If you're still on Twitter, you contributed too.

“Why am I so angry? My 11-year-old-son was killed by a reckless driver on a I-95 and I almost died also, and I did not ask everybody in Connecticut to give up their cars,” she said.

You should have. And by opposing traffic calming projects like this, you're only condemning someone else's 11-year-old son to the same fate.

yeah, im sure the lamppost got up and walked into the road

You haven't been to a country with a functioning transit system and it shows. (ps, u can do road trips in those countries, too)

"The most vulnerable people are primary school children aged 4-12, intoxicated pedestrians aged 30-39, and elderly pedestrians aged over 70."

"As part of the campaign, Crime Stoppers Victoria will hit the streets to actively engage with high-risk pedestrians to educate them on how they can help keep our roads incident-free."

How does anyone see this as anything but bananas? Kids should be able to quickly and safely get to and from school without needing worry about whether or not a driver will mow them down. People who've been drinking are infamously not great decision makers so I don't know how "educating" will help any. And 70 year olds are vulnerable because they are 70 years old not because they don't know how dangerous cars are.

"'We have seen 175 pedestrians killed on our roads over the last five years, and a significant number of those have been in 60 km/h zones.'"

the problem is the cars and the car-centric infrastructure, jfc go fix that

it appears the wind also carefully scattered car debris around the stump of the lamp post in the second photo contained in that tweet. i guess it was covering its tracks, trying to throw us off its scent.

but if u, like, need SUPER EVIDENCE PROOF to believe that, uh, cars are dangerous and run into things in the same place all the goddam time, here you go

Now that we've had Pride in the Park and Pride itself, I think we... might... be free? So that probably means a long bike ride down to National Harbor for some margaritas and then a much chiller ride back 😉

"Yes there are a lot of reckless, careless, distracted or entitled drivers but there are also pedestrians and cyclists that fit squarely in one or more of those categories."

There is a lot I disagree with in your comment, but I am wondering why you're making this false equivalency. How many people have "distracted pedestrians" killed or severely injured? In the same vein, from the article one of the most vulnerable groups is kids 4-12. What's the way to make sure kids, famous for their inhibitory control, aren't distracted?

Seems the summary of the report is available here if anyone is interested.

At any rate, very weird that Bowser (presumably) tried to bury this. Obviously it was going to be big news and I think people would have more respect for an Administration that was up front with the public. If the report is indeed honest (and it does report two of the claims are substantiated), why would you bury it and give the appearance of dishonesty? And with the two substantiated claims, there's no way Falcicchio's coming back--so who would gain from not just being open and honest?

Is that... literally just paint? 😬😬😬 Or is that an oversight in the rendering and there will actually be protection?

I think consolidation would be a good thing. Because engagement is low and the way the kbin algorithm works, I never see any of the washingtondc@lemmy.world or washington_dc@dmv.social posts as part of my subscribed feed. (Lemmy might be better about boosting the content of low-traffic communities in their algo.) Consolidating to one community or the other makes sense to me--no preference which, either.

Don't like that a stadium is listed first of the possible uses of the site, but like that it's not a required use. Also very very much do not like the changes to the parking language: "(D) The District shall, to the extent necessary, ensure that parking facilities are provided to accommodate the development."

Why is the trail closed?

We have a portion of a trail that closes for no reasonable purpose at like 5pm. We've been fighting to keep it open--lanes of car traffic don't just close unless it goes through private property. Why should bike trails?

Wait, how does this work? Part of the reason I decided not to sign up was lack of space for a dedicated bin in my kitchen.

What a beauty! What kind of panniere is that on the back?

delete facebook, hit the gym, lawyer up

This--this seems bad. I don't understand the purpose of a paint-only bike/ped lane like this. I guess aside from, "whelp it's the cheapest option."

DC Statehood now. Either that, or let my participate in every single House and Senate election.

Oh nooooo. One of my exes got his dog from the HRA on NYA. I guess the place has gone downhill since then 😔 Poor animals don't deserve that

"The commission just announced a process to finalize the vision for Pennsylvania Avenue by the end of 2026."

I absolutely hate how slow infrastructure projects move in this city. Three years for design? Ugh. Pleasantly surprised about the interactive poll results though, with a resounding majority in favor of reducing car lanes in some form.