Rick Winiker
@Rickwins
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Federal and state criminal defense attorney + civil litigation in Charlotte North Carolina || Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commissioner
Charlotte, NC
Joined April 2009
#CLT must build more housing. Permits are down in 2024. Even luxury units coming online will help reduce prices for every type of housing. @CLTCityCouncil See slide deck: https://t.co/b1Tbq19r0F
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What if our number one concern after a car crash wasn't getting traffic moving again, but making the road safer so no one else gets hurt? #WDoR2024 #TrafficViolenceIsPreventable
usa.streetsblog.org
What if our number one concern after a car crash wasn't getting traffic moving again, but making the road safer so no one else gets hurt?
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Only about ONE THIRD of roads are paid for by gas tax & tolls. Every taxpayer contributes to car infrastructure, regardless of their car usage. That includes indirect costs like "free" parking which aren't directly accounted for in gas taxes & tolls.
@Boenau Cars for pay for infrastructure through a fuel tax. bikes do not. Thees no arguement or rage. There's just a problem and one side paying for the solution.
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Narrower vehicle lanes can result in slower driving speeds and reduced crossing distances for pedestrians. NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide recommends that cities use 10-foot travel lanes to discourage speeding (or 11-foot lanes on designated truck and bus routes).
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E-bike rebates might be the most wildly popular transportation policy in the country right now. I visited Denver – the first US city to offer them– to see if reality matches the hype. In @CityLab 🧵 https://t.co/ussJJsiqS2
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Today, Raleigh becomes the latest US city to offer e-bike rebates: - $500 rebate for any resident - $1,500 rebate for low-income residents Applications now available; vouchers will be allocated in a drawing next month. https://t.co/imh2vMrRPC
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Approximately 40 new @GoDurhamTransit bus shelters will soon be installed by @movesafedurham. Find out how they’re expected to improve accessibility, safety, and security for bus riders on #BullCityToday. 🚍
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Approximately 40 new @GoDurhamTransit bus shelters will soon be installed by @movesafedurham. Find out how they’re expected to improve accessibility, safety, and security for bus riders on #BullCityToday. 🚍
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Durham and Raleigh doing laps around #clt
Our @movesafedurham team updated & painted downtown crosswalks! Check out N. Roxboro & Elliott streets. @NCDOT will do more upgrades with high-quality materials to highlight safe walking areas for pedestrians. Let's work together to eliminate traffic deaths & serious injuries.
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Council Member @melton4raleigh makes the strong case for eliminating costly parking mandates!
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Federal grant to add and speed trains between Raleigh and Charlotte
newsobserver.com
The N.C. Railroad Company, the N.C. Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern plan to spend $170 million along the rail corridor.
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Today, Raleigh becomes the latest US city to offer e-bike rebates: - $500 rebate for any resident - $1,500 rebate for low-income residents Applications now available; vouchers will be allocated in a drawing next month. https://t.co/imh2vMrRPC
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Why not turn Trade St (Tryon to Caldwell) into a Milwaukee’s Deer District—open only to buses, streetcar, and rideshare? ✅ Steps to Spectrum Center ✅ Safer crossings to Queen City Quarter ✅ Plaza seating, green space Stinger Square @CLTdevelopment @Rickwins 👀
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Let @CLTgov know at the next community area planning workshop in November: https://t.co/45t200k0mr
Charlotte… it’s time we get rid of expensive parking mandates!
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Make 277 a river....
In the late 80s, San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway carried 100,000 vehicles per day as a sort of traffic sewer, blocking the city from the expansive waterfront. But in 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the freeway beyond repair, giving planners and engineers no choice
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Four people were killed in traffic-related incidents around Charlotte this week, with this year's total surpassing what we tracked in all of 2022 and nearing the total of 70 that occurred in 2023. That and more in this week's Roundup:
qcnerve.com
Four people were killed in traffic-related incidents this week, making 64 traffic-related fatalities on Charlotte streets thus far in 2024.
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