William Buschur
@buschwacker.bsky.social
Safe streets are a design decision
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An interesting article
“A new study of early separated lane projects in the U.S. across six cities finds a rise of ridership between 21% and 171% after the lanes were installed.”
The pretty strong and convincing case for protected bike-lane networks in cities. In @fastcompany.com
The pretty strong and convincing case for protected bike-lane networks in cities. In @fastcompany.com
The Case For Protected Bike Lanes
Giving cyclists their own space results in some pretty big benefits beyond just a lack of dead cyclists.
www.fastcompany.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An interesting article
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
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In this essay I compare state DOTs to the aliens from Independence Day.
One Urban Street Design to Rule Them All?
If frequent intersections can only serve one lane each way, that points to roundabouts
open.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In this essay I compare state DOTs to the aliens from Independence Day.
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An example of a #sneckdown at Wilson Blvd & N Highland St:
January 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An example of a #sneckdown at Wilson Blvd & N Highland St:
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"Looking at dollars and cents, highways are a poor economic investment. They occupy nearly 25% of U.S. urban land—an area equivalent to West Virginia and valued at $4.1 trillion—yet their supposed benefits don’t justify these enormous costs."
It's time to start removing highways. For real this time
Removing highways can breath new life into cities—so why are cities so slow to actually do it?
www.fastcompany.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Looking at dollars and cents, highways are a poor economic investment. They occupy nearly 25% of U.S. urban land—an area equivalent to West Virginia and valued at $4.1 trillion—yet their supposed benefits don’t justify these enormous costs."
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Reducing speeds by just 1 mph can cut crashes by 5%. Small changes in avg speed save lives. Learn how to bring meaningful speed management strategies to your community: visionzeronetwork.org/preventing-u...
January 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Reducing speeds by just 1 mph can cut crashes by 5%. Small changes in avg speed save lives. Learn how to bring meaningful speed management strategies to your community: visionzeronetwork.org/preventing-u...
Now that it's four days post snowstorm, don't forget to catalog the number of cars parked on the street with smooth, uncleared snowdrifts. Each illustrates the waste of giving over so much public space for car storage. Imagined images of protected multimodal infrastructure in their place helps.
January 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now that it's four days post snowstorm, don't forget to catalog the number of cars parked on the street with smooth, uncleared snowdrifts. Each illustrates the waste of giving over so much public space for car storage. Imagined images of protected multimodal infrastructure in their place helps.
Not too worried about the snow when I can just walk to either grocery store or take a bike or Metro etc. Density is synonymous with resilience.
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not too worried about the snow when I can just walk to either grocery store or take a bike or Metro etc. Density is synonymous with resilience.
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Driving defensively and obeying the rules of the road is the most radical, rebellious and anti-social thing you can do in a car.
December 18, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Driving defensively and obeying the rules of the road is the most radical, rebellious and anti-social thing you can do in a car.
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Hardened centerlines save lives, pass it on
Thrilling to see my city making common sense, low cost efforts like this 👏 👏 👏
Read all about it (and follow) via @kerriana.bsky.social
www.realhartford.org/2024/12/14/h...
Thrilling to see my city making common sense, low cost efforts like this 👏 👏 👏
Read all about it (and follow) via @kerriana.bsky.social
www.realhartford.org/2024/12/14/h...
December 16, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Hardened centerlines save lives, pass it on
Thrilling to see my city making common sense, low cost efforts like this 👏 👏 👏
Read all about it (and follow) via @kerriana.bsky.social
www.realhartford.org/2024/12/14/h...
Thrilling to see my city making common sense, low cost efforts like this 👏 👏 👏
Read all about it (and follow) via @kerriana.bsky.social
www.realhartford.org/2024/12/14/h...
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@thewaroncars.bsky.social w @drtaragoddard.bsky.social is full of examples of how biased reporting is toward traffic violence
Did that child “dart into the road”? Are people on bikes “risk takers”? Or are headlines written in “exonerative tense” to forgive the sins of car drivers & road designers?
Did that child “dart into the road”? Are people on bikes “risk takers”? Or are headlines written in “exonerative tense” to forgive the sins of car drivers & road designers?
