Thread by @perspicuity1

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway Outcome as reported on FB: The Earth moved a little last night at Peterborough City Council. Prompted by many weekend messages and a dozen informed, engaged speakers, Councillors changed the direction of Peterborough's new Transportation Master Plan.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway 2/ By a 9-2 vote Council directed staff and consultants to make the top four priorities of the new plan the safety of the system, mode shift away from the car, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and maintenance of existing roads over expensive new road projects (The Parkway).

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway 3/ Councillors agreed that in the context of climate change it is not good enough to accept a car-centric, business-as-usual report that offered them an undifferentiated list of 34 goals, with no targets and no named priorities.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway 4/ They agreed that we need to shape our transportation system by starting from our clearly declared desired future and then taking the steps to get there.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway 5/ They recognized overwhelming community support for the health, environmental, quality-of-life, and financial benefits of a compact, multi-modal city.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway This is how it’s been covered in the local media... at least they identify “the 2”

https://twitter.com/ptboexaminer/status/1387135634070982666

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway It bizarro the read section 11a of last nights agenda which mentions lots of key words about progressive thing like addressing climate change pub-peterborough.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?I… and then to read the cities own tweet saying the plan was deficient in some of those same areas.

https://twitter.com/cityptbo/status/1386868341957144577

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway Contrary to what you might take from the examiner article the motion present to approve the plan was rejected 9-2. The transportation master plan was an inadequate continuation of the status quo and most of our elected officials called them on it.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway Ben replied:

https://twitter.com/namasaya/status/1387229157738917890

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway Thanks for that clarification Ben.

It appears that there is a department at city hall that is mired in old patterns. I question who they are serving. Let’s see how these directions from our elected representatives will affect the transportation master plan.

@namasaya @CityPtbo @ReImaginePtbo @NoParkway This thread started with Ben putting out a call to action a few days ago:

https://twitter.com/namasaya/status/1385699908016082947

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