Andy Boenau
@Boenau
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Simple truths about city planning & transportation. When I'm not engineering safe & healthy streets, I'm running my mouth about it.
Richmond, VA
Joined August 2011
The anti-planning heretics can save planning https://t.co/1zJPKPnuWL
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Planning Inc. would do itself a favor by considering why its heroes aren't products of Planning Inc.
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If I was part of American Planning Association leadership, I’d have my members doing some serious soul-searching about why most of the planning heroes were anti-planning establishment. I’d also talk openly about it and encourage vigorous debate. 👇
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Horrible doom loop is perfect phrasing. Wider lanes = more accidents. Meanwhile “We are building wider roads… to accomodate fire trucks that keep getting bigger… that want to be able to go fast. Then that directly contributes to a lot of the crashes they then respond to.”
@jasonc_nc you'll appreciate this https://t.co/jLKZv6aOm7
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People will only use bicycles for short trips if they can pile up a month’s worth of groceries and 3 kids on the bike. Check mate, bike people.
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Trump’s first three Cabinet meetings feature more press questions and answers than all of Biden’s
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Roundabouts would prevent suburban commercial corridors from turning into this type of mess.
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" I already bought the TV so I shouldn't have to pay again for Netflix." 🤦♂️ This is so silly. Car stuff is expensive. Read the fine print.
Popular Car YouTube Channel shows that just one year after purchasing a new Toyota Camry, many of your subscriptions run out To keep them you will pay $600 every year, just to use the features on the car you already bought “Toyota is charging us $600 a year to keep all of our
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Congestion pricing improves your ride to work — and the air you breathe: "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
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Blackstone ♥️ NIMBYs
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Transportation systems are expensive to maintain. Is user-pay the way? 🚘- EV adoption will continue and EVs are heavy. A vehicle that's 25% heavier can cause over 2.4 times the road damage of a lighter vehicle. 🚘- ICE vehicles are far more fuel efficient than they used to be
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The chance of being attacked by a shopping cart is extremely low, but never zero.
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The average Bible contains 1,200-1,300 pages
Boston’s zoning code has swollen past 4,000 pages, leaving 99% of lots “non-conforming” & nearly every new home needing some form of variance. No single reform can undo 70 years of broken housing policy. Acknowledging the system’s failure, & pursuing multiple reforms now, can.
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$2000 e-bikes are for the rich meanwhile:
Privileged Bike Activist 🎩🚴 on a $2000 class 3 ebike (28mph) that’s illegal in PHL bike lane, spews virtue signals on steroids at Pine St. resident. This is the aggression & conflict the “no stopping” legislation promotes. @CouncilmemberKJ @marksquilla @PhillyMayor @ThielAdam
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"Factoring in laughter, chatter, and day-long play, one can start to understand why nearby homeowners might take exception." Oh no! 😱
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Cars are a wonderful invention. One of their best functions is to protect people riding bikes:
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Car Brain is what leads people to commit and/or justify antisocial behavior involving a car. Many such lunatics.
People are always talking about lunatics on public transit. But what about the millions of lunatics on our roads? This kind of shit happens every day without ever making the news.
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