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"A complete lack of vision."
Critics of West Hartford's plans to reconstruct its town center say the design is "auto-centric" by favoring parking and cars over pedestrians, bicyclists and amenities like expanded outdoor dining.
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This a million times. “People won’t wake up one day and think to start yielding to pedestrians. They need to be slowed down.” Other progressive municipalities are acting, but “you’re not seeing those things in West Hartford yet.”
"A culture of not caring."
Car crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists in West Hartford increased in 2023, with at least 35 occurring across town.
Here's what some town residents told me when I asked for their thoughts of the state of WH's roadways.
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Another day, another Orange Line train door broken on the @mbta. So frustrating. Aren’t these trains supposed to be brand new? Guess we’ll all be late to work — but we need everyone back in the office!
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Aaron Frankel retweeted
News organizations just seem constitutionally unable to assign agency when the agent in question uses a car. Imagine a headline reporting "Man Whose Gun Fired Bullets" where the police and witnesses had identified him as the one squeezing the trigger.
Aaron Frankel retweeted
4 key points from BikeWestHartford.org for @TownofWestHrtfd Task Force on Traffic and #PedestrianSafety:
1) Set timetable to achieve goal of zero road fatalities & serious injuries (#VisionZero) and use crash data to prioritize action steps. See #SS4A grant guide & our map
ALT screenshot of Bike West Hartford letter to Town on Task Force for traffic and pedestrian safety
Aaron Frankel retweeted
Shoutout to all my New Englanders who still slept with the windows cracked open last night
An admission of complete and utter failure by @MassGovernor @MBTA @MassDOT @spoftak. Thanks for the parting gift gov.
LIVE: General Manager @spoftak joins @MassGovernor Baker and @MassDOT Secretary Tesler at Wellington Yard to discuss the upcoming 30-day Orange Line diversion to support #BuildingABetterT. teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1dRJZldky…
This is outrageous. Unacceptable. Embarrassing for Boston and Massachusetts. Why would I ever consider spending a fortune to buy a home in this city and state with no way to get to work? @MayorWu @CharlieBakerMA @MBTA
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But actually, @MayorWu @CharlieBakerMA @MBTA, how am I and hundreds of thousands of others supposed to get to work? What should I tell my employer? Plz provide a doctor’s note.
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In a week that the planet is literally burning and cars kill more people than ever on our streets, @DouthatNYT and @nytopinion are wringing their hands over “younger Americans” and their “abstemious ecological piety.” Truly tone deaf.
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Aaron Frankel retweeted
It’s 2022, and 157 House Republicans just voted against marriage equality.
That’s where they come down on this issue.
In 2022.
Aaron Frankel retweeted
A college student was killed this week, on an avenue that has been known by @HartfordDPW and @DDSHartford to be problematic and dangerous for years. How many more deaths before physical design and engineering changes are made?
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Aaron Frankel retweeted
Many business owners believe their livelihood depends on two lanes of free-flowing traffic and two parking spaces outside their front door.
Except cars don’t have wallets, people do; and they’re far more likely to spend their time and money in serene, social, stimulating places. – at Delft, Nederland
Aaron Frankel retweeted
I can’t… get over this.
Bikers- risk our lives everyday, emit no CO2, kill virtually no one: $0 subsidy
Car drivers- Kill 40k of people a year, leading cause of CO2 emissions: $1000s of implicit subsidy + now new $800 subsidy
🤯🤯🤯
Aaron Frankel retweeted
Dear @SenWarren: I am generally a fan of yours. I am a liberal progressive and support many of the same things you do. But you are absolutely wrong on crypto, and specifically wrong about this issue. Please let me explain: (1/)
Cryptocurrencies risk undermining sanctions against Russia, allowing Putin and his cronies to evade economic pain.
U.S. financial regulators need to take this threat seriously and increase their scrutiny of digital assets. nytimes.com/2022/02/23/busin…
Confused about why, 48 hours after the storm, Boston’s roads are spotless but our bike/pedestrian paths across the city are ice skating rinks… Why are we sending this car-first message? @BostonPWD @MayorWu
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Juvenile crime in Connecticut is an urgent mental health crisis that isn’t solved through more punishment. Well said @theamontanez courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc…
