BIKE LANES ONLY LOOK EMPTY BECAUSE THEY ARE DAMN EFFICIENT This stretch in Copenhagen conveys 8 times as many people on bikes compared to cars - still it's mostly cars we see. vid Anders Adamsen

The standard excuses: "Roundabouts don't work with high volumes." "Roundabouts don't work with low volumes." "Roundabouts don't work in the suburbs." "Roundabouts don't work in the cities." "Roundabouts don't work because we're too dumb." "Roundabouts don't work because

From the Richmond Times Dispatch This June 1950 image shows the former Westwood Circle in Richmond, a traffic circle at the intersection of North Boulevard, Hermitage Road and Westwood Avenue.

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It’s not hard or expensive to create pedestrian space if you have the will.

Ireland's National Transport Authority has released its new Cycle Design Manual, and it's filled with Dutch-inspired elements adapted for an Irish context: ✅ Segregated cycle tracks ✅ Protected intersections ✅ Roundabouts ✅ Bicycle streets Read more: nationaltransport.ie/publications/c…

"Toronto takes on the Dutch-style intersection. ...“Dutch-style” intersections are designed to offer physical separation for bike riders and improve safety through features like priority traffic signalling and clear and colourful lane markings." bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2023/…

There is no coherent argument against lining every street in America with bollards.

It's difficult for urbanists to accept the fact that a single-lane roundabout can be the safest form of at-grade intersection and accommodate far more vehicle traffic than a signal. It's also difficult for urbanists to visualize the typical streets where the most life-saving

This is a government with no targets for reducing road deaths and casualties. Soft on road casualties and Soft on the cause of road casualties. Speed of motor vehicles is the main reason why there is not time or space to avoid crashes. #20splenty where people are.

Waking just one mile along Richmond’s Chamberlayne Road can be a horribly harrowing journey. Speeding drivers, broken sidewalks, unmarked crosswalks, and highway on- and off-ramps are just a handful of the reasons why this road is dangerous (and deadly) by design.

Let’s be clear about the Mayor’s lazy Casino 2.0 PR strategy: In the 11th hour he’s trying to make the convo about “childcare funding” because he knows there’s no good answer to the concerns Richmonders have about the harm a casino will inflict on our most vulnerable neighbors.

Infrastructure jargon is full of subtle manipulations. Civil engineers often describe their finished projects as "over-engineered," implying they are overly safe and robust. They’ve gone the extra mile. The calculations said one steel beam was enough, but they used two. The

Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 69 that former presidents would be “liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law.” But what did he know? He was just a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the

Dead people voting!

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I’m watching Trump, Vance & Zelenskyy. All I can say is F Trump and Vance.

Blacksburg enacts Speed Limit Initiative to promote safer roads collegiatetimes.com/news/blacksbur… via Collegiate Times