Nate<p>Early today, when the streets were nearly empty, a personal passenger vehicle in <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> appears to have blown a red light and caused a collision with a lightrail train.</p><p>People often blame people on bikes for causing collisions because they’re not well lit, not following traffic laws or behaving predictably.</p><p>If a train with intensely bright headlights, that literally runs on both rails & a schedule isn’t safe, maybe the problem isn’t people on bikes. </p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/WindshieldBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindshieldBias</span></a></p>
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bettybarcode<p>Those of you who know DOT guys (they're nearly all guys), do you think the success of <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CongestionPricing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CongestionPricing</a> in NYC will change their JustOneMoreLane culture? Or will they continue to rationalize cars first?
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