W3BA sent this letter to Councilmember Mary Cheh on actions she could take to improve the safety of cyclists, pedestrians, and all who use the city’s roads.
May 1, 2019
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Averaging -13°C and 128cm of snow each winter, the Canadian city of Calgary induced 1.2 million bicycle trips, simply by reclaiming 2% of the downtown street space for protected cycle tracks.
There’s no such thing as bad weather. Only bad infrastructure.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/17/if-we-wanted-beauty-wed-travel-to-paris-how-calgary-resisted-its-iconic-pedestrian-bridge
The effect on drivers of building safe bike and pedestrian infra is often minor, even negligible. Whereas the effect on people walking and riding bikes of NOT building safe infra is huge, even sometimes life and death. Yet they are always treated as two equivalent sides 🧐
@StreetsblogUSA writes even with a pandemic limiting travel, transportation was the leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the US in 2020. If you're looking for a fun & easy way to reduce your carbon footprint: drive less 🚗📉 bike more 🚲📈 🤗 https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/01/14/drivers-are-still-u-s-a-s-top-polluters-even-during-quarantine/
Make sure you check the @bikeshare app before you go for a ride in DC. There are many stations that will be “unavailable until further notice.” https://twitter.com/DC_HSEMA/status/1349834372900384768
1/14 (4:42PM) #INAUG2021 UPDATE: @bikeshare around National Mall, Capitol Hill & Union Station will be unavailable until further notice. Visit http://bit.ly/inaugcapbikeshare for more information.
First they came for your parking. Now they are coming for the beloved six lane highway through your neighborhood... Hoo-boy, this is something to read! https://groups.io/g/clevelandpark/message/168652