Michael Schnuerle

Raised Intersection proposed at 10th and Grant

@citybloomington.bsky.social is redesigning East 10th Street between the Trades District and IU, adding four new raised intersections and two speed tables. The changes come after the stretch experienced two serious crashes between 2018-2024.

For some people, electric cars feel like the symbol of the urban future.

For me, it's the electric bicycle.

For some people, robotaxis feel like the symbol of the urban future.

For me, it's the pneumatic garbage collection.

Could setup comprehensive all day public transport in every town and city and offer residents subsided season tickets for a lot less than this and far better social and economic outcomes!

Ugh. The megabill permanently killed commuter benefits for people who bike to work.

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Breaking Down the One Big Beautiful Bill | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 2025-06-04-Note: (06/23/2025) Some categorizations and numbers in the Ways and Means' section of the table below have been updated to more accurately reflect the bill's potential impact.

At an estimated cost of $57 Billion the deduction for auto loans will amount to ~three times the amount spent on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure by the federal government in the last 35 years www.crfb.org/blogs/breaki...

Instead of Safe Routes to School, we get new trucks in the pick up line

Japan’s $7,000 Single-Seat EV Sparks A Revolution In Compact Mobility In the rural outskirts of Hiroshima, a Japanese startup named KG Motors is making waves in the electric vehicle (EV) industry with its ultra-compact,

Design vehicles to fit cities. Don’t design cities to fit vehicles.

"Is there an accepted standard in road design that isn’t based in science or that’s actually harmful?

@wesmars.bsky.social Oh, there’s so many...I mean, I was taught that wider roads are safer...But if you go back to those original studies, like the widest road...was only 22 feet wide curb-to-curb"

Mentioned in today's post about urban renewal from @uoflenvirome.bsky.social + Urban Design Studio. "The high number of surface lots also create a significant barrier to walkability. In his book Walkable City, Jeff Speck presents a general theory of walkability..." www.udstudio.org/stories/a-hi...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

I think about this at least once a week

Calvin's dad, welcome to The War on Cars.

Mentioned in today's post about urban renewal from @uoflenvirome.bsky.social + Urban Design Studio. "The high number of surface lots also create a significant barrier to walkability. In his book Walkable City, Jeff Speck presents a general theory of walkability..." www.udstudio.org/stories/a-hi...

Tonight in Louisville! Come see Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social return at @lfpl.bsky.social to talk about a two way streets plan across downtown & NuLu. Support his ideas. Also ask his thoughts on why mini roundabouts are a bad idea for walkability (gaining support from council & public works...)!

3 new angled bike racks outside Collectivo

3 new angles bike racks in the Loop

Hundreds of new bike racks rolling out across Chicago the next few weeks!

Santa Cruz Coastal Rail Trail

Bridgeport Congress St Bridge Replacement

West Maui Greenway

Van Buren St Station

Just a few examples of potentially affected projects from recent USDOT RAISE grants (www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go... ):
—Santa Cruz, CA coastal rail trail
—Bridgeport, CT Congress St bridge
—West Maui, HI greenway
—Chicago, IL Metra Van Buren statio renovation

Did it fall?

Let’s make some simple changes to let public school kids walk and Bike Bus to @jcpsky.bsky.social schools by safely crossing city roads Barret and Ellison, and connect the Castlewood transportation network. @streets4peeps.bsky.social @visionzeronet.bsky.social

Trump's chaos w/federal funds is crippling efforts to expand mobility options and reduce crashes.

🔹 Shared Use Mobility Center is crowdfunding, says the situation is "existential for us"
🔹 Road to Zero, a major crash reduction initiative, is "on hold indefinitely"

This is the tip of the iceberg.

The Road to Zero Coalition has hundreds of members, including many state Departments of Transportation from states like Florida, Arizona, Nebraska, and Tennessee

They do important work convening organizations trying to make roads safer, and I hope this stop is temporary www.nsc.org/road/resourc...

what if we fixed the Barret & Ellison intersection?

🎥 from @michaelmobility.bsky.social

US DOT has renamed the competitive RAISE program back to BUILD & changed merit criteria for winning projects to:
—Eliminate goal of increasing walking, biking for public health
—Eliminate goal of engaging with unions
—Eliminate goal of electrification

www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/...

Really appreciate the thought that went into addressing issues like offset intersections. There's a corridor in my city that has a bunch of them (and is super dangerous) and now I have some guidance for improving them

Gerth: Broken parking meters in Louisville are ripping us off | Opinion If a third of the parking meters on the outskirts of downtown don't work, maybe we should get rid of them.

A piece in which @jgerth.bsky.social proves car-brained, climate denialism is a bipartisan affliction. Advocating for drivers to pay *less* for the impact they have on climate and infrastructure by removing parking meters is as hare-brained as it gets.

www.courier-journal.com/story/opinio...

"I've directed Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll to immediately begin the process of transferring $153 million from seven highway projects across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania immediately to fund SEPTA's needs. That money will prevent service cuts ...

First starter pack. I assembled a collection of innovation / data professionals who work / have worked in and around municipal government. Let it be a reminder that there are talented, passionate people working to make communities better.

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North Beacon street bike lane getting cleaned 🧹🧼🧽

The Blue Hill Ave Transportation Action Plan would make significant improvements to the walking and biking experience in Mattapan Square, adding a crosswalk, connecting the Neponset Greenway Trail in Mattapan and Milton to the Edgewater Greenway, Cummins Hwy paths and north along the avenue.

Percent of Louisville households that do not even own a single car. When you build only for cars instead of transit, bikes, and walking options across the county, you are leaving up to 50% of households behind and unsafe. Based on 2022 Census tract data: data.census.gov/map/040XX00U...