An elite, white majority determining after just 50 years of weak, half-hearted affirmative action efforts, that they are the ones to decide that enough has been done to address centuries of explicit racial exclusion against Black people is the most American ruling ever.

BIPOC colleagues and LGBTQIA+ colleagues, I can only imagine the exhaustion of this week. 😔 Not new, but painful and wearing just the same. I see you and value you (so much!), and will continue to work alongside you for justice and equity. Sending you love.

Oh my gosh, UNC friends and colleagues...my heart breaks for you and your community. 😢

“Doctors told his family he was lucky to be alive. He is in the ICU with a broken neck, leg, and foot. He is scheduled for multiple surgeries in the coming days.” It’s almost like…could it be…it’s as if PSAs don’t do a damn thing for roadway safety.

Proud to share this research on #escooter safety in collab w/ UNC HSRC, CEE at UTK, & Equitable Cities LLC for @nasemtrb! The E-Scooter Safety Toolbox includes guidance on promising practices, data tools, & methods, as well as case studies. #safesystem #micromobility #VisionZero

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Truth: "We ask our children to do everything 'right' so adult drivers can do everything wrong." 😢

So much truth in this article. Thank you, Jeannie Ward-Waller.

"No one had asked my side of the story. Having my lung pierced, and [multiple fractures] was bad enough, being blamed for being hit in the newspaper was emotionally devastating" - It could be me First hand experience of #WindshieldBias by new League of American Bicyclists board member

"This isn't normal. This is preventable." Thank you, Secretary Pete Buttigieg. We can turn the tide of traffic violence in this country using a #SafeSytemApproach.

Study co-authored by UT Knoxville Ashkan Neshagaran, Chris Cherry & Safe Streets Research Rebecca Sanders finds: ➡️ #BikeLanes dramatically reduce sidewalk riding & general travel lane usage ➡️ need for #Micromobility supportive infrastructure in #RoadDesign #TRBAM #TRBAM2024

Car dependency contributes to the mental health crisis in America. Here's Saturn, lacking self-awareness about social isolation on earth.

This Virginia Tech Transportation Institute webinar about the Advanced Driver Assistance System #ADAS ecosystem with @DrTaraGoddard and Rebecca Sanders looks interesting virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #ADAS is "touted as key to national safety goals" so how is it actually getting to consumers and used?

Seeking insights to enhance your community's e-scooter program & safety initiatives? #PBICWebinar March 5 w/ Rebecca Sanders, Chris Cherry, & Dr. Laura Sandt will present tools & research to help, with Federal Highway Admn offering more resources & funding info: pedbikeinfo.org/webinars/webse…

Still don’t get why bike-lanes need to be separated, with real protected bike infrastructure, and why paint isn’t real infrastructure? “Paint doesn’t protect.”Watch this powerful before-&-after video of Lansdowne Street in #Melbourne via MelbourneWay. x.com/MelbourneWay/s…

Just finished my 7th(!) annual lecture on tactical urbanism to Prof Wes Marshall’s sustainable transportation systems class at CU Denver. And this year he’s got a book coming out! Preorder Killed By a Traffic Engineer with the discount code below.

Who is afraid of a 20 mph street? One where >90% of people hit will survive #SammysLaw allows a street that safe to exist in New York It doesn't require it, it doesn't impose it, it just allows it - like the vast majority of states do

Truly insane, particularly for a city that would cease to function if everyone tried to drive. Our deference to driver convenience knows no bounds.

Still true.