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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 4d

Really nice article about Cleveland's effort to grow its tree canopy.

Living in an urban area with mature trees is magical imo
signalcleveland.org/planting-a-t...

Restoring Cleveland’s tree canopy is ‘an act of hope’

Ten years after the Cleveland Tree Plan was released, the tree canopy is still shrinking. But the people leading the effort are not deterred.

signalcleveland.org

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 5d

Just unboxed! Looks beautiful! Congrats @benschneider.bsky.social

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 5d

It is a little stinky today because it’s trash day tho 😂

schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 5d

Love the over garage in an ally housing type. I’d love to live in a house that fronts an alley. No traffic.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about why I think traffic deaths in the US are unacceptably high and why I think the average person does not angieschmitt.substack.com/p/one-in-93

One in 93

A short thought exercise on the risks we face on the roadways

angieschmitt.substack.com

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 7d

So annoying that the Trump administration is going after “fat” people while simultaneously clawing back funding for projects that would give people a safe place to ride a bike, walk or jog.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 9d

Government agencies can save money and help protect the public by purchasing fleet vehicles thoughtfully and with safety in mind. If an F350 is really needed, that's fine, but many times it's overkill, such as collecting trash on a bike trail.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 9d

I love that Cleveland Metroparks is using these efficient Kei trucks on their trails. These have great visibility and are relatively lightweight so are also safer for any potential collisions with pedestrians and cyclists.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 10d

One thing I think would be quietly revolutionary, is if more Americans could run an errand or two by foot.

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tweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 14d

it's going to be like when we got rid of smoking in restaurants and on airplanes and within a matter of maybe a year everybody was like "we allowed WHAT?"

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 14d

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.

And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15d

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 14d

Not everyone can choose to drive a car.

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If you can drive or afford a car, you may not understand what it’s like to rely on walking, rolling, transit and asking for rides. But for nearly a third of people living in the United States – people with disabilities, young people, seniors and people who can’t afford cars or gas – this is our every day.
We created the Week Without Driving experience so that those who have the option to drive can learn firsthand about the barriers and challenges that nondrivers face and work with nondrivers to create more accessible communities for all.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 14d

Independent watchdog group blames rise in traffic fatalities in San Francisco on huge declines in police enforcement

Ticketing down 95% since 2014. Report says staffing doesn't seem to be the issue just priorities.

missionlocal.org/2025/09/s-f-...

S.F. was supposed to have zero traffic deaths by now. What happened?

San Francisco’s Vision Zero plan to end traffic deaths failed. A new resolution pushes for renewed enforcement, outreach, and accountability.

missionlocal.org

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 21d

I have met and talked to people who have gone through this and it’s just like 🤯

We all are like “yeah I want to roll the dice on that in order to save 25 seconds on a 21 minute commute” and then are so pleased with ourselves.

schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · 21d

People fight tooth and nail against these common sense street safety improvements in their cities 🤯. It’s like they are like fighting for the right to spend 3 months in the ICU and get a $187,00 hospital bill out of nowhere because some texting yahoo didn’t see them trying to cross the street SMDH.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Sep 3

This... does not surprise me. Speeding is anti social and dangerous and exerts serious harms on neighborhoods and law-abiding residents

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think

Cameras that ticket drivers who run red lights and speed are effective and widely popular with city residents. So why are they banned in so many places?

www.bloomberg.com

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Sep 3

I was in Toronto last weekend with my family (it was refreshingly functional!).

One of my big takeaways is that cities with subways are just totally different animals than cities without. The foot traffic! 😍

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 31

Okay Toronto rules

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 24

Look how fucking little the windshield is and how big and menacing the grille is 😑 it’s like they’re trying to achieve as little forward visibility and as much maiming and killing potential as possible

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 24

Honestly scary that Europe is going to start allowing American companies to import these monster trucks into their cities with little old ladies on sidewalks 😬😬😬😬😬 (as a result of tariff negotiations)

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 23

People should think of doing something social like going to a party as healthy for them as going for a run or eating a salad if not more so.

You don’t have to do it every night but this is v important to your physical and mental well being. (It’s 🤯 that you have to put it this way but here we are)

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 21

BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 22

imagine believing this was the big safety problem in Florida’s roada (colorful crosswalks.) 😒

This is a state that has almost 800 pedestrian deaths per year.

www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honouring Pulse nightclub victims - BBC News

The crosswalk was part of a larger memorial for the 49 people who were shot and killed at the gay bar in Orlando in 2016.

www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 22

If we were actually interested in reducing the number of kids dying in car wrecks we’d be better off just not letting teenagers drive at all than banning bicycling. But of course we focus on the healthy and innocent behavior and penalize that and treat it as the problem.

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 22

Imo you can draw a straight line between this type of thing and the fact that half of kids now are overweight and depressed

schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 22

You would not believe the resistance you encounter today to letting a fifth grader ride his bike a mile to school 🙃

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schmangee.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social · Aug 22

You would not believe the resistance you encounter today to letting a fifth grader ride his bike a mile to school 🙃

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