I just wanna get arahnd than wit'aht gettin' run dahn by jagoffs in cars. I walk, I bike. My transportation is fueled by chipped ham and pierogis, not gasoline. Pittsburgh, PAJoined June 2018
At any one time, there are 500 million empty parking spaces in the US—for 330m citizens. (Avg size: 153 sq ft—which adds up to a parking lot the size of Delaware + Rhode Island.)
Annual taxpayer subsidy to free parking: $374 billion.
The position of this guide rail lets you know the traffic engineer decided you are part of the clear zone, the area where a vehicle can leave the road and then recover before hitting anything important.
🚍 Let's talk about the Bus Rapid Transit project from Downtown to Oakland; @PGHtransit & @PghDOMI are advancing the project. Let's make sure the plans include safe bike/ped infrastructure TMRW July 20th @ 6pm online w/ @OaklandPlanning
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Can you call it a protected bike lane if cars can drive through it at 20+mph and people can build tents in it without warning? This was my ride home last night in our lawless, busted @DowntownPitt bike lanes. When will @MayorEdGainey’s @PghDOMI get serious about improving safety?
Anytime someone in the USA proposes anything like this, the response is always that iT cOsTs ToO mUcH!!! I forgot that Slovenia was the world’s richest country, not the USA.
Anytime someone in the USA proposes anything like this, the response is always that iT cOsTs ToO mUcH!!! I forgot that Slovenia was the world’s richest country, not the USA.
This is what Penn Ave from Downtown thru the Strip should be instead of the half assed ugly thing we have. Don’t even get me started on the bike lane to nowhere on Smallman… Brand new construction and all we got was a line of paint! Philly is really showing us up. @PghDOMI
This is what Penn Ave from Downtown thru the Strip should be instead of the half assed ugly thing we have. Don’t even get me started on the bike lane to nowhere on Smallman… Brand new construction and all we got was a line of paint! Philly is really showing us up. @PghDOMI
If I was a council person, I’d introduce a bill to mandate that every time a street is repaved, we daylight every corner and protect every crossing. #VisionZero
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