@DavidASachs

Journalist, @wsj real-time news desk. Covered urban policies on transport, growth, and police & jail reform for @Denverite, @cprnews, @nprnews, @streetsblogden.

 Barcelona, Spain
Joined August 2009
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I’ll post at least one simple thing a day here that makes it easy for me (and others) to live car-free in Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain. First, for no particular reason, special zones for strollers & wheelchairs on city buses (with tethers and polite people who move if needed).
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Guess I’ll revive this monster thread with these monster sized children at a crosswalk in French Catalonia. Seems better than kids carrying an orange flag across the street like some U.S. local governments expect. And it puts more onus on the pilot of the speeding blunt object.
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Wonder what the Community Engagement Process looks like to add giant child mannequins
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La destrossa de Barcelona no s'atura! Treuen aparcament de la porta d'una escola per fer un lloc on a les 18h encara hi ha gent asseguda xerrant i infants jugant!!! Escola Estel #LaSagrera 2014👇🏽 👇🏽2023
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David Sachs retweeted
Gerard@gerardfelium25 Apr 2023
Les mesures de restricció del trànsit sempre han estat relativament impopulars (des de fa mig segle), però les dades no menteixen: des del 2015 el trànsit intern a Bcn ha caigut un 19% (augmentant només un 2% a les rondes), traduint-se en una reducció del 30% de la contaminació.
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A helpful thread to understand the superblock model here in Barcelona. It's iterative. The goal is a permanent street grid and public squares that prioritize walkers & other non-motorists. The next "green axis" opens later this month, restricting cars in part of the city center.
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Wanted to share this incredible interview with @DavidASachs and @cprwarner about David's grandfather who was in the 10th mountain division. cpr.org/show-segment/he-esca… @POTUS #AntiquitiesAct #colorado

He Escaped The Nazis, Came To The U.S. And Returned To Fight Hitler With Colorado's 10th Mountain...

He survived the Holocaust. Then came to the United States, joined the Army, and went back to Europe to fight the Nazis who killed his parents. It's the story of the late John Sachs, who joined the...

cpr.org
Caitlyn Kim@caitlynkim12 Oct 2022
Colorado has a new national monument: Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument. Two WW 2 vets who trained at Camp Hale were on hand for the signing. #copolitics
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And large, frequent crosswalks (separated by paint for bikes/scooters/skaters) and pedestrian refuges!
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Never seen this before in a cab. Little mirrors so people people on bikes and scooters don’t get door’d and so passengers don’t get hit. 💡
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Heading to Dublin this week. You got any recommendations for a guy like me in a city like that? Pubs, streets, treks outside the city? And are there any good refreshments available there??
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¡Aparcao! #Merce2022
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The aliens are already here
How Things Are Manufactured
@fastworkers623 Sep 2022
Aluminum and mercury 😯 xitter.cf/chemicalsreacts/status…
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Com ajuda la tala d'arbres a Montjuic ahir al pla de la ciutat per crear una ciutat més verda? Quin va ser el motiu @BCN_Ecologia? Gràcies
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One of the vehicles in this photo is speed-limited, has a curfew, and is restricted from certain zones for the sake of pedestrian safety.
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Here's something. "Where community activists, use-of-force victims and city officials have failed to persuade police departments to change dangerous & sometimes deadly policing practices, insurers are successfully dictating changes to tactics & policies" washingtonpost.com/investiga…

Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it

Insurance companies are successfully dictating reforms in police departments, a movement driven by the large settlements out of use-of-force cases.

washingtonpost.com
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Yeah it really says something about power eh?
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Thank you
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Just finished Upgrade, @blakecrouch1’s newest sci-fi thriller. Love his books, including this one, because they are believable stories of how (incurable falible) humans might interact with scary future technology.
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But I did laugh in the first few pages when the protagonist casually hops on the hyperloop from DC to Denver. He does have a big imagination!
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Nothing like tagging one of your fav novelists in a tweet with a typo
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I’m biased because this is my partner but it’s rad to see this project documented in a journal. Nature is therapeutic but it’s not necessarily obvious or accessible.
Ashby Lavelle Sachs, PhD@ashby_sachs5 Sep 2022
Replying to @ashby_sachs
We codesigned and piloted a nature and social connection program for adolescent parents experiencing loneliness
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