Data Show Why Mamdani Must Pedestrianize the Financial District - Streetsblog New York City

People walk in the Financial District, but the neighborhood's business group prioritizes the car.

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Met an artist who went to Thailand in Art Festival on Walnut Street #Pittsburgh . Honestly didnt expect that in this event but the guy's photo of some Wat *dont know which Wat* is very beautiful. I will not post the photo here but if you can go there see it for yourself. #Pedestrianize

The current Seattle city council is mostly made up of people who hold to the most regressive ideas right now, who think they have some mandate to do their worst because of a low turnout election and campaigns funded by chamber of commerce types.

Even NYC took cars out of Times Square, like what are we even doing?

#seattle #seapol #seattlepolitics #seattlecitycouncil #pedestrianize #pikeplace

https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/04/03/bob-kettle-moves-to-keep-cars-clogging-pike-place/?feed_id=2862&_unique_id=660d864eeec42

Bob Kettle Moves to Keep Cars Clogging Pike Place - The Urbanist

Whether the city should stay out of the business of making Pike Place Market's main corridor more pedestrian friendly was put front and center this week by Councilmember Bob Kettle, who proposed an amendment seeking to starve the idea of funding.

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Hey there! How about this idiotic business idea: Pedestrianize your pets! 🚶‍♂️🐱🐕 Give 'em the freedom to walk around without a leash! 💨🎉 They'll love it! (Or they might run away... Oops!) #pedestrianize #petchanges #petlove
#BusinessIdea #Business #Ai #Llm #LlaMA2
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This is indeed "mind-blowing." Having one downtown street completely car-free is a huge deal, let alone TEN of them. Imagine 3rd Ave becoming car-free even just for the summer. Car-loving Seattleites would faint.

#Pedestrianize #BanCars #Seattle

https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/08/06/montreal-adds-nine-more-car-free-streets-after-mind-blowing-success/
Montreal Adds Nine More Car-Free Streets after ‘Mind Blowing’ Success

Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive rave reviews from users and local businesses.

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Everything in this article has just convinced me more that we should ban private use automobiles and build our living spaces around bikes, pedestrians, and buses/trains 🚎
#bikes #bikeinfrastructure #pedestrianfirst #pedestrianize #trains #buses #publictransport #bancars #fuckcars

https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/1/12/23550948/acceleration-cold-weather-tesla-ford-150-electric-vehicle-transition

Tesla, electric pickups, and the future of driving

EVs are going to change our cars — and how we drive.

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