enobacon, 2 months ago

people keep literally saying exactly how to transform your city urgently and without a lot of money but mayors and traffic Engineers just roll up the windows and stare straight ahead at a red light. #ClimateAction #Transportation #InducedDemand #TacticalUrbanism #JFDI

kids playing, caption "we made space for pedestrians and cyclists"
plastic bollards, caption: "...without the hard and expensive infrastructure"
car-free street, people on bikes, caption: "used to be a road where you could go in both direction in the car, now you can't"

enobacon, 2 months ago

"the camera read the license plate of the car and they get a fine if they did cross"... what!? you can't hold drivers accountable, what if they cry

enobacon, 2 months ago

"If you design a city for cars, you get cars. If you design a city for people, you get people." -> #InducedDemand 💯

Pionir, 2 months ago

@enobacon cash strapped councils could probably spend their road repair budget on bollards and planters and have enough change to run decent community services too

enobacon, 2 months ago

@Pionir they could at least spend it to the benefit of city residents instead of suburban drivers. In Oregon there is a constitutional restriction on gas tax funds being used for transportation. Defunding police to run decent community services is fair game though, and see Arleta Triangle for how bollards make this possible.