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We made it to the end. When Black History Month rolls around again and you or someone in your life has a report or presentation for
#BlackHistoryMonth
, consider the people, places, and events in this thread.
First Day of
#BlackHistoryMonth
You can thank Garrett A. Morgan for the three-position traffic light to improve safety. (Although some of y'all still running red lights... stop that)
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DC Tweeps.... I snuck out of DC and moved to Texas to be the Director of Transportation and Drainage Operations for the City of Houston.
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Okay, Y'all. The Child is asleep and the Husband is at school. I have a glass of wine and plenty of time. Let's dig into "Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities"
#Equity
#Inclusive
#Transportation
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It looks like everyone is running away to avoid being hit by the car
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Story time, kids! Come close.
This is a protected bike lane on I St SE in DC. In 2016 I lived on this block. The original configuration had car parking at the curb and painted bike lanes.
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In the year of our Lord 2019, we should not be paying a single penny to widen roadways regardless of the context.
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Dear Mr. President, Mid-terms are over. There is no re-election for you. Give the speech we need you to give.
#Ferguson
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Fun fact: honking at me while I’m in the crosswalk with the pedestrian signal automatically results in me walking significantly slower. It’s a reflex.
#TryMe
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Coming out July 2023 😉
@BrentToderian
@MCPLynnPeterson
@doerrelizabeth
@JSadikKhan
@IslandPress
Here’s one I’m looking forward to, with a foreword by the amazing
@TamikaButler
(also, I designed the cover).
@IslandPress
is really leading the way with great books on urbanism and transportation.
#UrbanismBookClub
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Are you really bragging about confiscating an e-bike with a child seat? 😳😳😳
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Got to speak with
@PeteButtigieg
briefly at the
@USDOT
National Roadway Safety Strategy.
@planman72
#VisionZero
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Dear public space and transportation advocates.... witness how black people (esp men) are overpoliced. We can’t talk about equity without addressing how people are unwelcomed and threaten in public spaces.
.
@AGKarlRacine
@MetroTransitPD
Statement is a lie, see video. We do not trust them to investigate this Officer in regards to his reckless and brutality behavior. This should be an assault case, charging their Officer. He should not be working in marginalized communities.
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"The area doesn't have sidewalks." and "The city has an ordinance for pedestrians to wear reflective garments after dark while walking."
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My time at the City of Houston has come to an end. It has been a privilege to serve the 2.3 million residents. My greatest honor, of course, was leading the 900 employees of Transportation & Drainage Operations, whose dedication to the city is unmatched and unmeasured.
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Transportation as art and messaging.
Local muralists and city staff are painting “Black Lives Matter” in massive letters here on 16th Street in front of the White House
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Sup tweeps... I’ve been MIA cause we made a person and that person is now here! Expect to see her at conferences in 2020. For now enjoy this photo of the back of her head and our dog.
#NewTitleIsMom
#StillaTransportationNerd
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The mental gymnastics to empathize with the driver who HIT A CHILD!!!! What happened before, if the video was edited, and location of the parents are all irrelevant details. The driver left the scene after causing someone injury.
⚠️ WARNING - Video hard to watch.
A family is outraged after their 8-year-old was hit by a car while riding her bike and the driver was not charged. STORY:
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The vision that created highways through Black communities and poor communities? 🧐🧐🧐
Did you know? The proposals to build a network of superhighways for the United States were common in the early 1930s, a vision waiting for the right moment.
#Infrastructure
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Kids today are lazy. All they want to do is play video games and talk to friends on social media
<kids go outside>
These darn kids are biking all over the place and preventing me from driving over the speed limit. 🙄🙄🙄
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Kids need transportation well before driving age. If walking, biking, scooting, carpooling, or public transit isn’t an option for a child, then we have failed.
#Subtweet
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Our VP is going to be a Black-Jamaican-Indian woman. THE FIRST 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Dear safe streets peeps... what is one thing you are going to do this year to disrupt the whiteness of the movement? BIPOC peeps, you are exempt from answering, but you are welcome to share!
