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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Images showing computers shrinking greatly over 25 years, phones shrinking greatly over 40 years, and cars getting much bigger over the last 40 years.

Innovation makes useful things smaller and smaller. Overconsumption makes things bigger and bigger (and more dangerous with bigger costs & consequences). Bigger vehicles and larger homes for fewer people is not progress. HT @fietsprofessor for graphic

elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars . Alt: elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars. Thank you very much is printed at the bottom.

#AltCitizen assignment!!! Hey y’all!!!! @chuckborges5.bsky.social had a shit day today as a direct result of him prioritizing the security of our data over the fascist whims of the administration. Let’s show him some love!!! Drop a funny meme, pet pics, or just say thank you!!! And go follow him!!!!

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.

Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”

Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

Dr Demetre has always been an inspiration.

Is London set to put the brakes on SUVs? The number of SUVs in London has increased tenfold in 20 years, prompting calls to curb their use.

"...if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed. Among kids it's higher - it's 82%."

My comment would simply be: Jesus fucking Christ. But Waldo put it well, too.

Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. Logo

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is a danger to the public’s health and should resign or be fired, says APHA. In just a few short weeks, his actions on vacccines, fluoride and other public health science have shown how wrong he is for the job. Read & share our statement: apha.org/news-and-med...

‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang member

It’s outrageous that we’re deporting people to a foreign gulag without so much as a show trial. But according to this article, the man was falsely accused of gang membership back during the Biden admin. Parts of the U.S. gov have been hostile or indifferent to foreigners for quite some time now.

I still think they could have kept it going for a few more days.

It’s impossible to overstate how deranged, dangerous, and inhumane, what just happened is.

"Replacing the SSA’s core infrastructure with an entirely new system all at once is performing a high-wire act without a net, only it’s not DOGE staffers who risk falling—it’s the Social Security beneficiaries who depend on that social safety net."

🚨🚨 Join us today at CDC’s Roybal campus to show your support for CDC and public health.

CDC was hit hard with Reduction in Force (RIF) announcements overnight. Now is the time to show up and get loud. 🚨🚨

#firedbutfighting #publichealth #federalworkers #publicservice #rif

This is not ok. This is not normal. This is not legal. Yes, you should be worried.

Sloppy and careless people

Requiem for 18F A small government unit did what DOGE is pretending to do

New, at Can We Still Govern: Former 18F employees explain what was lost when they it was zeroed out by DOGE.

"18F works just how Musk and team pretend that they want government to work. But when his team found it, they destroyed it."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...

People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…

SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.

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And the loss of tech expertise goes beyond the gutting of these two agencies. USDS spent a lot of effort helping federal agencies build their capacity and hire technologists. Guess what, most of those new hires were either terminated in the probationer purge or are about to get RIFed.

ACIP—the external CDC advisory committee for US vaccine policy—is not meeting next week, as scheduled. This is a big deal; Americans rely on up-to-date information about eff. and safety of vaccines to make evidence-based decisions.

We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…