Instead of #SchoolStreets where we didn't try very hard to prioritize safety over motorists' feelings, at five (of 75-ish) elementary/middle schools, could we put some #stuffInTheStreet on at least one block next to every school and just make it be a #Portland norm that you're not going to cut-thru past the school at drop-off or pickup time, and if you're driving your kid maybe your car is not a pass to automatically get to run over everybody to drop them in the doorway?
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I'm old enough to remember printing signs that said #StuffInTheStreet for a rally before even #Portland had adopted a #VisionZero policy, but we didn't get that in the policy, just plastic sticks and wishes 
#Vision60or70something #Bollards
Roundabouts don't need to be symmetric, circular, or necessarily even allow 53ft tractor-trailer trucks to make every left or a full lap. Fire engines have flashing lights and sirens and permission to drive the wrong way if needed. Get creative about putting obstacles in the way of thru traffic and you can transform an entire street network almost overnight with very little budget. #bollards #stuffInTheStreet #climateAction
"Boulder Police Department is investigating 14 illegally placed signs with explicit traffic safety messages like “DON’T KILL ANY KIDS TODAY” and “SLOW THE F— DOWN.”
Imagine road authorities doing actual #VisionZero work, putting #StuffInTheStreet with the same urgency they show in response to DIY efforts.
#TacticalUrbanism #ZeroVision #ACAB #TrafficEngineers #carSupremacy
https://www.cpr.org/2024/11/21/boulder-explicit-traffic-safety-signs/
so is it more democratic to allow anyone to put #StuffInTheStreet and make it hard to drive fast, or to use police and the force of law to keep the street clear to maximize the speed of cars?
Mastodon server for AR/VR enthusiastsMark Pesce (@mpesce@arvr.social)Democracy is consultative, and therefore slow.
That's not a side-effect. That's the actual essence of the thing itself.
Speed is intrinsically anti-democratic.
You can be fast, or you can be free. But you can't be both.
had me at "bold yet inexpensive capital investments" #StuffInTheStreet #BanCars #Bollards #pdxBikes #Portland
BikePortland · Roger Geller has a plan to spur Portland's cycling renaissanceIt's another sign that Portland is ready to awaken from its cycling slumber.
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If #drivers are regularly crashing into #StuffInTheStreet, put more #StuffInTheStreet until it stops. #VisionZero #ZeroVision #DriverAccountability #bollards #FuckCars https://youtu.be/lH7vbsmJvg8
no dammit if drivers are running into it send moar #StuffInTheStreet
BikePortland · Concrete planters for calming traffic removed after frequent collisionsSome might think they worked as intended.
@luis_in_brief @elliots I fully support more outreach as long as they get the cars out of the way and do it in the street #TacticalUrbanism #StuffInTheStreet
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Let's just imagine that we took the #ClimateAction or #VisionZero plans seriously, with the urgency to quit killing people for not driving (& killing plenty of drivers too), and some actual wish to survive as a species. NONE of the current plans are within 10x of doing it. You need a different strategy. Stop building for cars and just put the actual #StuffInTheStreet that you would 
if you took the lack of network seriously & opened a city-wide project to fix it this year. #TacticalUrbanism
"Evanston’s Streets Have Become Safer for Cyclists. What’s the Suburb Doing Right?"
Maybe it's the #StuffInTheStreet, but I'm just guessing. We probably need a #trafficEngineer to look at this.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2024/01/03/evanston-illinois-bike-safety-chicago-solution/
Illinois Answers Project · Evanston’s Streets Have Become Safer for Cyclists. What’s the Suburb Doing Right?
"The reaction from walkers, bikers, families, and nearby business owners was overwhelmingly positive."
“We'll have to see how we can apply pressure and what it takes to get the city leaders to listen or do something for safety.” (Try not letting #trafficEngineers over-inflate the costs with their convoluted excuses for trying to preserve car speeds.)
#TacticalUrbanism #StuffInTheStreet #JFDI #Portland #TrafficEngineering
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/10/16/a-safer-intersection-in-80-minutes
Strong TownsA Safer Intersection in 80 MinutesArmed with paint and traffic cones, this Local Conversation group in Portland, OR, made a dangerous intersection safer to cross…in only 80 minutes!
Paris now has 180 gorgeous ‘#schoolStreets.’ They are pedestrianized and landscaped streets around schools - to mitigate crashes, prioritize walking to school, reduce noise and air pollution. No brainer, really.
@bluGill yes but I bet if we had infrastructure which caused damage to the car when you make those mistakes, we would get the insurance companies to put that together for us. We could put buckets of sand in the street with a flag in them & be having some car-free #schoolStreets tomorrow #tacticalUrbanism, pilot projects, #StuffInTheStreet needs to be the way we do transportation project design + outreach, as operational problem-solving on a #SafeRoutesToSchool scale that gets kids out of cars.
I honestly don't believe #PBOT can't do the math on the weight of some concrete barriers, it's the value of keeping cars out of bike lanes that they just don't understand. Children's safety and independence vs the fully-imagined satisfaction of your "customers" that you subsidize at like $5/mile, it's a tough call. #CarsRuinCities #StuffInTheStreet #CarSupremacy #cars1stAlwaysOnly #trafficEngineers #InducedDemand
@danlyke @elliots what I'm hearing from "it is rare to have a curb like this in the middle of a roadway" is we need way way more #stuffInTheStreet so that's just expected.
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ICYMI, somebody put some #StuffInTheStreet and PBOT promptly showed up to remove it
X (formerly Twitter)😀🚲 @enobacon@urbanists.social on X@PBOTinfo If y'all know how to do the *legal* infrastructure that prevents illegal driving, where is it?
#StrongTowns pdx and Congress for New #Urbanism doing #TacticalUrbanism PopUp crosswalk improvements demonstration on #ParkingDay 2023-09-15 at NE 70th & Glisan #Portland
#VisionZero #ClimateAction #StuffInTheStreet 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr30jpEqViq9NZm4TE6VlXujEtQcwFyys7Ss54VY3JATgK8Q/viewform
Google DocsStrong Towns PDX – Parking Day 2023For Parking Day 2023, Strong Towns PDX is teaming up with the Congress for the New Urbanism. We are planning a tactical urbanism intervention and public engagement and design exercises for the space. Strong Towns PDX will take the lead on the tactical urbanism.
We are planing to build temporary cross walks, bump outs, and pedestrian islands. We will need materials, time, and money. This is the current plan. If you have ideas for better techniques, please add to the last question or on Slack!
Location
NE 70th and Glisan.
Dates
Parking Day: 9/15
Primary Installation: TBD. Either the night before, the very early morning on 9/15 or after the morning rush hour.
Pedestrian Refuge Build: TBD.
Traffic Flow Measurements: TBD.
Documentation
Google Doc
Miro Board
Materials
Things to find or buy.
Tempera or chalk paint or other cross walk markings.
Cross walk stencil.
Long arm poles, paint rollers, painting trays.
Pallets
Cones, Barricades.
8:30am Tomorrow! 
Rally for Safe Streets
Show up & demand that electeds take traffic violence in this city seriously, prioritize connected low-stress #pdxBikes network for all ages & abilities. #Portland cannot reach our #VisionZero or #ClimateAction goals without #StuffInTheStreet, budget priority to bike + walk + transit options, automated speed / 
light enforcement, and policy leadership!
Council meeting at 9:30 with BikeLoud leadership testifying. Wear Red 
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