Notes from San Jose, CA mostly on urbanism, bicycles, design, economic development, travel, and general happenings.
San Jose, CA
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Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
It’s remarkable how individual scooters parked by users in the wrong places is somehow evidence that they should be outlawed while cars *designed and built to break the law* provides no occasion for reflection. Stellantis is a big company; it wouldn’t be hard to find a hook here.
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Headline should be: “First place on the "other-driver" fatality list is the Ram 3500 Crew Cab long bed 4WD at 189. Several full-size pickups are at the top of this dataset, in fact. Of the top 10 cars most likely to kill another driver in an accident, six are full-size pickups”
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
Drivers honestly think they're being nice for "letting" pedestrians cross the street. If a pedestrian doesn't display submission -- by running across or saying thank you -- they're considered rude.
Newsflash: we aren't your guests. We have a right to the street. We belong there.
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
When the average American parent hears about a traffic calming project, the instinct is to be annoyed that they'll have to slow down while rushing their kids somewhere.
But after a parent loses their child in a preventable crash, they become a safe streets champion. Traffic calming is suddenly an obvious solution.
There's no reason to keep increasing the number of grieving parents.
⏺️ Bad street design encourages bad driving habits.
⏺️ Good street design encourages good driving habits.
Headed to #Minneapolis next weekend with some pals. Any must eat/drink/see/do’s?
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
I'll never forget the day my very smart and highly educated friend said 'something big would have to happen to change people's attitude about cars' I don't know. The loss of Henry + 43,000 other American citizens and climate collapse seems pretty big to me.
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
No matter how much you demonstrate ways that ordinary Americans could make short trips on a bicycle, there will be a group of people who screech about commutes.
Forget about the commute.
Half of America's car trips are under a few miles. With the right infrastructure, those would be easy bike trips.
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
—Alvin Toffler
"Insanity is making the same mistakes and expecting different results.”
—Albert Einstein
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
"A major incident was declared, but the Met said it was not being treated as terror-related."
16 injuries including the killing of an 8-year-old girl. It's not terrorism if a belligerently-driven luxury SUV is involved. Just normalized vehicular violence. bbc.com/news/uk-england-lond…
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
I’M AMAZED I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE!
Didn’t think I could like Bill Nye more.
Via @CarsRuinedCity @BillNye
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
When people say 'be safe' I'm pretty sure they mean 'we live in an extremely dangerous world and I hope you don't get hurt.' There is very little individuals can do to ensure their personal safety in a culture that ignores our climate crisis and glorifies guns & large vehicles
Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
The places people pay to visit are dense, walkable & generally well served by transit. Such places have become rare in the US as DOTs demolished and replaced them with highways in the middle of the last century. Human centered cities are beautiful, interesting and worth visiting.
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Matthew Steenhoek retweeted
This is entirely a policy choice. Japan has seen declining traffic fatalities for the past three decades.
If America had the same rate of traffic fatalities as Japan, it would save the lives of ~36,000 Americans every single year.
New report finds that over 8,000 pedestrians were killed on US roadways in 2022.
Jimmy Carter was president the last time that happened.
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