NEW EPISODE: "How Cars Change Us with Tara Goddard." Why do people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car? Why do reporters use passive language to describe traffic violence? @drtaragoddard.bsky.social joins us to talk about her fascinating research.
thewaroncars.org/2024/12/17/1...
thewaroncars.org/2024/12/17/1...
December 17, 2024 at 6:37 PM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social w @drtaragoddard.bsky.social is full of examples of how biased reporting is toward traffic violence
Did that child “dart into the road”? Are people on bikes “risk takers”? Or are headlines written in “exonerative tense” to forgive the sins of car drivers & road designers?
Did that child “dart into the road”? Are people on bikes “risk takers”? Or are headlines written in “exonerative tense” to forgive the sins of car drivers & road designers?
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"Cyclists and pedestrians contribute significantly more to city centre spending than commonly thought. In short, they represent an underestimated group for the economic vitality of city centres." @dutchcycling.nl
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...
December 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
"Cyclists and pedestrians contribute significantly more to city centre spending than commonly thought. In short, they represent an underestimated group for the economic vitality of city centres." @dutchcycling.nl
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...
dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl...
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The problem with telling cyclists to ride "assertively" is that, while I don't dispute that it is the best advice if you have to share the road with motor vehicles, it does basically mean "use your soft human body to try to shepherd something that weighs several tonnes and can do 70+ mph."
December 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
The problem with telling cyclists to ride "assertively" is that, while I don't dispute that it is the best advice if you have to share the road with motor vehicles, it does basically mean "use your soft human body to try to shepherd something that weighs several tonnes and can do 70+ mph."
Alexandria this could be us but you playing
Utrecht, Netherlands gets a lot of well-deserved attention for its best-practice urban biking. Don’t forget though, it’s also just a gorgeous, historic, dense, human-scaled walkable city for people. HT @luccampbell.bsky.social #Dutch
December 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Alexandria this could be us but you playing
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A casual reminder on what brings in the coin for businesses 👇
December 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
A casual reminder on what brings in the coin for businesses 👇
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Someone has dumped a stolen car on the corner of our street. Amazing how tightening up the corner = people are driving below the speed limit for the first time ever. Car speed is so often a function of road layout
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Someone has dumped a stolen car on the corner of our street. Amazing how tightening up the corner = people are driving below the speed limit for the first time ever. Car speed is so often a function of road layout
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My residential, 1/4-mile long street has become a Waze-enabled, high-speed, large vehicle cut-through between two arterials. There are 3 young families on the street and recently woman was run over two streets over.
I would pay for this signage myself if our car-brained city would allow it.
I would pay for this signage myself if our car-brained city would allow it.
i am very happy to see my neighborhood’s greenway get the type of treatment and attention it needs
December 16, 2024 at 2:51 PM
My residential, 1/4-mile long street has become a Waze-enabled, high-speed, large vehicle cut-through between two arterials. There are 3 young families on the street and recently woman was run over two streets over.
I would pay for this signage myself if our car-brained city would allow it.
I would pay for this signage myself if our car-brained city would allow it.
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Introducing yourself with a plea for donations is not a good look.
Sighhhh any rosemont bsky skeeter up for replying to this CLA* email?
*offer not valid for ughhhhh
*offer not valid for ughhhhh
December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Introducing yourself with a plea for donations is not a good look.
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Compromising with dedicated housing opponents like this group is a fools errand. They just call the compromise extreme anyway, lie about it, and get opposition worked up over those lies.
Ignore them, pass good housing policy, and let them run more losing council candidates in 3 years
Ignore them, pass good housing policy, and let them run more losing council candidates in 3 years
This is so upsetting. Nothing in ZFH replaces existing neighborhoods with “condo canyons” and the assertion that people who live in condos aren’t good neighbors to each other is rather offensive.
December 12, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Compromising with dedicated housing opponents like this group is a fools errand. They just call the compromise extreme anyway, lie about it, and get opposition worked up over those lies.
Ignore them, pass good housing policy, and let them run more losing council candidates in 3 years
Ignore them, pass good housing policy, and let them run more losing council candidates in 3 years
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The DC Metro Area has the 3rd lowest vacancy rate in the country, at just 4.85%. Lots of people chasing too few homes means rising rents and home prices
#1 reason for vacancy is that the home is available, but in between tenants. DMV vacancy truthers, begone!
www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgag...
