Wow. #SlowStreets:
-36% fewer injury crashes
-65% more walking
-27% more biking
-Little or no more congestion on parallel sts
-71% liked by neighbors sfmta.com/blog/residents…
What if we made a network of #SlowStreets, serving every neighborhood and welcoming all San Franciscans?
What if we invested in real #SlowStreets infrastructure that slowed traffic, beautified neighborhoods and maintained emergency response time?
Today's adventure before tomorrow's rain:
Page #SlowStreet
GGP
Great Highway
Lake Merced
Park Merced
Ingleside
City College
Mission Terrace
Glen Park
Mission
The @deyoungmuseum is open and @calacademy opens this week. I just renewed my membership. Support these extraordinary institutions. We're helping them expand access for staff and visitors
And @ParkwideBikes will rent your family bikes or a surrey
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In 1987 Bonnie Nelson had the audacity to believe that a private company could thrive by doing good in the world and treating its employees fairly. After 21 years, this is my last week at @NelsonNygaard
Transportation is the fastest, most effective way of changing the world—from mitigating climate change to improving public health and dismantling historical inequities. @NelsonNygaard was the best place to build my career, helping clients define and foster the public good
But it’s time to move from merely advising cities to serving the city I love most in all the world, and the only one that has ever felt like home. Next Monday I join the @sftma_muni
Just a few of my Privilege Subsidies for 2018:
Trump tax cut: $3,600
CA Prop 13 dividend: $17,820
Mortgage interest deduction: $7,309
Mortgage rate reduction: $13,558
Free car storage rent: $3,600
Total: $45,887 annual subsidy
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I don't need $46K in government subsidies just for being an upper income, white, car-owning homeowner. So yes, this is my annual minimum for charitable contributions
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Rather than subsidizing the privileged, what if we instead invested in creating opportunities for everyone? What if young people and newcomers had the same opportunities as the old and established?
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