Twitter list — Walking, cycling, transit

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From Bicycle Diaries / David Byrne — "Our cities are alive, just like us..."

Our cities are alive, just like us; they have both a deep intelligence that guides them and a physical presence....
Posted by Nanaimo Commons on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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From @BrentToderian — 4 classic #roaddiets in one 2-minute video via @JeffSpeckAICP

"4 classic #roaddiets in one 2-minute video" via @JeffSpeckAICP. https://t.co/R5xwmvEq7N What do you think, Tweeps? pic.twitter.com/xP0hqLpnDC

— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) August 20, 2015

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From @JeffSpeckAICP — Street too wide? what you need to know, in 30 seconds.

Street too wide?: what you need to know, in 30 seconds. https://t.co/AJ7pn7FWhp @paulgoldberger @bcitiestowns @MikeLydon @DPZandCo

— Jeff Speck (@JeffSpeckAICP) August 20, 2015

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HT @nlamontagne — Quebec City, Saskatoon looking good — New protected bike lanes, public plaza

Protected bike lanes are set to open in downtown Saskatoon next month. #yxe #yxebike http://t.co/1Pn6NhLu1n #yxe pic.twitter.com/L2a672rrLU

— CTV Saskatoon (@ctvsaskatoon) May 28, 2015

Light, quick, cheap! Quebec City will built its first interim public plaza in 2 weeks! #tacticalurbanism pic.twitter.com/ZN7VKQNNJI

— Louis Bernier-Heroux (@lberoux) May 29, 2015

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Via @cnunextgen Dr Evil on bike lanes...

Via @cnunextgen Dr Evil on bike lanes...

Posted by The Sidewalk Ballet on Sunday, May 24, 2015

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Nanaimo’s first bicycle club, 1891

#Nanaimo’s very first bicycle club #ThrowbackThursday! Perfect reminder to register for few spots remaining on the #Heritage Bike Tour on Sunday May 24. Register @ ireg.nanaimo.ca (code 138408). Fee is $5 and includes bell or reflective light for your bike. #CultureandHeritage #itswhoweare #explorenanaimo #tbt

A photo posted by Nanaimo Culture and Heritage (@cultureandheritage) on May 21, 2015 at 10:49am PDT

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Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition Letter to Mayor and Council

Dear Mayor McKay and City Councillors,

Last September when you took part in the Veloworks Conference in Vancouver, we spoke at length about transportation and the need for a change in Nanaimo with the Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan that was adopted a few months earlier in hand. Since then it has been very, very quiet on the vision and plans for transportation in Nanaimo except on the transportation of water over, under or through the dams. Also very important.

Around the time of the municipal elections, the BC government announced its ideas on transportation with the B.C. Master Transportation plan and we were so lucky to be allowed to comment on the plan and make suggestions. On that front we, the Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition and the BC Cycling Coalition, have some good news to report!

Welcome to Twitter Greater #Nanaimo #Cycling Coalition. @InfoCycling Give them a follow! https://t.co/SkqLNolhU7

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 9, 2015

From VanCityBuzz — Looking beyond commuter cycling in Vancouver

"That means not just creating ‘bicycle highways’ such as the 10th Avenue Bikeway, but complimenting them with protected...

Posted by Streets For Everyone on Thursday, March 26, 2015

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Cities are designed to accommodate cars. How do we redesign them to benefit people? @CBCTheNational

Post by Nanaimo Commons.

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#CBCCities Tweets

From Smart Growth America — A national epidemic of pedestrian deaths

A national epidemic 
of pedestrian deaths

We’re walking more often, for fun and to get to places in our neighborhood. We turn to WalkScore when figuring out where to live and our most walkable places often are among the most economically vibrant in the country. Hundreds of cities have adopted Complete Streets policies to ensure walking is in the forefront of our decisions regarding street design. Public health officials from the Office of the Surgeon General to the local doctor’s office are encouraging us to get out for a walk for physical activity and to combat chronic disease.

But we are still dealing with a legacy of roadways that fail to account for the safety of people on foot. In the decade from 2003 through 2012, more than 47,000 people died while walking on our streets. That is 16 times the number of people who died in natural disasters during in the same ten years, but without the corresponding level of urgency.