#1 reason for vacancy is that the home is available, but in between tenants. DMV vacancy truthers, begone!
www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgag...
Study: Vacancy Rates in Largest US Metros | LendingTree
The vacancy rate in 2023 across the nation’s 50 largest metros was 7.37%, up slightly from 7.22% in 2022.
www.lendingtree.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:49 PM
The DC Metro Area has the 3rd lowest vacancy rate in the country, at just 4.85%. Lots of people chasing too few homes means rising rents and home prices
#1 reason for vacancy is that the home is available, but in between tenants. DMV vacancy truthers, begone!
www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgag...
#1 reason for vacancy is that the home is available, but in between tenants. DMV vacancy truthers, begone!
www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgag...
It's Duke Street of course. But Mount Vernon Avenue is second, which surprised me. Past time to switch from subsidizing car storage to protected infrastructure.
What is the most dangerous street in Alexandria?
What is the most dangerous street in Alexandria? | ALXnow
Traffic safety advocacy group Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) compiled crash data from 2021 to 2024 and put together a ranking of the city's most dangerous corridors with one standing...
www.alxnow.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:55 PM
It's Duke Street of course. But Mount Vernon Avenue is second, which surprised me. Past time to switch from subsidizing car storage to protected infrastructure.
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🚲🤝 Upscaling cargo bike sharing in cities
A new study by Lund University explores how cargo bike sharing can be upscaled and play a key role in urban mobility transitions - replacing motor vehicles. This shift can lower carbon emissions, reduce noise and air pollution, and free up urban space.
🧵👇
A new study by Lund University explores how cargo bike sharing can be upscaled and play a key role in urban mobility transitions - replacing motor vehicles. This shift can lower carbon emissions, reduce noise and air pollution, and free up urban space.
🧵👇
December 11, 2024 at 2:08 PM
🚲🤝 Upscaling cargo bike sharing in cities
A new study by Lund University explores how cargo bike sharing can be upscaled and play a key role in urban mobility transitions - replacing motor vehicles. This shift can lower carbon emissions, reduce noise and air pollution, and free up urban space.
🧵👇
A new study by Lund University explores how cargo bike sharing can be upscaled and play a key role in urban mobility transitions - replacing motor vehicles. This shift can lower carbon emissions, reduce noise and air pollution, and free up urban space.
🧵👇
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Check out this new study from Lund University about the untapped potential of cargo bike sharing in cities 🚲📦🏙️:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @cargobikefest.bsky.social for link!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @cargobikefest.bsky.social for link!
December 11, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Check out this new study from Lund University about the untapped potential of cargo bike sharing in cities 🚲📦🏙️:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @cargobikefest.bsky.social for link!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @cargobikefest.bsky.social for link!
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A housing development company with 59k apartments, mostly in the basic range, offers cargo bike sharing.
Background: The apartments are mostly from the reconstruction period and have basements that are not suitable for bikes and especially not for cargo bikes.
www.nhw.de/newsroom/new...
Background: The apartments are mostly from the reconstruction period and have basements that are not suitable for bikes and especially not for cargo bikes.
www.nhw.de/newsroom/new...
December 11, 2024 at 3:49 PM
A housing development company with 59k apartments, mostly in the basic range, offers cargo bike sharing.
Background: The apartments are mostly from the reconstruction period and have basements that are not suitable for bikes and especially not for cargo bikes.
www.nhw.de/newsroom/new...
Background: The apartments are mostly from the reconstruction period and have basements that are not suitable for bikes and especially not for cargo bikes.
www.nhw.de/newsroom/new...
Always take the lane! If a driver /must/ pass, it forces them to do it in a way that minimizes risk to you - see how the driver in this clip uses the oncoming lane in the first encounter when I am taking the full lane, but cuts close to me in the second when I don't take the full lane.
December 11, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Always take the lane! If a driver /must/ pass, it forces them to do it in a way that minimizes risk to you - see how the driver in this clip uses the oncoming lane in the first encounter when I am taking the full lane, but cuts close to me in the second when I don't take the full lane.