Got a new paper out today... "Urban areas with lower commute mode share by car and, to a lesser extent, lower VMT are most strongly associated with lower per capita transportation fatality rates." (and it's open access if you are the type of person who wants to read a research paper)

What drives urban transportation safety? Exploring the role of modal composition and travel exposure

Purpose. Past urban transportation safety efforts have largely focused on controlling road user behavior through tactics such as speed management and separating users in space and time. This research ...

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Coming LIVE to a YouTube near you in like half an hour...

Look Both Ways with David & Wes@lookbothwayspod.bsky.social · 2d ago

Livestream tomorrow (8/3) at 6p ET! On the agenda: 🔹 Trump's nationwide halt of transit expansions 🔹 The feds' war on bike lanes 🔹 AVs and cycling? It's messy. Join @davidzipper.bsky.social & @wesmars.bsky.social ⤵️

Love this place... end of an era

Only In Boston@onlyinbos.bsky.social · 2d ago

Mimi's Roast Beef & Seafood in Watertown is closing for good this October due to the owner retiring.

If you are in Denver tomorrow & want to see a movie that isn't Spiderman or the The Odyssey, I have one suggestion... (and it's free)

Good Trouble Conversations: Changing Lanes Documentary Screening & Panel

Join the Regis University Good Trouble Conversation for a film screening on public safety, safer streets, and building cities that care.

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As someone who drives a 2000 Jeep Wrangler - and gets annoyed by the so-called bells & whistles when driving most other cars - I don't disagree...

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 6d ago

Detroit should read Clay Christensen s The Innovator’s Dilemma. “Offering the latest in-car gadgetry has become a game of one-upmanship among automakers, from dashboard-spanning display screens and cars that start with a fingerprint, to … infrared cameras that scan a driver’s eyes.”

I also have an opinion: this article finds a messy correlation, ignores everything that might explain it, and declares taxes the problem

Opinion | Which states have the worst highways? That’s a $375.6 billion question.

States with a higher state and local tax burden tend to have worse highways. Virginia has the best.

wapo.st

This "Hot Cars at the Winternationals" album decorates the wall of the diner I ate at today... Do you think it's just an hour of cars revving?

Do better Wisconsin (and do better Tony Romo)

WMUR@wmur9.bsky.social · 2w ago

Former Cowboys QB Tony Romo was arrested on suspicion of operating while under the influence in Milwaukee, according to the sheriff’s office.

So Uber created software in 2017 that used "creepy driver" reports and such to be able to predict - with 51% certainty - future sexual assaults... But despite sexual assault/misconduct reports coming in every 8 minutes, on average, they waited 5 full years to actually start using that software

Forbes@forbes.com · 2w ago

The lawsuit claims sexual assault or sexual misconduct was reported to the company every eight minutes, on average, from 2017 to 2022.

New episode is up

Episode 26: Tire Pollution Is Not Just a Salmon Problem + The Ta…

Tire Pollution - David & Wes look at tire pollution and why the harms may be broader than most people realize. What started as a story about 6PPD-Q washing into str…

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Talking about how these tire pollution studies are throwing cold water on the supposed "clean EV" story on the next episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social (pod version coming out tomorrow)

The Clean EV Story Has a Tire Problem #transport #transportation #electricvehicle #tires #pollution

YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes

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And maybe even how I misjudged David...

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

Tuesday at 6p ET: @wesmars.bsky.social and I will celebrate the first year of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social. We'll revisit a few transportation topics that we might've misjudged the first time around (for me, that includes Abundance). Link below

No construction anywhere behind me No construction anywhere ahead of me Yet, this sign sits in the middle

Got to give George Proakis (www.linkedin.com/in/fenmore/) some credit for building the foundation of this success...

This New England City Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in Three Years

Somerville, Mass., officials say their success is rooted in tried-and-true best practices for traffic safety.

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Hoping folks from across the country (and world) will sign onto this petition to @wutrain.bsky.social. Many people believed her leadership could inspire change not only in Boston, but globally. Add your name before this is delivered to Mayor Wu on Thursday benjaminsiegel.github.io/enough-is-en...

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH — An open letter to Mayor Wu on street safety

An open letter calling for safer Boston streets.

