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Sam
@samwightt
they / he. broke my wrist and it became my whole personality 🏳️🌈
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Joined May 2014
- Mackinac is the only city in the US that has banned all cars and I’ve never wanted to visit a small town more
- WE STOPPED LAKESHORE DRIVE HOLY FUCKING SHIT More than 232 CYCLISTS SHOWED UP SO FUCKING COOL
00:00 - After walking for less than a minute legally on the crosswalk a driver tried to run over pedestrians on the sidewalk while another driver tried to run us over
00:00 - Replying to @samwighttHey folks, this was a @bikegridnow protest. We’re fighting for a bike grid in Chicago, 10% of Chicago’s streets turned into a grid of streets cyclists and pedestrians feel safe riding on. Give us a follow and join us on our next jam!
- I still can't believe this app is free
Exact same kind of hostile architecture used against homeless people. The truck driver is just working, dude. You can very easily ride your bike around him. - NEW: Governor Pritzker signed HB-17584 into law today, increasing consequences for vehicles parking in bike lanes. Cars parked in bike lanes will: - Have higher fines (up by 17%) - Be subject to a boot or towing after 15 mins - Have all damage and vandalism claims voided
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextNo such legislation exists. The state House bills currently only go up to 4000. ilga.gov/legislation/de… - So instead of doing their fucking jobs and writing tickets for running the light, CPD modified the signal to perpetually run green. It was green for FIVE. MINUTES.
00:00 - Replying to @samwighttCONTEXT: this intersection is incredibly dangerous and has been the site of numerous crashes with pedestrians. We’re calling on CDOT and Wards 47 + 48 to install raised crosswalks, pedestrian medians, metal bollards, and other safety measures to increase safety right by a school
- Happening now: a crowd of cyclists have halted traffic on lakeshore drive, setting fire to a pile of crashed cars and cheering "FUCK CARS".
- Activists in SF have discovered a way to completely incapacitate self-driving cars. These incredibly smart machines that are supposedly better than regular drivers will stop and refuse to budge if you put a single orange cone on their hood. I AM CRYINGWelcome to Week of Cone On Thurs 7/13, the CPUC will vote to expand AVs in SF. Cruise & Waymo promise they’ll reduce traffic & collisions, but we know that’s not true. They block busses & emergency vehicles, create more traffic, and are a surveillance nightmare. But there’s hope
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