Christine Acosta

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Christine Acosta

@813Christine

Owner and believer: Pedal Power Promoters. Lover of Tampa & St. Pete. Unapologetic over-user of exclamation points.

Tampa, Florida Katılım Şubat 2013
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Martin Austermuhle
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle·
If you've gotten a lot of tickets in D.C. for speeding and running red lights, you may next get a stern letter or text message from the city urging you to drive more carefully. It's part of a new pilot program to target dangerous drivers: dcist.com/story/23/06/23…
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Jennifer Keesmaat
Jennifer Keesmaat@jen_keesmaat·
Here’s a little story, that captures perfectly the vibe around transforming the City in Toronto. Would be really nice to have a new Mayor with a different modus operandi than we have seen over the past decade: When I was Chief Planner, we created an ambitious cycling plan (the minimum grid) that I could not get on the council agenda (sad, but I was reaching. Ford was Mayor). One councillor told me that it would be really bad for the film industry to have bike lanes everywhere. So I went to the film office and asked if this was true, with the thought that we could create a strategy to mitigate this. But instead I was promptly told that streets with bike lanes were highly desirable filming locations - because Toronto is often a stand in for other cities. And other cities have bike lanes. Anyway, not long after that, sure enough, I noticed a Toronto bike lane as the background shot to a street scene in an episode of Suits…. Here, the beautiful Shaw St - one of our best cycling corridors. Because we can do good things. We just need a Mayor who wants to do them at scale, and without the hullabaloo.
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Emily Kleinfelter
Emily Kleinfelter@BikeThisCity·
If I hosted a happy hour that flows into a chill bike ride in Denver, would you come?
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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
@DavidZipper @swarthmore TDM! Transportation Demand Management pairs mobility services with behavior modification programming (ie incentives). Well done!
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David Zipper
David Zipper@DavidZipper·
@swarthmore Note: Swarthmore is paying SEPTA for bulk transit passes (at a discounted rate) and then distributing them to students. It's a smart way to both grow ridership & invite students to experience transit (and, hopefully, form new travel habits). info: septakey.org/wcm/images/sep…
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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
Thanks Tim! Moving the needle on #activetransportation is definitely a team effort and you are a key player on said team! @SideWalkStomper
Tim Scheu@scheuster

LOVE love love @813Christine’s take on the Cass St. bridge and bicycle infrastructure projects in the @CityofTampa. “If we have a quick build model now, why aren’t we doing everything quick build? Why is there still a category of slow build?” tampabay.com/news/transport… #VisionZero

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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
@kmoxnews What are the design elements of the roadway that enabled such high speeds?
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KMOX St. Louis News
KMOX St. Louis News@kmoxnews·
Janae Edmondson, a 16-year-old Tennessee girl visiting St. Louis for a volleyball tournament, lost both of her legs after she was hit by a reckless, speeding driver who crashed while she was walking back to her hotel. bit.ly/3IG2dxd
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Propel
Propel@propelbike·
What's your favorite bike date memory? I'll start, when I got married and traded the limo for a cargo bike.
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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
We must do better. Enough prioritizing pass-through vehicular traffic over locals walking and biking, using strollers and wheelchairs. Reduce the speeds in a meaningful way, through design changes - pace is usually ~40mph. @MyFDOT_Tampa @HillsboroughMPO @CityofTampa #Bay2Bay
Tim Scheu@scheuster

Another crash on #Bay2Bay. @CityofTampa - please make this a complete street. People aren’t safe. Not drivers. Not school children crossing. Not bikers. Let’s be better. #VisionZero cc @JSadikKhan

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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
@JFredBeck2 Don’t blame the system users, for that is futile, blame the system owners/designers.
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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
@DenBicycleLobby As a part-time resident and e-bike only commuter, I was extremely disappointed that 35th, 41st, others I use often, did not get priority snow removal. Resorted to walking, which was equally treacherous.
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Denver Bicycle Lobby
Denver Bicycle Lobby@DenBicycleLobby·
Do you feel safe and comfortable biking on Denver’s streets right now with the current snow and ice conditions?
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Christine Acosta
Christine Acosta@813Christine·
Dear @SouthwestAir shame on you for not SMS ing your ticket holders that flights were canceled 3 hrs ago.
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Dongho Chang
Dongho Chang@dongho_chang·
Hybrid beacon green way crossing. Not proud of my profession that creates these twisted complexities for vehicle mobility. instagr.am/p/Clrot3svNiq/
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