Naveen Gattu @navgattu
Avid transit and housing twitter reply-guy. Traffic calming is praxis. https://t.co/irbKbgBisZ Berkeley, CA Joined August 2008-
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“We didn’t have .. such and such .. when I was growing up. And we turned out just fine.” Yes but have you considered that you have not in fact turned out fine.
Modern traffic engineering is less about engineering for safety and more about liability avoidance from “errant” (negligent) drivers.
Modern traffic engineering is less about engineering for safety and more about liability avoidance from “errant” (negligent) drivers.
So we've adopted strict zoning rules to separate factories burning things from homes and schools, only to create 100's of millions of tiny moving factories that burn things. Bang up job guys 👏 latimes.com/environment/st…
Flex posts are underrated. They get a lot of hate, but they are undefeated on cost:benefit. Cheap, quick and works instantly. Put one at every daylighted corner and tighten turning radii and provide cyclist and ped protection.
Flex posts are underrated. They get a lot of hate, but they are undefeated on cost:benefit. Cheap, quick and works instantly. Put one at every daylighted corner and tighten turning radii and provide cyclist and ped protection.
In California cyclists are allowed on all roads except highways. So when someone makes the argument “bikes and cars don’t mix” and actively fights a bike lane on this premise, they are attempting to discourage cycling there and directly flouting state law.
This guys thesis is literally: “But who will think about the negligent drivers?”
This guys thesis is literally: “But who will think about the negligent drivers?”
Drivers: "You have to be assertive as a pedestrian!" Also drivers: "That pedestrian came out of nowhere!"
2️⃣ 1. Say hello to driver and let them know you will load. I have never had an impatient or unfriendly bus driver. 2. Step in front of bus and grasp center handle. Squeeze together, pull down. 3. Nestle bike in rack furthest back. 4. Secure with wheel lock.
My heart goes out to the victim of yet another incident that could have been prevented with protected bike lanes & traffic calming. ALL our streets are for ALL users. I’m so tired of cyclists & pedestrians being reduced to the bottom of the food chain under cars & parking spots.
My heart goes out to the victim of yet another incident that could have been prevented with protected bike lanes & traffic calming. ALL our streets are for ALL users. I’m so tired of cyclists & pedestrians being reduced to the bottom of the food chain under cars & parking spots.
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Taking BART instead of driving these days feels like a such a cheat code. After the massive investments in new trains, cleanliness, safety and frequency, I almost feel guilty watching people navigate the stressful highways into the city
So you’re saying never to look at the sun otherwise you could go permanently blind… except just this once when it’s partially obscured. Because reasons
Robert Moses. But with the buildings not the highways.
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Bodies are delicate, life is fragile, cars are horribly dangerous weapons, and it's impossible to both prioritize human life and also prioritize cars. There is no hedging. Can't have it both ways. Leaders need to choose weapons or life and be held accountable to their choice.
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I feel some of the parking debate could be solved if street curbs and parking lots had the equivalent of the priority seats on transit for seniors & others - someone who doesn't qualify for a disabled placard, but needs something close to where they're going. Thoughts?
@navgattu Basically cigarettes on wheels, yep...
@navgattu Stand in a crosswalk and listen to all the little generators ticking over waiting for the light to change. It’s a strange picture
@navgattu Sometimes, if the wind is right you even feel the heat coming off their radiators
@Lincoln_Osis @thehereafter we're not virtue signaling, we're just more virtuous than you
@IdahoBaldwin @GeneralLiu1 This is how you end up with this misunderstanding, if you exclude public subsidy of drivers then of course driving is cheaper, that's what a public subsidy does
@navgattu ideally we're putting in concrete. but we're not quite at that level yet 😅
@JAlaszewski @CharlotteCGill @willnorman get rid of some of the cars and put a bus lane in
@navgattu Heck, even some Interstates where there's no convenient alternative: N.b. the big share the road sign on I-5 here is because there's no shoulder on the upcoming bridge.
I see many empty car lanes
When you see it...🎈👀 📍: South Salt Lake 📸: Scott Taylor via kutv.com/chimein
It is important to stay vigilant in this work, and never forget the towering stone battlement, the massive, sheer, unclimbable cliff of complacent, self-confident ignorance that looms above those of us who are working to save lives in and along American roadways.
@MattyCiii @Boenau "Safer streets" is a hilariously bad term. Everything you do has a risk attached. Safety is never guaranteed
@JTrea81 @marclmoore613 at speed. High speeds. Barriers should slow people down, not give way when they risk hurting themslves in a modern car. You generally have ONE speeding vehicle. Morally, everyone they put at risk is paramount in road design -that's my opinion. Others in that car next.
@JTrea81 @marclmoore613 I didn't follow that at all.. you start talking about speed reduction and end talking about providing forgiveness for vehicles speeding for "various reasons" Everyone, EVERYONE will speed if the opportunity is there. Peer pressure, whatever.
@marclmoore613 @JTrea81 hmm. you and @navgattu today being all civil and diplomatic and inclusive in the conversation. Looking for actual ways to solve something rather than finger pointing and name calling? Man I really hate my style now. I'm basically a caveman grunting and stoning stones here.
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@navgattu @adam_messinger @JTrea81 gawd I love 5$ gas
@navgattu @adam_messinger @JTrea81 Yeah. this is where I diverge. The safety features of the car is for those people. I'm just concerned about peds/cyclists, being one of them myself.
@navgattu @JTrea81 @DenverDamn However, the fountain picture does have cobblestone streets, which in some way acts a little like speed bumps. So perhaps that's what makes them different? All for installing cobblestones in every intersection if that makes a difference!
@JTrea81 @DenverDamn That guide includes this example, FWIW. It sure looks like a fixed object to me.
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