards or boulders can be brought in to break up potential camping spaces. Fencing can be used to block off sheltered areas such as highway underpasses.
#EndDangerousByDesign
https://theconversation.com/how-camping-bans-like-the-one-the-supreme-court-just-upheld-can-fit-into-hostile-design-strategies-to-push-out-homeless-people-233508/
Jon calls the practice of keeping curb space open "daylighting," stating that oftentimes bollards or bike racks do a good job of ensuring these spaces are free from parked vehicles.
#EndDangerousByDesign
#DaylightingSavesLives
https://www.distractify.com/p/man-explains-importance-of-walkable-cities
#SpeedKills: Often, a small number of local streets account for a high proportion of serious traffic injuries and deaths – and that’s where we must start. A single stretch of Marin Avenue, where Julia’s collision occurred, was responsible for over 20% of Berkeley traffic deaths between 2012-2022.
Streets are not designed to prioritize safety, and that needs to change. This means streets with slower speeds, shorter and more visible crosswalks, lower turning speeds, protected bike lanes and other physical changes – many of the core tenets of Caltrans’ complete streets policy.
#EndDangerousByDesign
Need to jail an SUV.
#CrashesArentAccidents: died in a solo vehicle collision with pedestrians.
#EndDangerousByDesign: white Mercedes SUV that crashed into the victims
https://people.com/3-dead-including-1-child-after-suv-crashes-into-san-francisco-bus-shelter-8610327
#CrashesArentAccidents: Three years after a bicyclist was killed in a head-on crash with a speeding Miami-Dade police officer, a jury declared the cop negligent and awarded $3 million to the man’s widow and daughter.
But because of a state cap that shields employees at police departments, schools, hospitals and other government entities from liability, the victim’s survivors are limited to $300,000 in damages, must take their case to the Florida Legislature and persuade lawmakers to pass a special claim bill to exceed the sovereign immunity limit.
#EndDangerousByDesign #EndQualifiedImmunityNow
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article285864056.html
#GiveFeetAChance: Strong Towns Steinbach is hoping that council make Steinbach more bike and pedestrian friendly, as they say car-pedestrian and car-bike near-misses are common.
They want bike paths to be integrated into a network with good path-to-path and path-to-road connections.
“Today, in Steinbach, citizens who do not own or cannot operate a car are severely disadvantaged relative to citizens who can access and drive cars,” says Strong Towns Steinbach. “Car-only access is a form of inequity that discriminates against the young, the elderly, the physically challenged, and the working poor for whom cars are not an option.”
#EndDangerousByDesign #DaylightingSavesLives #SlowStreetNetworks
City of Steinbach asked to reduce parking requirements and prioritize bike paths
At Steinbach City Council’s SPC meeting on Tuesday evening, Strong Towns Steinbach presented to council their thoughts on ways to make Steinbach a more “sustainable, vibrant, and equitable community”. Strong Towns is an advocacy group based in Brainerd, Minnesota, hoping to make cities safe, livable, and inviting. The Strong Towns organization is based on the book