Andy Boenau

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Simple truths about city planning & transportation. When I'm not engineering safe & healthy streets, I'm running my mouth about it.

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"I can see better sitting up high."

1. The bus isn't stuck in traffic. 2. There isn't room for bike Lanes, but bikes are welcome. Win win.

You have no idea how enormous this intersection would be to process the same number of people per hour if they were driving cars.

Don't block the crosswalk.

This video is a Rorschach test. Those suffering from Car Brain respond, "It's not like those drivers hit anyone, what's the big deal?"

It's so hard for Americans who only drive to be intellectually curious about helmet-free bicycling. It's easier to just insist on believing helmets should be a top priority.

"Gas prices are high? Hadn't noticed."

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"At first we thought this was bad, but then we realized the driver was just distracted like every other driver. The victims survived so we file this as an Oopsie." NYPD 61st Precinct

The people driving benefit greatly from bike infrastructure. Imagine how clogged the street would be if all those people on bikes were in cars instead.

I had an encounter like this a few days ago. For the next few minutes I replayed the scene in my mind, imagining ways I could've used my bike lock in self-defense. Anecdotes keep piling up about how people drive so much more aggressively post-covid.

The easier it is to hop on a network of bike lanes, the more people ride bikes. Straightforward stuff. Build more bike lanes! 😍🚲

"Cyclists are the most annoying people!"

Bicycling is a practical form of transportation when street networks are designed for bicycling to be a practical form of transportation.

Somewhere in the distance, a person on a bicycle rolls through a stop sign.

"It's better when people quietly speed through the neighborhood." 🤡

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October is Pedestrian Safety Month

"People told us they left their cars at home and took transit for the first time." This is the way.

Car Brain is when you treat people differently when you're sitting in your car. Once you see it you can't unsee it.

"Let me lecture you about the dangers of e-bikes..."

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I don't like the fact that there are cameras everywhere. But also, without cameras, the attackers get away with: "Officer, the pedestrian came out of nowhere."

"Bicycles take up too much space."

What I learned from traffic safety PSAs: She wore bright clothing, carried a conspicuous umbrella, and made eye contact with the driver. Everything's fine here.

Age 16: you're ready for a driver's license Age 25: the decision-making part of your brain is now fully formed 🤔 Why doesn't this bother more people?

"There's no such thing as car brain."

Tailgating someone on a bicycle. What could possibly go wrong?

Without bus lanes, this Toronto street barely functions. With bus lanes, 🤯

Pretty soon we're going to have a design genre called sprawl-to-trails, similar to rails-to-trails. It'll be one of the popular ways for engineers to repurpose unnecessary infrastructure.

If this Dutch design was installed in a US city, some bike advocates would call it a failure for not going far enough. Sometimes we get in our own way.

Sidewalks + express sidewalks + bike paths = 🥰

This is so important for Americans to understand.

It's often safest for a cyclist to go through a red light. Here's an example of safely keeping momentum. Bicycles and motor vehicles should never be treated as equals, so "but red means stop!" isn't a useful reaction.

Car Brain elevates selfishness to life-threatening levels.

These moms can't see anything important in front of their big SUVs.

"No one wants your traffic calming."

A city spent $11.5 million on a streetscape project and within 4 years, they generated $273 million in economic output. Downtown smiles are increasing at an exponential scale.