Peter Koonce 🚦
@pkoonce.bsky.social
Transportation Professional from Portland, Oregon #RCTID #GoBeavs
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Observations from #TRBAM
1. Fewer Committees makes for less specialization that advances technical knowledge ⬇️
2. ITE volunteers offer wonderful insight into practitioner perspectives that compliment state DOTs ⬆️
3. People coming together ⬆️
4. Students are the future ⬆️
1. Fewer Committees makes for less specialization that advances technical knowledge ⬇️
2. ITE volunteers offer wonderful insight into practitioner perspectives that compliment state DOTs ⬆️
3. People coming together ⬆️
4. Students are the future ⬆️
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Observations from #TRBAM
1. Fewer Committees makes for less specialization that advances technical knowledge ⬇️
2. ITE volunteers offer wonderful insight into practitioner perspectives that compliment state DOTs ⬆️
3. People coming together ⬆️
4. Students are the future ⬆️
1. Fewer Committees makes for less specialization that advances technical knowledge ⬇️
2. ITE volunteers offer wonderful insight into practitioner perspectives that compliment state DOTs ⬆️
3. People coming together ⬆️
4. Students are the future ⬆️
The people of #TRBAM are what keeps me coming back, so grateful for the colleagues at @oregonstate.edu & elsewhere #ITE
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The people of #TRBAM are what keeps me coming back, so grateful for the colleagues at @oregonstate.edu & elsewhere #ITE
It wouldn’t be a #TRBAM without reporting a 🚦issue to @ddotdc.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
It wouldn’t be a #TRBAM without reporting a 🚦issue to @ddotdc.bsky.social
Government agencies and their partners can build amazing things with the right leadership
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Government agencies and their partners can build amazing things with the right leadership
Setting 🚦timing to the speed of cycling on one-way streets is an overlooked part of #invisibleurbanism #VisionZero
December 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Setting 🚦timing to the speed of cycling on one-way streets is an overlooked part of #invisibleurbanism #VisionZero
Political leadership is key to plan for #LifeAfterCars In Emeryville, CA @johnbauters.bsky.social & team leads the way with research-based policy decisions that make true positive change & a city that is educating & engaged with the public 🧐 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Political leadership is key to plan for #LifeAfterCars In Emeryville, CA @johnbauters.bsky.social & team leads the way with research-based policy decisions that make true positive change & a city that is educating & engaged with the public 🧐 @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Transit based holiday gear may be the best stan anyone can have
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Transit based holiday gear may be the best stan anyone can have
Ghent is highlighted in @thewaroncars.bsky.social #LifeAfterCars as a City that used a thoughtful traffic circulation plan to boost cycling in the central city @bicycledutch.bsky.social described it here youtu.be/rf0chvYf5Yo?...
Ghent kicked out cars to make room for cyclists! (and hosted Velo-City 2024)
YouTube video by BicycleDutch
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December 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Ghent is highlighted in @thewaroncars.bsky.social #LifeAfterCars as a City that used a thoughtful traffic circulation plan to boost cycling in the central city @bicycledutch.bsky.social described it here youtu.be/rf0chvYf5Yo?...
Hot take: George Bailey was part of the suburbanization of America #itsawonderfulLIFE
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Hot take: George Bailey was part of the suburbanization of America #itsawonderfulLIFE
Motonormativity is a term that should be discussed more in the transportation community @ianwalker.bsky.social @drtaragoddard.com Thanks to @streetsforall.org for this youtu.be/dVwsCFCgT_o?...
Ian Walker lunchtime chat on Motornormativity
YouTube video by Streets For All
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December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Motonormativity is a term that should be discussed more in the transportation community @ianwalker.bsky.social @drtaragoddard.com Thanks to @streetsforall.org for this youtu.be/dVwsCFCgT_o?...
