New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
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@nyc-dot.bsky.social is making up math here. There are roughly 300 intersections on the UWS or ~2,400 potential daylighting spots, many of which are already bus stops or fire hydrants.

@galeabrewer.bsky.social got some bad information.

Why are we bean counting street safety in the first place?

Should we teach 8 year olds how to move “defensively” through their neighborhoods just to stay alive? Or is the assumption that kids will be escorted everywhere (by a properly defensive adult) until their executive function is fully developed? That’s quite a bleak view of childhood & community.

If you’re on the west side today, stop by the West Side County Fair on Pier I and tell us what you think is the “Best Block in the UWS”

We’re just getting started and will be here all day. C’mon down!

The demand to cycle for transportation is undeniable among every age group across the city. The only thing holding us back is incomplete infraction and a political bias toward the status quo. It’s time for leadership that understands the value of positive change and has the will to make it happen.

"Everybody’s in favor of 'safety,' but compared to what? That’s the question: what are you willing to sacrifice for safety?"

City Hall’s interference here at the behest of @galeabrewer.bsky.social sets a terrible precedent and risks compromising future street improvement projects, almost all of which will require converting some amount of free parking to a use that serves a broader & more diverse segment of the community.

We expect more from CM @galeabrewer.bsky.social than this.

There are ways to make the UWS more appealing for families and more livable for everyone. Continuing to fight over every single free parking space ain’t one of them. That’s the kind of thing that’s actually chasing families out of NYC.

The vast majority of @galeabrewer.bsky.social’s constituents, incl most families, do not own a car, so this quote is rather curious.

Implying that having a family in the one of the densest, most transit-rich neighborhoods on the continent requires owning a car is some stale Robert Moses thinking.

Street improvements aren’t a popularity contest decided by who screams the loudest and most often.

Letting a tiny minority hold the curb hostage because they want to keep getting something for free should be embarrassing for a progressive politician in 2025.

This is incredibly disappointing from @galeabrewer.bsky.social.

How can we reclaim our streets with Low-Traffic Neighborhoods?

Join the conversation with Jon Jon Wesolowski this Tuesday July 1st at 6:30PM to learn how we can create safer, more local streets.

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High quality bike lanes make cycling more appealing and accessible to more people. This is not a high quality bike lane.

Thank you for speaking out, Council Member.

Targeting bicyclists with criminal summonses does nothing to make our streets safer, particularly when car drivers inflict orders of magnitude more harm to everyone—pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers.

Daylighting is good and popular policy that makes streets safer for everyone, especially pedestrians. We’re grateful to @galeabrewer.bsky.social for her support of @council.nyc.gov bill Int 1138 which would require NYC to *follow state law* and implement daylighting across the city.

Inspired Infrastructure got inspired by our W 72nd St vision. Check it out:

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The Upper West Side of Manhattan has about 10K parking spots, most of them free. That’s ~40 miles of parked cars in an area of just 2 sq mi. It’s a complete degradation of nearly all public space in the neighborhood. Just ask the kids who go to school on the street in this picture.

Ride along with the UWS’s very own bike bus. Activism that’s fun and healthy and create’s community all at the same time.