Patrick Kennedy

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Partner/Urban Design @ SBDS
Professor - Masters of Sustainable Development @ SMU
Director @ Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board

Highways never belonged in cities and never will.

"Here’s a stark way of thinking about the problem: If the U.S. had made as much progress reducing vehicle crashes as other high-income countries had over the past two decades, about 25,000 fewer Americans would die every year."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/briefing/us-traffic-deaths.html

The Rise in U.S. Traffic Deaths

What’s behind America’s unique problem with vehicle crashes?

The New York Times
it appears twitter cut off the two-way cross-posting feature some time ago
hows life over here? Not sure I can take it over there any longer.
i guess it's summer now
seems like a great deal
who is eating the subsidy per passenger? LVCC?
A whole 1,000 per day, huh?
RT @DCUrbanist
The cars highlighted yellow are carrying ~50% the capacity of students of the school bus. https://twitter.com/aboutherevideos/status/1653815709842165761
About Here on Twitter

“This is the traffic to drop-off students at a middle school in Metro Vancouver. New video about this issue tomorrow.”

Twitter
Extremely disturbing how many people seem to think the penalty for any/all infractions (even perceived ones) and as small as being disruptive should be death and that it can or should be administered by the nearest wannabe vigilante.
RT @FrontierTony
This really cannot be said enough.