Fred Feng

Talked to some seriously impressive MI advocates who shared their blueprint + some very good and concrete tips for fighting highway expansions. (Spoiler: get to know your MPO!) usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/10/a-p…

. @MichiganDOT plans to turn I-375 into a giant surface highway (up to 9 lanes wide!) while cynically calling this a "Reconnecting Communities Project". Detroiters are pushing back - please read and sign their open letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1_V…

Twitter friends, please consider signing this petition. Build Trains Not Lanes! #InducedDemand

“Strong economy” is ranked as the least important transportation-supported societal goals by most #TRBAM2024 attendance.

Last night I gave an update on our Ann Arbor bike counter project during the Walk Bike Washtenaw @WBWCgo annual meeting. Below is the link to the slides in case anyone's interested. docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Bike trips at the Ann Arbor Division Street protected bike lane increased by 86% in September 2023 (now at 15,644) compared with a year ago.

It's the time of the year when I give the time-series lecture again.

The day has finally come. Wordle 802 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@KatyNightwine @jenncornell @DharmaAkmon @fenggroup I'm not sure if there's anything to back up "all of the business are suffering bc the cars can’t get to them". The two linked articles show some of the positive economic impacts of protected bike lanes. bikeleague.org/sites/default/… peopleforbikes.org/statistics/eco…

@jenncornell @DharmaAkmon @fenggroup Absolutely. My family owns property where they just stole all the parking meters and added a bike lane. I was there the other day for an hour or so and saw…..a whopping ZERO bikes!!! And yet all of the business are suffering bc the cars can’t get to them to shop or dine at.

.@zingermans You can do better.

This Friday (Aug 18) at 10:00 AM EDT Feng Group Master's student Rayane Moustafa will defend her thesis titled "Using Digital Lidar to Study Cycling Safety and Distance Estimation of Passing Vehicles". Zoom meeting open to all. Please DM us for the link.

Monthly summary: 10,502 bike trips counted in July at our N Division bike counter (all time high monthly count) Average daily trips: 339 Peak day: Friday, July 21 Peak count: 508 (also the all time high) Dashboard: bikecounter.org/annarbor-1

Language matters. usa.streetsblog.org/2023/06/12/opi…

@DavidZipper twitter.com/seanmeredith/s…

This is the wrong way to think about road safety. Ask yourself: If a country's residents drive 2x further due to sprawl, but an equal number of people die in crashes, is that country now "safer"?

@fredzannarbor @damnarbor @A2GOV It doesn't. But it doesn't make "wear bright clothes during the day" a good recommendation to the injured party from the dangers that would not be there if it weren't for motoring. We would not recommend the public, b/c safety first, to wear bullet-proof vests from gun violence.

@damnarbor @A2GOV Disagree. Safety first. Does "wear dark clothing" make any sense as a recommendation.

Not a good look @a2gov. #a2Council.

@DAnalogArsonist @A2GOV Unfortunately, many so called "common sense safety tips" have been selectively used towards people outside motor vehicles and as a way of victim blaming. About 40% of drivers hospitalized after a crash had a brain injury. Is it "common sense" to ask all drivers to wear a helmet?

@DAnalogArsonist @A2GOV One fundamental problem w/ recommending people wearing bright clothes just to not get hit by cars is the moral issues. The excerpt below elaborated it in more detail on another "common sense safety tips" of wearing bike helmets. I hope you find it helpful. twitter.com/fredfeng/statu…

.@A2GOV I don't think we should ask people to wear bright clothes during the day just to walk or ride a bike on our streets and stay alive. Let's not feed into the narrative of victim blaming. a2gov.org/departments/en…