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Nov 19 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Some observations: For years I heard the city of SD say it wanted to improve streets “for all road users.” It carefully avoided speaking about the conflict between the wants of drivers (parking, speed) & safer streets. Last night I heard a change in tone. 1/
After the gut-wrenching testimony from @SDSafeStreets, I heard council members acknowledge that sometimes to save a life, you have to inconvenience drivers. And in a society with moral clarity, lives are more important. Spoke about this last year 👇🏻 2/ voiceofsandiego.org/2021/07/23/vos…
Minutes after last night’s press conference, an 85-year-old man died in a car crash as he drove the wrong way on Mission Gorge Road. This brings up an important point: Protected bike lanes, crosswalks, traffic calming etc. are the *low-hanging fruit.* 3/
Cyclists and pedestrians are by far the most vulnerable, and their needs are the most urgent. But #VisionZero requires so much more than bike lanes. It requires a transportation system where an 85-year-old woman doesn’t even need to drive to get wherever she needs to go. 4/
The city’s deadline for 0 traffic deaths/serious injuries is in TWO YEARS. It’s impossible to look back and conclude the city has acted with nearly enough urgency to fix the problem. Will it actually change? I hope you’ll join me in watching closely. 5/5 kpbs.org/news/midday-ed…

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Less than three months ago, San Diego promised to achieve net zero GHG emissions in 13 years. Now city staff, and by extension @MayorToddGloria, want to spend $22.5 million to expand a freeway.

Buckle up for a doozy of a 🧵. 1/
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In an interview last week, @CMJenCampbell made some comments I think are worth sharing. The selection of the council president, she said, "should be done behind the scenes" and "has nothing to do with the public." Here are her full, unedited remarks. 1/
To be clear, a "behind the scenes" selection of the council president would violate the Brown Act. In 2014, the council had to redo its council president vote because of suspicion that a deal had been struck in secret. 2/ kpbs.org/news/2014/dec/…
The most recent council pres vote certainly played out more publicly than any one prior. Montgomery Steppe had a huge coalition of community groups & individuals backing her, and Campbell did not. Campbell won the vote 5-4. 3/ kpbs.org/news/2020/dec/…
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Jan 18, 2021
Early Saturday morning, a woman sped through a curve on College Ave in El Cerrito and hit a telephone pole. She was hospitalized with serious but not life threatening injuries. #VisionZero Image
A woman riding a Bird scooter hit a crack in the sidewalk in Ocean Beach and was thrown over the handlebars. She hit her head on the sidewalk and was hospitalized with a skull fracture and brain bleed — injuries that are life threatening. #VisionZero Image
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Supervisor @nathanfletcher says the five *new* confirmed cases of #COVID19 in San Diego County point to the “very likely reality that we now have community spread.”
County is announcing a legally enforceable ban on all gatherings of more than 250 people. Smaller gatherings are discouraged.
New county advisory: All seniors over 65, and anyone with a chronic illness, should cancel nonessential travel and avoid public gatherings.
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