(Inspired by last night’s convo and tweet this morning)
#VisonZero
#SafeStreets
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Cornell is currently studying urban design and postpartum depression. Such an important topic. For me, living in a walkable community where I can connect with other parents has clutch while I'm on maternity leave
(Listening in to my advisory council meeting for
@Center_for_TECH
)
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At the airport and grabbed the
@BicyclingMag
because I saw a Black woman with dope hair on the cover… I pay and realize it’s
@ayesuppose
!!!! Love this!!!!
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@fivefifths
Right... also seems like Beto has been studying President Obama’s speech cadence.
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Right turn on red
QUESTION: If you had the power to ban just one thing from cities in order to make them MUCH better, OTHER THAN CARS (too easy), what would that one thing be?
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Who did this by Shell Stadium? 👀👀👀
“Communities over highways”
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@HannahDrake628
@cduffy90
@JetBlue
From a beach location. Photo in the jumpsuit from a beach location.
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A year ago today, I brought a whole tiny human into this world. I feel like all parent(s) should get an "I Survived the First Year" T-shirt and a parade. I will settle for popping a bottle of Rosé I brought back from Austria 2 years ago.
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My grandmother used to sweep her porch everyday whether it needed it or not. I never understood. I now find myself sweeping the porch everyday whether it needs it or not. It’s surprisingly cathartic and I feel connected to her.
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Squeaks did her longest ride today. 12 miles!!! We did a pit stop so she could play at Discovery Green.
#BikeHTown
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While you are out here scared to apply to your dream job....
BREAKING: Days after resigning, Jack Evans has filed to run for his old seat in the Democratic primary AND the special election to fill the seat he vacated
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My dad is a retired civil engineer. He’s ranting about widening highways being old ideas. His ideas:
1) run transit from Eisenhower metro up 295 and into DC
2) run transit around the beltway
3) have high speed rail from Gaithersburg to Downtown
#TransitNerdHerd
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But haters eventually move on to other things. The path was clear to move this forward and look at it today. And before y’all @ me about the traffic, there’s road construction happening just out of frame.
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You cannot remove any parking
give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less
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@notcapnamerica
THIS!!! I went to grad school at an Ivy. Legacy admission and children of dignitaries from other countries is big. AND at least the Ivy I went to is looking for future leaders. Having perfect GPA and test scores doesn’t mean you are a person people want to follow.
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BOOM!!!!
We're stoked to share that
@VeronicaODavis
will be joining us as a speaker at
#BikeSummit24
! If you haven't read her new book, Inclusive Transportation, limited FREE copies will be available for attendees! Sign up at before our January Special rate ends⏰
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First Day of
#BlackHistoryMonth
You can thank Garrett A. Morgan for the three-position traffic light to improve safety. (Although some of y'all still running red lights... stop that)
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OH MY GOD. My first day at TRB and I already want people to stop using the word equity. Highways destroyed Black communities. Where is the assessment of restorative justice?
#TRBAM
#TRBAM2020
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Speaking of
@IslandPress
everyone get your coins together. Some great books are available for pre-sale from people I respect. I'm chomping at the bit to read
@AnnaZivarts
When Driving Is Not an Option
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Two key ways to make roads safer: 1) reduce vehicle speeds and 2) Separate vulnerable road users
#TRBAM2023
#Roadsafety
#pedsafety
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Congrats to Michael Caroll of Philly for his new role as Board President of
@NACTO
👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Also, I’ll be the new Board VP ☺️. It’s awesome to see Houston have a leadership role in transportation.
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Reparations would've been cheaper....
NPR: Cost Of Racism: U.S. Economy Lost $16 Trillion Because Of Discrimination, Bank Says.
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The best part of
#BikeSummit24
is Houston received 3 awards.
@RodneyEllis
,
@BikeHouston
, and I received awards! The Commissioner sent a video message.
@JoeCutrufo
and I were there in person.
