"The impact of being hit by an e-scooter could certainly result in life-altering injuries or death, especially for seniors. But the solution is not to ban e-scooters, or to criminalize youth for being youth." Great letter with a lot of fantastic insights! www.nsnews.com/opinion/opin...

Opinion: Cars are the biggest threat on the road, not kids on e-scooters

All the outrage we feel about teens weaving on e-bikes and scooters would be better spent figuring out how to keep massive motorized vehicles away from all other road users

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Almost every city in the world needs to urgently understand the need to get really good at planning and designing for shade. #UrbanHeat

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab.com · 3d ago

A friend’s recent photo of civic shading in Malaga

🚨 CHILD STRUCK AT MONON TRAIL CROSSING #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky #VisionZero

Safe Streets Indy@safestreetsindy.org · 3d ago

PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT WITH INJURY 08/03/2026 10:23 AM E 46TH ST & MONON TR District 7: John Barth, Councilor (@jmb53.bsky.social) Details: https://indypedcrisis.info/e8ddCfdJEyVsmgGSGPJw #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

< 24 hours after a completed traffic calming project at this intersection. As a neighbor and user of the intersection, I’m begging people to SLOW DOWN and LOOK BOTH WAYS. It’s really that simple.

Safe Streets Indy@safestreetsindy.org · 3d ago

PEDESTRIAN INCIDENT WITH INJURY 08/03/2026 10:23 AM E 46TH ST & MONON TR District 7: John Barth, Councilor (@jmb53.bsky.social) Details: https://indypedcrisis.info/e8ddCfdJEyVsmgGSGPJw #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

Except in poorer countries *and* the U.S. We've spent record amounts to produce worse results. Maybe we need to move beyond yelling at people about behavior and deal with the dangerous road design and oversized vehicles that make it hard to see the road. apnews.com/article/traf...

Road deaths have declined globally since 1990 except in poorer countries, study finds

New estimates show road deaths are declining in the U.S. and globally. A study published Monday in Lancet Public Health reveals global road injuries and deaths each fell more than 30% from 1990 to 202...

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WEBINAR, July 30: How can communities move from talking about the Safe System approach to institutionalizing it? Join #VisionZero Network to explore their new toolkit of proven, innovative strategies for institutionalizing the Safe System approach in transportation. Register: buff.ly/cOilKP3

The air quality around much of the Great Lakes and portions of the Northeast is unhealthy to hazardous due to smoke from wildfires. Air Quality Alerts are in place. To see the current air quality in your area, visit airnow.gov

Went out in Indy this week to talk with people living outside during this heat wave mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

With no city plan for extreme heat, Indy’s homeless ‘find a patch of shade’

“You learn how strong a body is,” one woman said.

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The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives. n.pr/4yoz3dD

Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures

The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.

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It's World Emoji Day, so here's a friendly reminder that we have 🚷 and 🚳 but not

just mind boggling that as we suffer through this the trump admin is paying off energy companies to kill wind farms, the US EV market has imploded because of lack of subsidies, congress wants to pass a transport bill that would reduce funds for transit, & national dems have no climate strategy

We should have learned that you can’t manage a public health crisis by ignoring it. Politicizing science and weakening disease surveillance doesn’t make threats disappear, it only makes us less prepared to respond.

🚨 Congress just advanced a transportation bill that cuts walking, biking, and transit funding, while increasing highway spending. 📬 Tell Congress to reject the BUILD America 250 Act here: actionnetwork.org/letters/fund...

Congress Is Choosing Highways Over People

Congress is advancing the BUILD America 250 Act—a transportation bill that cuts funding for walking, biking, and transit while increasing highway spending. Meanwhile, pedestrian deaths are still incre...

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This isn’t about preferences, or ideologies. This is literally life or death. #VisionZero

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 4w ago

This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...

two municipal bike planners killed this year on bikes, and the silence from the general transportation practitioner community is deafening.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w ago

A cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · last mo.

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

Indy’s BRT lines continue to gain acclaim among riders and outside observers alike youtu.be/3T2bL1YPEVY?...

How Indy is Beating the Odds to Build a Great Transit Network

YouTube video by Heartland Urbanist

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This is why Democrats across the spectrum have been foolish to declare victory - this needs to be understood as an ongoing assault, barely survived this time, and plans need to be made to push it back for good.

Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · last mo.

"It's over, right?" a journo asked me this morning about the birthright citizenship case. No. No legal or political result is final unless the losing side gives up fighting. They will try again. New prez, new judges. There's a social movement based on racial grievance + scapegoating immigrants.

Vulnerable Road User Report for June 2026 There were 56 incidents reported: * 38 involved pedestrians * 18 involved bicyclists FOUR INCIDENTS RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY. THREE INCIDENTS RESULTED IN A FATALITY. #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

Uhh…? Wild indeed. I’ll continue to enforce the speed limit from behind the wheel, thank you very much.

Fietser@americanfietser.bsky.social · last mo.

It is absolutely wild that instead of using their platform to tell drivers to get off their cell phones and operate their multi-ton vehicles at safe speeds, our local police department is putting out PSAs demanding you get out of the way so people can break the law more efficiently.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

The Mayor tried to sneak out the back and said none of this happened at all 🤣🤣😂 BOTH IndyStar and Mirror Indy said they saw the records that prove it did LMAO www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

'Absurd': Hogsett denies existence of city contract wish lists from his donors

IndyStar reporter Hayleigh Colombo caught up with the mayor, who has declined an interview request and hasn't answered several questions from the news outlets.

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Cc: Indiana

State Smart Transportation Initiative@innovativedot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Georgia's two-and-a-half-month gas tax suspension to combat rising fuel costs will force the state to use budget surplus dollars to maintain funding for roads and bridges. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

In a culture full of dumb and dangerous things, this may be the dumbest and most dangerous thing about modern car culture.

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The parent here should work at NHTSA. The agency hasn't adopted any regulations addressing distracting infotainment systems. Not a single one.

Changing our cityscapes so that 44% of Americans lived in walkable areas would be the greatest sea change in American urbanism since the automotive revolution.

Marina Bolotnikova@mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm very struck by the research asking Americans if they prefer to live in a walkable area even it means having a smaller home. Pew has lowest percentage I've seen, with 44% of Americans preferring walkability, & even that is way higher than the share who actually have access to such housing

The world's first trillionaire did this

Go Pacers love duh Pacers! 2027

Nate Pentz@natepentz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are living through an amazing era for NBA fans. Up until 2018 you had 9 teams that had won all the title for 38 years.

This weekend, you can go to garage sales along the Monon trail from 42th Street to Kessler Boulevard. There will also be a community yard sale hosted by the SoBro Neighborhood Alliance. https://bit.ly/4uxfr46

Stroll and shop on the Monon’s ‘trail sale’

The June 13-14 ‘trail sale’ in Indianapolis will feature garage sales and local vendors.

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A distressing pattern has begun to emerge which is to view that not having regressive taxes (and therefore not fund gov't or its programs) is preferable to having them and maintaining services. A desperate country cries out for tax reform and we're met with status quo or no taxes, nothing else

Jarrett Walker@humantransit.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Portland: I'm quoted in @wweek.com today on the budget crisis at our transit agency @trimet.org. Big service cuts coming in a city that used to be proud of its public transit. www.wweek.com/news/2026/06...