There is not a #scarcity of funds for #transportation in the US. We spend tens of billions every year on #road construction and maintenance. That's a policy choice.
We could choose instead to pay for other things, like robust #PublicTransit & comprehensive supports for #walking and #bicycling.
Don't let anyone tell you there's not enough $. We have gobs of $. We just spend it to subsidize the least economically rational form of transportation.
I kind of doubt anyone at NY's MTA follows me, but if anyone is interested, I have just put up my own NY MTA bot, which is putting out all MTA service alerts (well... hopefully... just wrote the software last night/this morning, LOL) It's at @nymta_bot#NYC#NYMTA#NY#transportation#transit
#ClassicCar lovers the #HenryFordMuseum puts on two fantastic #CarShows every year. The Motor Muster on Father's Day Weekend for #cars from 1930-1970 and the Old Car Festival on the 1st weekend after Labor Day features cars from 1890-1932.
Happy 10th anniversary to one of my favorite transit developments in San Francisco these past years: Muni's continuing project to roll out "red carpet" transit priority lanes. The first segment was on Church Street, and it is hard to believe it has been 10 years since writing this blog post (https://transbayblog.com/.../transit-lanes-for-church.../
) celebrating that step up in our continuing quest to become a transit-first city in fact. Since then, many streets throughout the city have received this important treatment, but there is always more work to do to expand the network and make these lanes all the more effective in keeping transit moving. Onward and upward! #transit#publictransit#transportation
Electrek: Why Fox News wants you to be afraid of electric bikes
"e-bikes are exactly the kind of change that Fox News would vilify – a low-cost technology that helps Americans of all socioeconomic levels get around without a clutching dependence on Big Oil and Big Auto."
Not necessarily. It's also due to design and planning. If there were proper paths, safe crossings for pedestrians, sheltered walkways, better bus services, you'd see more people walking.
(I'm sure some will find it a financial relief not to have to support a car or cars. And some may find it more freeing not to either have to rely on others for transport, or to have others rely on you for transport.)
Decided to bike to the supermarket that was 2km from my apartment today. It took about 20min from door to parking lot. It would have been much faster if I didnt have to cross a major road and stop for passing cars.
I found a pedestrian walkway to cycle on but it wasn't ideal. First, it is for pedestrians. Two, it was dotted with carpark entrances 😅 So i had to keep stopping every 50m.