In 2012, pedestrians accounted for nearly 15 percent of all traffic deaths, up 6 percent from 2011 and representing a five-year high.  Read more: A national epidemic of pedestrian deaths | Smart Growth America

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From StrongTowns.org — Just another pedestrian killed

CHARLES MAROHN I’m fed up with people being killed because my profession contains a bunch of dogmatic idiots. I’m sure the response of some will be: But Chuck, the driver was drunk, this isn’t the engineer’s fault. Ridiculous. If I had a $100 for every time I heard an engineer recommend some stupid tree removal or curve widening because “some drunk is going to come through here and get killed” I would be fully funding Strong Towns with the interest off my latent wealth. We consider the drunk when it suits our purposes -- the free flow of traffic -- and ignore them when it doesn't. That's the sign of a broken moral compass.

The right thing to do here is pretty obvious: SLOW DOWN THE CARS! When you enter into an urban environment, the expectation must be that travel speeds are very slow (I think a 20 mph design speed is too fast – 15 mph would be the top in my opinion) because we need to FORGIVE the common mistakes of humans, both in their cars and out. In a complex urban environment, the only way to do that is to slow down the speed of travel. We must lower the cost of a mistake. Read more: JUST ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN KILLED

Just another pedestrian killed. When will the traffic engineering profession own these tragedies? http://t.co/DduHSRrquS
— Charles Marohn (@clmarohn) December 3, 2014

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This is the pedestrian experience in our cities

This brilliant illustration shows how much public space we've surrendered to cars http://t.co/cpUcRzXY9t pic.twitter.com/BSN5FG7ig9
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 19, 2014

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NYC lowered speed limit to 25. Other cities should do it too.

Post by Project for Public Spaces.

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Jeff Speck's Albuquerque New Mexico Downtown Walkability Analysis

Albuquerque, New Mexico Downtown Walkability Analysis. This project focuses on walkability and connectivity in downtown, with special attention to the area surrounding the Convention Center and Innovate ABQ site as well as the railroad track at Central Avenue. Jeff Speck's final report submitted Sept 2014 here. More from the City of Albuquerque's website here.

From Better! Cities & Towns — A low-cost approach to walkability

Making downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, more walkable doesn’t have to cost a bundle, according to consultant Jeff Speck. The author of Walkable City delivered a report to the city, which included the following recommendations:.

• Replace 19 low-volume traffic lights with stop signs.

• Narrow standard 12-foot travel lanes lanes to 10 feet. “This extra (lane) width does nothing except to encourage speeding,” he said. “It doesn’t improve the flow.”

• Convert two streets to two-way traffic from one-way.

• Provide more green space.

• Reduce the number of travel lanes on a few streets.

• Provide more on-street parking, which buffers pedestrians, and bicycle lanes. Reduction in lanes and lane widths will provide the space.

• Reduce the size of a major public space, Civic Plaza, which Speck says is too big to feel comfortable for pedestrians.

Read more: A low-cost approach to walkability | Better! Cities & Towns Online

#trans_form Speaker Series #3 — Creating a City for Everyone @Penalosa_G @kteschke

It's almost here! #trans_form #3 is tomorrow night @LeVelo_Victoria @OlenaNina @CommunityMike @RethinkUrban #yyj pic.twitter.com/TEzgqlMtYo

— GreaterVictoriaCycle (@GVCC) September 17, 2014

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From Governing.com — Why Would You Have a Highway Run Through a City?

SF Embarcadero Freeway razed in 1991 replaced with palm-lined boulevard, plazas. (D Kidd/Governing)

Robert Doucette, a developer in Syracuse, N.Y., often commutes to work by walking or biking from his house near Syracuse University to his office downtown. The route is little more than a mile long, but it requires crossing one major obstacle: a hulking highway viaduct that cuts a large swath through the center of the city.

This elevated stretch of Interstate 81 carries 56,000 vehicles a day. Though it is propped up on piers, it has a major impact on the landscape below. As many as six lanes of traffic run beneath the expressway, including feeder ramps and access roads. Pedestrians teeter nervously on raised curbs as they wait for a signal, then “make a break for it,” Doucette says, as they try to avoid unseen vehicles making turns. Read mor: Why Would You Have a Highway Run Through a City?

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Part of making multi-modal cities is designing great experiences - like this, in #Montreal — @TODUrbanWORKS

Part of making multi-modal cities is designing great experiences - like this, in #Montreal: http://t.co/qH15oDlIAH pic.twitter.com/KfirEszHyy

— TODERIAN UrbanWORKS (@TODUrbanWORKS) July 11, 2014

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From The Sidewalk Ballet — Twitter List — Walking, Cycling, Transit

Tweets from https://twitter.com/1sidewalkballet/lists/walking-cycling-transit

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