Anecdotally, I can't recall ever seeing #pedestrian traffic in #manhattan as busy as it is today during any prior month of February.

I believed that the longer #congestionpricing remained in effect, the more data would support it. But it's increasingly looking like *all* data will support it, not some.

The Perfect Pedestrian (1927)

https://piefed.social/post/496021

As the new US federal government continues to signal that it sees buying and burning petroleum as the only valid form of transportation, walking and biking become even more political acts.

#PeopleOverParking

Coz #cycling #bicycling #walking #pedestrian #disability #disabled #strollers #mums #dads #families #elderly #seniors #ADA #community #bikecommuting #fuckcars #urbanism #walkablecities > #parking #cars #carbrain

"The design of the roads plays a large role, particularly in the way that cars are prioritized over more vulnerable road users."

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/common-factors-link-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-fixing-them-will-be-tough/

I have been involved in similar schemes. The plan is to confuse drivers into giving up priority. But that doesn't work, because drivers are conditioned and experienced in always having priority unless it is definitely taken away from them.

So that's the solution. Zebras all the way around and enforcement for anyone acting like they aren't there. #urbanism #BikeTooter #pedestrian

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpv96lyp4o

B&H Photo Video closes at ONE on Fridays, not at THREE as I keep thinking. Got there at 1:30 and boy was I sad. Walked to 36th & 5th, to "42nd Street Photo" on 36th Street, natch, where I paid more than twice for B&W 120 roll film. Boy are my dogs tired (I live 46th/ 10th).
#hasidic #photo #store #closes #sabbath #Saturday #BlackAndWhite #roll #film #folding #autographic #brownie #camera #NewYorkCity #Manhattan #pedestrian #walk #barking #dogs #drizzle #rain #grey #NYC #today

Tempe Mayor Corey Woods announced the city of Tempe, Arizona will be receiving a $25 million grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge across the Salt River.
#uspol #uspolitics #arizona #azpol #azpolitics #tempe #infrastructure #bicycle #pedestrian https://www.azfamily.com/video/2025/01/08/25-million-bike-pedestrian-bridge-coming-tempe/

I finally couldn't take being cooped up another day so after considering a bus trip and thinking better of it, I took a Lyft to the tobacco store for Monster Energy and kratom and feel a little better but also even more depressed at the same time seeing just how impassable the sidewalks for most of my neighborhood are right now. It will be a while before the situation will improve with mostly below or barely above freezing temps at best. I need my exercise...

Dear Friends,

A rainy #DogDayAfternoon. When you gotta go ...

Speaking of #poop. Pick them up cuz it's a disease/parasites vector for other domesticates and our #WildLife friends.

Also (although there is controversy on this) some say rats, the kind we mostly dislike, will eat dog poop. So, another good reason.

Our beautiful dog here is staring after another dog to whom we just said goodbye to.

ESM

#DogsOfMastodon #RainyDay #slush #messy #DogWalking #pedestrian
#bipeds & #quadrapeds

Dear Friends,
A reasonably well maintained #MultiUseTrail like this offers recreation and safe #pedestrian, #bike, #scooter, and #WheelChair transportation possibilities.
Support them in your community.
ESM

#walking #dogs #winter #recreation #parks #walkable #safety
#photography #photographer

Just had my adrenaline boost for the day. I was crossing an intersection with a four way stop sign. A car was coming to a stop as I was crossing. Just as I got in front of them, they started driving again. I had jus enough time to shout "oh fuck!" as I pushed on their hood, just managing not to get hit.

I am wearing a brighy coloured jacket and they were theoretically looking both ways before driving. What the fuck is wrong with people? #pedestrian #InattentiveDrivers #CarCulture

So I heard we're gonna start crash testing #cars for #pedestrian safety in the USA now.

I haven't heard that we're going to mandate any specific things to make them safer. Just that we're gonna splatter a bunch of crash test dummies and video tape that.

So I guess it's gonna be a fun way to set a bunch of money on fire to quantify just how mangled people will get when an F150 or #cybertruck hits them.

TIL that @organicmaps has a (very WIP, but still) desktop app, and so now I can produce side-by-side comparisons. Voilà the query for "café" in #Toulon

Note also how the information is shown much more explicitly on the OrganicMaps view. The google map only becomes useful to #bike / #pedestrian once you zoom all the way in. Somehow their designers seem to be afraid of contrast or sth.

I just love how #OSM is so much better, thanks to all involved!