Beth OsborneNov 28, 2022
Brent Toderian

Never forget, when you’re being pressured to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across fundamentally unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging, crocodile-filled river.

#urbanism #cities #streets #streetsforpeople #urbanplanning #transportation #bikes #walking

Nov 28, 2022 at 5:50amWeb
Show threadJeanne (spellboundblog)Nov 28, 2022
@BrentToderian You post awesome content and great images. Please consider adding descriptions to your images so those using screen readers to navigate Mastodon.
Show threadDonna AlbertNov 28, 2022
@BrentToderian It has always bothered me that cost benefit analysis tries to compare the cost of a traffic improvement to the value of a human life multiplied by the reduced probability of fatal accidents.
Show thread@energiepiratNov 28, 2022
@BrentToderian Why? Swimming with a crocodile friend ist safer!
Show thread@energiepiratNov 28, 2022
@BrentToderian I would appreciate fast bicycle lanes for longer distances on kind of viaducts. Those should be built over or aside main roads, on 5 Meters height, nice an broad with resting Points, access&leaving points each 1000 or 500 meters, sun&raincovered by Photovoltaics, and ventilated with fresh air to prevent smog coming in from the roads underneath.
Show threadMel MackNov 29, 2022
@energiepirat @BrentToderian that'd be no good for people who we really want to be using bikes more, the shorter utility cycling taking kids to school, popping to the shops etc. Cycle lanes built for speed and with few entry points are the enemy of utility cycling.
Show thread@energiepiratNov 29, 2022
@melmackuk @BrentToderian Why? Of course there will be a regular cycle lanes net beside the streets for the small local area use. Where people can use them like they do now. Speed cycle lanes are fro longer distances. I would not use a bicycle at a longer distance if I have to stop every 100 meters for traffic lights, pedestrian crossing, Stop-signs or other reasons.
Show threadPaul FernandezNov 28, 2022
@BrentToderian I agree with you fundamentally. But as a point of order, do crocodiles infest raging rivers?
Show threadIka MakimakiNov 29, 2022
@BrentToderian alt text: Seven cyclists wait at an intersection on a separated cycleway. There's several pedestrians walking nearby and a few cars moving safely away from them.