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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 13h

Paint on streets is *not* infrastructure.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14h

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

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Boneshaker Books @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We're within $500 of hitting our goal! Who's going to put us over the top?

Help Boneshaker Move to Our New Home!

After fourteen years in our current space, we have made the decision that it’s time for Boneshaker Books to move. While we treasure the time we've spent in Seward, and will miss existing as a communit...

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Ian @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 14h

The U already has a food bank. It's open twice a month and anecdotally, cannot come close to meeting the demand.

Kelly is ranking Fateh, Davis, and Hampton @kellyrogers.bsky.social · 16h

Shelley Madore just said a food bank and budgeting lessons is her approach to the food desert around the U 😭😭😭😭

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 15h

@moreneighbors.org & @sustainstpaul.bsky.social !

I’m not sure about suburb-specific orgs.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16h

So sorry for your loss.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16h

If you don’t frequently see families with kids traveling to destinations by bike, your bike network isn’t safe enough (&/or your zoning forces sprawl & car dependency).

3 people who appear to be two parents and a child wait for a light on their bikes. They’re riding on Bryant - a sidewalk level protected bikeway

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 16h

Go get your @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social bike lights!

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 17h

if you are at the league of women voters ward 2 forum come get free bike lights from east bank neighborhoods! vince says they have so many!!

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 17h

Hard to find a large American city that hasn't struggled with the same intractable debate over whether to continue flushing piles of money on police horses.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 18h

From the Editorial Board:

As Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to give his budget address Thursday, one idea should get tossed aside: eliminating Chicago’s mounted police unit.

Editorial: Chicago budget should not cut mounted police nor sell off their horses

Is Chicago really going to sell off the horse named for Officer Ella French?

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 17h

Council funding things that the mayor chooses not to implement is a theme of the strong mayor era.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 18h

If I’m reading Kyle right, Frey admits failing to issue 100 housing vouchers *that are funded this year because he wants to kill the program next year.* (This is not Stable Schools, but for single folks.) This is unallotment Trump-style, especially since county/MPHA are in.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 19h

Minneapolis mayoral candidates Omar Fateh, DeWayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton are urging voters to “rank all three” in a unified opposition against Mayor Jacob Frey.

Ranked-choice voting is uniting challengers in the Minneapolis mayoral race

Despite some significant policy differences among the three “slate for change” candidates, the alliance has put a new twist on the RCV playbook.

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