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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · 14d

Mr. Walker is a kindly man, until...

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Sep 3

What could happen if instead of "expecting delays [for drivers] in the area," Community expected (and got) immediate+effective safety upgrades to prevent another tragedy?

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Sep 3

What can decision makers do to prevent these predictable tragedies? Are they willing to listen and learn from advocates? Are they willing to #PrioritizePeople & put #SafetyFirst? Is a system that expects unpaid advocates to hold paid officials accountable fair, just, equitable?

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Sep 3

Public messages emphasizes personal responsibility, denying Community of systemic, public-health interventions that save lives & support livability. Wheater a motorist "stayed on scene" or was a "hit-and-run" driver, death is still final. Injuries have long-term impacts on crash victims & families.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Sep 3

Denver transportation officials are supposed to employ a #VisionZero Rapid Response process that "engages advocacy" after a fatal or serious-injury crash, but advocates have been denied meaningful engagement opportunities.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Sep 3

Over the weekend in #Denver drivers hit 2 people using a scooter, another driver & 2 people on bikes, including one in West Colfax who was killed. For years, West Colfax community members have been asking (begging?) for traffic calming measures along W14th Ave. For years, they've been denied.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Allowing American vehicles onto the EU market on the basis of ‘mutual recognition’ of standards is a betrayal of Europe’s safety leadership, and it will cost lives. Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated U.S. pick-up trucks and SUVs..."

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.

“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”

This will kill people.

ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads

By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

etsc.eu

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Walk and Roll Houston @walkrollhouston.bsky.social · Aug 13

🛴Hands Off Our Scooters, Whitmire! 🛴

What he's tried to ban:
Concrete medians
Protests near his house
Sidewalks
Bike lanes
Raised crosswalks
The homeless
BRT’s
Scantily clad ladies on Washington Ave.
And now scooters.
www.walkandrollhouston.com/urbanizerblo...
Learn more at

Houston E-Scooter Ban: City Hall Moves Toward Downtown, Midtown, and EaDo Restrictions — Walk and Roll Houston

Houston officials propose banning e-scooters in Downtown, Midtown, and East Downtown, citing safety concerns. Residents and businesses warn the ban would remove a key mobility option.

www.walkandrollhouston.com

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 15

No major reporting organization in the Denver metro area has covered Salih's death with such depth, showing how political decisions often lead to preventable deaths and serious injuries on our public streets. 🥀💔🥀

bucketlistcommunitycafe.com/what-is-bein...

photo of ghost bike on the corner of an intersection with two cars in the foreground

screenshot of a section of the article highlighting the names of two government officials (the executive director of the department of transportation and the elected city councilmember for district 1 in Denver)

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 14

Something we hear a lot in my U.S. city is that bike lanes/changes to the cars-first status quo leads to gentrification/displacement/inaccessible spaces. That working class & disabled folx need cars/trucks to make a living/get places (ignoring the fact that many are nondrivers). How do you answer?

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 14

This 100%

Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 14

To be fair, you can't be expected to see outside of your giant truck/SUV.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 7

Drivers can be distracted by many things. The distraction I most often see is drivers looking at their cell phone, or eating, or putting on makeup, or talking to the person sitting next to/behind them. Lots of things distract drivers. Distraction doesn't need to result in death/injury. #SafeSystem

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 7

Watch and tell me what's most likely to "impede the ADA ramp in that location" and "interfere with pedestrian traffic and the traffic light sight triangle."

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Aug 7

Salih's ghost bike is interfering with absolutely no one.

When your DOT's policies make it easier to kill someone with a car than to place a ghost bike, they're designed to uphold a cars-first system, regardless of any action plans the DOT claims to pursue, like #VisionZero or #SRTS or #Climate.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Jul 28

@jonathonstalls.bsky.social @bikewalkbus.bsky.social @amerikaliturkler.bsky.social

Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Jul 28

With permission from Salih's family, DBL is organizing a ghost bike dedication at the crash site (W38th Ave & Tejon St) on Saturday, 8/2, at 11 AM. Please join us, especially if you are a community member in District 1 (Denver, CO), & share w/your neighbors. 🤍🚲🤍🥀❤️🥀

@denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social

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Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are getting unconfirmed reports that the victim of the fatal hit and run bike crash on Tejon Street was 21 year old student, Salih Koç. We send our deepest sympathy to their family, friends, and community in Turkey.

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Jul 24

Devastating. Preventable. 💔

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · Jul 22

Yes, a protected bike lane could have made a difference for the crossing.

Just to get that out there before the inevitable bad faith push back

Original design shows the intersection would have received safety treatments too including a bike light

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Jonathon Stalls @jonathonstalls.bsky.social · Jul 15

#PedestrianDignity with @sashakestane.bsky.social

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Jul 19

As we approach Mayor Johnston's State of the City address, I'm wondering if @kyle-a-harris.bsky.social will ask him about his broken promises from these answers: denverite.com/2023/03/09/a... & denverite.com/2023/06/08/m...

A very Denverite mayoral questionnaire: Mike Johnston

We asked candidates about the Park Hill Golf Course conservation land easement, Denver's future, sweeps and more.

denverite.com

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Sasha Kestane @sashakestane.bsky.social · Jul 19

"shunning all nonmotorized life" = most of our transportation/mobility infrastructure

sent to the margins, pushed to the edges (h/t @jonathonstalls.bsky.social), beneficiaries of "accommodations" after motorized traffic has been studied, prioritized, made more convenient

undignified

Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · Jul 19

It doesn't matter where this is, because this is *everywhere* in the US. I see them in every US city where I work. This is how many, many WalMarts are built: visible from high speed roads but as far as possible from them, as though with the goal of shunning all nonmotorized life. 3/

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