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Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹The intersection of Garden City Road and Granville Avenue in Richmond has to be one of the most confusing, hostile, and wasteful of space intersections in Metro Vancouver.<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/49.162951/-123.125615" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/49.162951/-123.125615</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/RichmondBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RichmondBC</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a>

😀🚲The riding-your-bike-somewhere to firing-traffic-engineers pipeline is so very fucking short, I know people aren't riding their bikes enough. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckCars</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BanCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BanCars</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/defundDOTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defundDOTs</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> "at first I was annoyed by the bikes, but when I was still recovering from a broken foot, I tried those rental Metro bikes and was like, "Oh hell no to riding on Wilshire..."<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cranemonster.bsky.social/post/3lsuw3lh6os2i" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/cranemonster.bsky.social/post/3lsuw3lh6os2i</a>

Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹CYCLISTS DISMOUNT as a road design failure<a href="https://bettercolumbia.ca/2025/06/27/dear-engineers-stop-making-cyclists-dismount/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bettercolumbia.ca/2025/06/27/dear-engineers-stop-making-cyclists-dismount/</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BikeYVR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeYVR</a>

bartosz 🚲🌳🐍🦀<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/velocity2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#velocity2025</a> Session: Re-thinking traffic lights<a href="https://www.velo-city-conference.com/en/programme/sessions/rethinking-traffic-light-controlled-intersections-for-cycling-and-other-modes-of-sustainable-transport/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.velo-city-conference.com/en/programme/sessions/rethinking-traffic-light-controlled-intersections-for-cycling-and-other-modes-of-sustainable-transport/</a> Alexandre Machu (CH), Robin van der Griend (Mobycon, NL), Konstantin Mizera (Planum, Austria), Elke Schimmel (November:city, Netherlands), Daniel Baehler (Buro for Mobilitat, CH)1/3<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficLights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rolePlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rolePlaying</a>

😀🚲This driver blew past me in the Naito bikeway, cop popped one of two of his tires with a spike strip, another cop drove even faster up the bikeway chasing him with sirens on. Fuckin wild west shit. Get some <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bollards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bollards</a> in here and make cops quit chasing people around with cars. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portland</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/pdxBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pdxBikes</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a>

😀🚲<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FietsProfessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FietsProfessor</a> says the past 100yrs of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a> seems like it was set in stone. The language we use shapes the way people think, "traffic jam / clog" is the language of sewage. And "closing streets" to cars creates <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/openStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openStreets</a> for children. Also most people find <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transportation</a> boring but <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/freeRangeKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeRangeKids</a>, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/SchoolStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchoolStreets</a>, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BikeBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeBus</a> capture more attention. Make <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineers</a> argue against the idea of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AutonomousChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutonomousChildren</a> not <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cyclists</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TheWarOnCars</a>

DevinSFMTA came back and made an attempt at clarifying their weird attempt at one quarter of a Dutch junction.It's better, but that's not saying much. And the rubber marks on the bike-only side tell me some other cyclists might have a harsher opinion than this.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a>

😀🚲You had me at "prevent drivers from taking the turn too quickly" 😍 <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckCars</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a>

😀🚲"Nijmegen: The City That Tamed Cars So People Can Walk & Bike Where They Please" All you have to do is embrace <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckCars</a> as a central tenet of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a>. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/BanCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BanCars</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Bollards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bollards</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CarsRuinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarsRuinCities</a><a href="https://youtu.be/gjLZv3Y0CWM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/gjLZv3Y0CWM</a>

A-Dub 🥝Conservative Ontario govt says 3 Toronto bike lanes could be entirely removed. Well, at least our mayor vows to fight them on that. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-bike-lanes-bloor-yonge-university-could-be-removed-entirely-transportation-minister-1.7370940" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-bike-lanes-bloor-yonge-university-could-be-removed-entirely-transportation-minister-1.7370940</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FactsNotLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FactsNotLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnPoli</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TOpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TOpoli</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikeTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeTO</a>

Kaleb 📝A quick video from one of our traffic engineers showing the effectiveness of queue jumps for the Madison BRT.(Check out Jerry’s other videos if you’re interested in signal engineering. He’s been incredibly effective here, and as a primary bike commuter he understands the importance of programming for peds and cyclists.)<a href="https://youtu.be/V7v5MomurWc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/V7v5MomurWc</a><a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/Madison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Madison</a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transit</a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/BRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BRT</a> <a href="https://social.haugenh.us/tags/BikeCommuter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeCommuter</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.online/@Adam_Cadmon1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Adam_Cadmon1</a> Have you heard of the concept of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ForgivingDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForgivingDesign</a>?It comes from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> and is a principle to forgive the errors of users/operators of motor vehicles.Our built environment is designed to reduce risks and make operation of cars safe, independent of the operator’s expertise or skill.This explains lane-departure alerts, off-ramp embankments, and even anti-lock brakes.Highly recommend <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StrongTowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongTowns</a> if you’re on the road.

Chris McCahillSpread the word. I'm hiring!We're looking for a Transportation Researcher with a passion for sustainable and equitable transportation strategies and a background in planning, engineering, or a related field. Applications due May 5. <a href="https://ssti.us/join-our-team/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ssti.us/join-our-team/</a><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Job</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a>

Ferdi Magellan<a href="https://mastodon.social/@davidzipper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@davidzipper</a> Alt text: A book cover with the title “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” Graphic is a crumpled Stop sign.Text in the bottom left quarter is the subtitle: “Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System”Author name in the bottom right: Wes Marshall<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AltTxt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AltTxt</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RoadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoadSafety</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Traffic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transportation</a>

😀🚲"75% [of drivers yield to people in a crosswalk] at 20mph — a speed at which traffic rarely moves on auto-centric U.S. streets... 30mph, just one in eight of them yielded" <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VisionZero</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/CarsRuinCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CarsRuinCities</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/01/11/want-drivers-to-stop-at-crosswalks-slow-them-down-first" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/01/11/want-drivers-to-stop-at-crosswalks-slow-them-down-first</a>

😀🚲<a href="https://mstdn.social/@Iragersh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Iragersh</a> the profession of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a> has ceded their authority to traffic counts and highway design manuals, but I think street design could do a better job than industry regulation, and quite a lot sooner if they would delegate the placement of jersey barriers to children.

😀🚲“we need to challenge that idea that quantification is the place to start,” when it comes to bike advocacy and pushing for systemic <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transportation</a> reform. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/pdxBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pdxBikes</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/bikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bikeTooter</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trafficEngineering</a>"the downtown model... it's dead. People don't want that"<a href="https://bikeportland.org/2023/12/11/podcast-techpreneur-william-henderson-offers-a-new-take-on-bike-counts-382412" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bikeportland.org/2023/12/11/podcast-techpreneur-william-henderson-offers-a-new-take-on-bike-counts-382412</a>

Chris McCahillHi fediverse! Let’s connect.I’m here for <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transportation</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transit</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Walkability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Walkability</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cycling</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/UrbanDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanDesign</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TrafficEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrafficEngineering</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/SafeStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeStreets</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ParkingReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParkingReform</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DataAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataAnalytics</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>.I’m based in <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MadisonWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MadisonWI</a> and I work across the U.S.<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>

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