Motor Mania is my favorite @disney movie youtu.be/mwPSIb3kt_4?... 🚙👺👹
Goofy - Motor Mania
YouTube video by DgdMovies
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Motor Mania is my favorite @disney movie youtu.be/mwPSIb3kt_4?... 🚙👺👹
Cars Ruin Society is quite the Chapter asserting that 🚗🚙 have isolated us from each other by making streets inhospitable #LifeAfterCars
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cars Ruin Society is quite the Chapter asserting that 🚗🚙 have isolated us from each other by making streets inhospitable #LifeAfterCars
In NYC, the Straphangers Campaign awards the slowest high-ridership bus route the Pokey Award 🥇This is the sort of advocacy that 🚌🚍🚏 is needed @thewaroncars.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In NYC, the Straphangers Campaign awards the slowest high-ridership bus route the Pokey Award 🥇This is the sort of advocacy that 🚌🚍🚏 is needed @thewaroncars.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social
Analytical measures for cities assessing transportation need to improve. Traffic engineering community needs more research & refinement of methods to adequately assess the comfort of users & perceptions of safety that would help us address public health goals #VisionZero @thewaroncars.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Analytical measures for cities assessing transportation need to improve. Traffic engineering community needs more research & refinement of methods to adequately assess the comfort of users & perceptions of safety that would help us address public health goals #VisionZero @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Life After Cars would have been a great title for the book I write in retirement
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Life After Cars would have been a great title for the book I write in retirement
“We will never be Amsterdam” is an argument against bike infrastructure… but in a climate change future, you’re going to hope your City is more like Amsterdam when the water is approaching
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“We will never be Amsterdam” is an argument against bike infrastructure… but in a climate change future, you’re going to hope your City is more like Amsterdam when the water is approaching
Build it and they will change? After installing the Prospect Park West protected bike lane sidewalk riding dropped to 3 percent… “If your policy changes infrastructure, it will change culture” @jonorcutt.bsky.social in Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Build it and they will change? After installing the Prospect Park West protected bike lane sidewalk riding dropped to 3 percent… “If your policy changes infrastructure, it will change culture” @jonorcutt.bsky.social in Life After Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Reading Life After Cars by the Team behind the @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast and reflecting on @brooklynspoke.bsky.social stop in Portland! Buy the book @powells.bsky.social www.powells.com/book/life-af...
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reading Life After Cars by the Team behind the @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast and reflecting on @brooklynspoke.bsky.social stop in Portland! Buy the book @powells.bsky.social www.powells.com/book/life-af...
Honolulu transit is excellent and would be better with traffic signal 🚦priority @hnltransitfan.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Honolulu transit is excellent and would be better with traffic signal 🚦priority @hnltransitfan.bsky.social
Great to see @cityofcorvallis.bsky.social implementation of best practice for bikeway design from @nacto.bsky.social #bikes
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Great to see @cityofcorvallis.bsky.social implementation of best practice for bikeway design from @nacto.bsky.social #bikes
Car free! Sunday Parkways in downtown is a great way to bring people back to the City
September 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Car free! Sunday Parkways in downtown is a great way to bring people back to the City
The "Historical Perspective on the #AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and the Impact of the Vehicular Cycling Movement" by @schlthss.bsky.social @rebeccasanders.bsky.social & Jennifer Toole is an all time best paper @trb.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #Fridayfacts
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August 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The "Historical Perspective on the #AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and the Impact of the Vehicular Cycling Movement" by @schlthss.bsky.social @rebeccasanders.bsky.social & Jennifer Toole is an all time best paper @trb.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #Fridayfacts
Traffic engineers talking about how to make buses more competitive for meeting urban transportation needs is the best way to spend a day making our cities more sustainable 🚦🚌🚏🚍
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Traffic engineers talking about how to make buses more competitive for meeting urban transportation needs is the best way to spend a day making our cities more sustainable 🚦🚌🚏🚍
Resilience in design is providing redundant bike infrastructure design for all ages and abilities @schlthss.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Resilience in design is providing redundant bike infrastructure design for all ages and abilities @schlthss.bsky.social