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Y’all… so The Child biked yesterday for the first time on two wheels. A little wobbly and maybe went into a bush. Today The Child confidently made it a block on the Nicholson Trail.
#PlayOutside
#CitiesAreForKids
#CityLivingWithKids
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“While highways are — and always will be — critical infrastructure here in Houston, we’re increasingly focusing on the rest of our transportation system… building high-comfort bicycle lanes, designing safer intersections and speeding up bus trips.” - Me ☺️
@NACTO
Opinion: Infrastructure can pave the way to a greener, fairer Houston
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This is now the second webinar I’m doing sitting in my daughter’s play area 🤦🏾♀️
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And for my next act….. Houston I’m gonna miss ya. I’m adjusting to life back on the east coast.
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Part of equity is not getting in your feelings when challenged. BIPOC don’t have the privilege of muting. What is an uncomfortable convo for you is our everyday reality for us. Also can we let the word “woke” die in 2020?
#Subtweet
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Meanwhile, in the US we remove benches and/or make to be uncomfortable. Benches are essential to making walkable communities.
@StoberofPhilly
has data (qualitative?) on how adding benches increased the number of older adults walking.
City of Copenhagen wants to place 500 new benches around the city and hence asks its citizens; where would you like a new bench?
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The Dutch also heavily invest in transit. When I went to Amsterdam I didn’t bike because I was so fascinated by their transit system. On a midweek late evening transit was running 5-10 min headways.
The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath
HT
@modacitylife
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Yay!!!! And I was working hard all day so just getting on Twitter!
Your city has a transportation engineer who only cares about level of service.
Our city has a transportation engineer who wrote this book:
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Biking the Squeaky One home from daycare in the Austin bike lanes!!!
📸 by: President of my Fan Club
#BikeHTown
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A woman walked out in front of my car mid-block without looking. I didn’t hit her because I was only going 20mph and I wasn’t distracted. I slammed on the brakes and stopped with plenty of room to spare.
#VisionZero
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Thanks
@rondtjr
for demanding safer streets!!!
Moments after we arrived on scene of today's violent crash in Southeast, several neighbors tell us they have been fighting a battle for a safer intersection here for some time.
@rondtjr
tells
@LindsayAWatts
his mother was also involved in a collision here.
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Shout out to the men that just pushed pass me to grab a seat on metro. I’m obviously pregnant and standing.
Bus people >>>>>>>>> metro people
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Before this photo gets leaked to the media, yes there was a time in my life when I was a reckless driver. I may or may not have hit my cousin. The details are blurry. I ask for privacy at this time as I reflect on my actions. 😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣
#VisionZero
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I'm working on a presentation. I included a photo of
@darsal
's ghost bike. Another year passes this Friday. It seems so long ago and just yesterday at the same time. My regret is not scheduling the time for the beer he owed me.
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Big news!
New Year new things... After eleven years of leading and growing this firm
@chanceelundy
and
@VeronicaODavis
are excited to announce our merger with
@chplanning
Ltd. We look forward to what this merger means for the communities and clients we serve.
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Fun convo!!! Halfway through I started interviewing Doug. 😂
New episode! "Inclusive Transportation with Veronica O. Davis." We speak with Houston's
@VeronicaODavis
about her new book, how to repair communities divided by highways and dangerous streets, ways to rethink public engagement, and more. Listen now:
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Then because I’m a thorough menace, I would walk my dog around the time the DDOT Chief Engineer would be walking to his car (he parked by my building). I causally stopped him 😉 on I St and after 3 min chitchat I brought up the bike lanes.
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We can’t tell people to give up their vehicles and ride public transportation when the mere act of existing at a station leads to one being tased.
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The husband figured out a solution to storing our bikes. I think we need more bikes 🤣
#BikeHTown
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More national and local leaders need to 1) ride transit 2) ride with a person with a disability and then 3) fund improving and expanding transit
#FBF
Last Friday, my friend Dianna took me on her public transit commute so I could experience firsthand the variety of obstacles & inequities that our neighbors w/ disabilities have to face on a daily basis.