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This same dude also wrote a Letter to the Editor after my "Why Cities with High Bicycling Rates are Safer for All Road Users" paper came out... which the Journal of Transport & Health published in spite of the fact that his facts weren't facts

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3w ago

The writer, Paul Schimek, is a longtime devotee of John Forester and an adherent of "savvy cycling" or "bicycle driving," other terms for vehicular cycling. As the first bicycle program manager for the City of Boston, he is a big reason the city was behind on installing protected lanes for so long.

“What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard... Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures website continues to say that there are "28 countermeasures and strategies effective in reducing roadway fatalities & serious injuries"... but they now only list 23. MIA are the following 5 related to Speed Management, Bicyclists, & Road Diets...

As seen in Asheville, NC...

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

In the new @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social episode, @wesmars.bsky.social and I talked about cars stopping in bike lanes "for just a minute." It's a bigger problem than many many realize. Beyond being dangerous, blocking bike lanes deters people (esp women) from biking in the first place.

Found one @davidzipper.bsky.social... (as talked about on the latest episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social)

@wesmars.bsky.social and @davidzipper.bsky.social get into this in their podcast. Also not included: deaths in driveways and parking lots 🤯 www.lookbothwayspodcast.com/crash-data-b...

Episode 24: Crash Data Blind Spots + Who Gets to Use Public Road…

Crash Data Blind Spots - David & Wes dig into crash data and why Americans may know less about road deaths than we think. Everyone says they want data-driven safety…

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Ken McLeod@kenmcld.bsky.social · 4w ago

One unfortunate part of this tragedy is that because this did not involve a moving vehicle, it won't appear in federal data on bicyclist fatalities Federal data requires a subsequent collision with a moving vehicle for a dooring fatality to be counted

Sad fact is exactly right... and dooring crashes aren't the only ones that go uncounted But Maia deserves to be counted

Look Both Ways #24: Crash Data Blind Spots + Who Gets to Use Public Roads?

YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes

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Warren Wells, AICP@warrenjwells.bsky.social · 4w ago

I didn't know this sad fact, meaning that Maia Correia's death on Oakland's Lakeshore Avenue will effectively be uncounted.

Why Denver stopped treating sidewalk repair as a DIY project – lessons for other cities and homeowners

Why Denver stopped treating sidewalk repair as a DIY project – lessons for other cities and homeowners

New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.

theconversation.com

Live LBW with @davidzipper.bsky.social on YouTube at the top of the hour...

Look Both Ways with David & Wes@lookbothwayspod.bsky.social · last mo.

Livestream recording on Tuesday at 6p ET! Link below. @davidzipper.bsky.social & @wesmars.bsky.social will be debating what can (and can't) keep people safe while biking. Have questions? Share them here: www.lookbothwayspodcast.com

If you loved Danville's Dr. Gary, check out this story from @wesmars.bsky.social explaining why sidewalks resonate as a campaign issue: "Making sidewalks a public responsibility is possible. It can even be popular."

Why Denver stopped treating sidewalk repair as a DIY project – lessons for other cities and homeowners

New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.

theconversation.com

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

I couldn't have said it better...

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · last mo.

Ask us stuff!

I'm no Gary P. Miller, but I also like talking about the importance of sidewalks:

Contributor: Who should keep sidewalks passable? Denver solved the dilemma

Most cities don’t even know which sidewalks need fixing. Two cities show how to do better.

latimes.com

Wes Marshall@wesmars.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm moving to Danville so I can vote for this guy...

I'm moving to Danville so I can vote for this guy...

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

“Ticketing cameras...have been a nightmare! I have received multiple $50 fines, typically for exceeding the 10mph buffer over the posted limit by a single mph. Even if I was in the process of slowing down...—bingo!—ticket in the mailbox came a week later.” —Jonathan Ummm, maybe just drive slower?

Should Massachusetts use automated speed cameras? Here's what 600+ readers said.

While many called the proposal an invasion of privacy, others argued automated enforcement is needed to curb increasingly dangerous driving.

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According to this survey of ~400 used-car buyers... most people don't buy cars because they want to; they do so because they have to. We built the world that made this so, and that is the problem that needs fixing. news.dealershipguy.com/p/car-purcha...