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A practical guide to making Philadelphia's streets work better for everyone - yes, even drivers.

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Alas, Vienna is no utopia. But Philly is eight times deadlier.

Spoiler alert: I moved to Vienna a few weeks ago, hence the radio silence. Also, cigarettes suck.

I made my own bollard and people keep driving into it.

And that tells me that it absolutely needs to be there.

"Something's gotta give"

It already has, dude.

Happy 10th anniversary of Vision Zero! Mission accomplished!

Just kidding, we're at best in the same spot that we started.

Both, and: Both take dangerous drivers off the road, and give them another way to get around.

Not for letting them drive dangerously.

Both, and: both tax rideshares, and give folks a better way to get around.

Apparently the company that invented surge pricing is Very Concerned about affordability.

Both, and: both integrate accessibility into Passyunk, and don't let cars dominate it.

If you genuinely care about accessibility, you should be furious at how the streets are designed right now.

Passyunk should be car free—prove me wrong

I’ve been trying to talk myself out of this for months. I can’t.

Solve daylighting and dumping with dumpsters on every block

Two birds, one box.

SEPTA + Carvana = the Philly car buyback program

Or whatever car-buying service you got. Just take the cars and never come back.