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Shout out to
@APA_Planning
for being inclusive to new moms. This should be standard at conferences (and daily life)
#NPC18
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Some of y’all over complicate safety messages. It’s simple.
Don’t hit people or things with your car
Drive the speed limit
Pay attention to your surroundings
Be kind to others
Leave earlier so you don’t have to rush
Stop on red and at stop signs
#VisionZero
#Subtweet
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What problem is banning scooters between 10pm-4am hoping to solve?
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Ms. Liz still spitting and dropping plans. If y'all weren't so damn sexist, she could be our President.
(Do not come in my TL talking about, "I wOUld VotE For a WOmAn". Don't be a mouthbreather. If it doesn't apply let it fly)
The lack of widespread coronavirus testing in the United States is a disgrace. If we hope to control this outbreak, the administration must immediately allocate funds to state and local health systems and rapidly stand up testing capacity nationwide.
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The painted bike lanes were always blocked by Uber/Lyft because of the number of people that lived in the buildings who didn’t have a car. At the time DDOT was my client, so I sketched out a design in
@samzimbabwe
’s office for free! Sam and I looking at each other after
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Ru... I don’t think you fully understand the nerd work you have entered. You will end up in every transportation presentation at conferences. You will be referenced in podcasts and panels. WE STAN HARD!!!
@RuPaul
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There are a few hills I’ll die on. Bike parking is critical to get more people biking is one of them.
#bikeDC
I hope the
@NYCCouncil
listens to Brooklyn's Adderly family. They want to
#bikenyc
but need protected parking to feel confident that their 🚲 won’t be stolen.
Please help them by issuing an rfp for a citywide protected bike parking so
@ooneepod
can expand. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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We planted plants to attract butterflies. So far we have 1 monarch butterfly and 3 monarch caterpillars.
#PlayOutside
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A little over a decade ago I was really into Parkour. It was fun to move and exercise in non-traditional way. A friend made fun of me and called it trespassing class. Today I used said techniques to successfully roll out of bed and exit the room without waking the child. I win!
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Speaking of sidewalks... I started reading 'When Driving is Not an Option' by fellow
@IslandPress
author
@AnnaZivarts
. I'm thankful she wrote this book. I think engineers, planners, decision-makers, community members, etc should read it.
Buy it here:
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Back in my
#Ward7
Days
Them: Where do you live?
Me: SE
Them: Anacostia?
Me: No. Fairfax Village
Them: Fairfax, Virginia?
Me: No. Fairfax Village in Hillcrest
Them: You sure that's not Anacostia
Me: 😑 It's right here on the map
Them:
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Right turning cars doing the slow creep into the crosswalk. Like just because you are going 2mph doesn’t make it any less intimidating
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I’m on metro for first time since March.... and let me tell you the phone app is dope.
Also there only one person on the train with me.
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🎶 I'm taking my freedom
Putting it in my stroll
I'll be high-steppin' y'all
Letting the joy unfold
I'm livin' my life like it's golden 🎶
#PlayOutside
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Not only am I not anti-car, but here I talk about women often having to drive since they are usually the ones getting kids to school. I drove to work every day. Transit would get me to work, but not to my child's daycare.
Get the replay of
@WomenMobilize
and
@mobycon
's webinar series on the intersections of gender and mobility! Episode one is now online 📺
Watch "Gender, Mobility, and Racial Identity" with
@VeronicaODavis
and
@TamikaButler
here
👉
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🎶 We gon' be right here
We ain't going nowhere
Welcome to D.C. 🎶
But can y’all turn up the temperature outside 🥶
#PlayOutside
#WhereintheWorldisCarmenSantiago
#51stState
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👀
"There are some areas where, actually, the number of square feet of asphalt in a city probably oughta go down, and we should be supporting that sort of right-sizing." -
@PeteButtigieg
at
#CityLab2021
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1st of all, the skill!
2nd of all, the person holding the camera for following and keeping the image still!
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