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barbchamberlain.bsky.social
And transportation departments could HIRE people with disabilities so their lived experience goes to work every day.

#MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #transportation #accessibility #RoadSafety #infrastructure
americanfietser.bsky.social Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Jan 6
City engineers should be required to navigate the streets they design using a wheelchair or with an artificial impairment.

Maybe then we'd see safer, more inclusive urban spaces that prioritize human life over car convenience.
IMPD: Woman in wheelchair hit by driver on Indy’s far east side
INDIANAPOLIS — A woman is in critical condition at an Indianapolis hospital after being struck by a driver while riding in her wheelchair on the city’s far east side, police confirm. Indianap…
fox59.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Active transportation has to be *accessible* active transportation. Good piece; quotes @nondriver.bsky.social @maddyruvolo.bsky.social and Dani Izzie.

www.motherjones.com/environment/... #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #accessibility #infrastructure #walkability #transit #cycling
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:38 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Also chapters by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social @theycallmeoboi.bsky.social and lots of others. Just downloaded!

#Bikes4Climate #RoadSafety #Cities4Climate #infrastructure #GreenInfrastructure #ClimateEquity #resilience #MoveEquity #trust #HealthyAging #ClimateAction #MobilityJustice #community
daniellearigoni.bsky.social Danielle Arigoni @daniellearigoni.bsky.social · Apr 23
Happy #earthday! What better time to share the news that I'm featured in @islandpress.bsky.social's new e-book, Resilience Matters: Ten Years of Transformative Thinking. My piece urges greater focus on older adults' needs in climate action. Get your free copy here: islandpress.org/ten-years-tr....
Ten Years of Transformative Thinking
Amid crises, this collection spotlights bold, community-driven solutions for a greener, fairer future—because resilience means bouncing forward.
islandpress.org
April 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
I don't know how I missed this high compliment when Tom first said it. Thank you on behalf of our great team, especially @trailanderror.bsky.social!

#WSDOTActive #transportation #WordsMatter #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed #BicyclesChangeLives #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #CompleteStreets
seattlebikeblog.com Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · Nov 21
The WSDOT Active Transportation Division newsletter has become required reading. I haven’t read them all, but I would be shocked if there were a better DOT newsletter anywhere in the nation.
tomflood.bsky.social Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Nov 21
Thanks so much to @trailanderror.bsky.social for talking with me and making space for this discussion in the latest Washington State DOT Newsletter content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
January 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
"...so many of the pieces of proposed legislation around e-bike regulation and registration requirements concern those of us without licenses who use e-bikes for mobility." -- @nondriver.bsky.social

#EBikes #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #cycling #BikeSky #BicyclesChangeLives #WhyWeRide #Nondrivers
March 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
And when they say, "But not everyone can ride a bike!" you respond, "And not everyone can drive a car, including you someday. We all need to be able to get where we're going safely no matter how we move."
#MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #accessibility #Multimodal #nondrivers #CompleteStreets
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Nov 24
One mistake urbanists often make is arguing with people when they say they NEED their car for, frankly, whatever. Maybe they do, maybe they don’t, but I find the more effective point is that, if they have to or want to drive, it’s in their best interest that their neighbours can CHOOSE to NOT drive.
November 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Mark your calendars for May 15 when Charles T. Brown's book Arrested Mobility comes out. Knowing Charles, it will be great! bookshop.org/p/books/arre...
#MobilityJustice #ArrestedMobility #MoveEquity #WalkingWhileBlack #RoadSafety #transportation #walking #cycling #BikeSky #VisionZero
Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement
Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement
bookshop.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Time to nominate outstanding people for Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals awards! Deadline May 29. www.apbp.org/award-nomina...

#transportation #ActiveTransport #walking #walkability #cycling #BikeEverywhere #accessibility #WheelsMoveMe #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #APBP
May 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Note that this story also implicitly spikes the ableist "make eye contact" and "see and be seen" admonishment that ignores the existence of blind and low-vision people.
#MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #RoadSafety #ADA #accessibility #AI #AV #TranspoTech #ableism
December 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
If you know of NCHRP research project that has been canceled, add to the list here being maintained by good people doing good research. #transportation #TRBAM #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Not everyone can bike, not everyone can drive. Need options so everyone can use what works for their bodies, lives, pocketbooks. Adaptive bikes/trikes can = transportation independence. usa.streetsblog.org/2020/07/27/o...
bikestylelife.com/2019/12/10/w... #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #WheelsMoveMe
On the ADA's 30th Anniversary, Remember: Bikes are a Mobility Assistive Device, too — Streetsblog USA
On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, a Seattle-based group reminds the world how essential cycling can be for Americans with non-normative bodies.
usa.streetsblog.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Resiliency planning for transportation, especially active transportation, nondriver needs: Recommended people, organizations, hashtags? Long-term resiliency or emergency response for disaster recovery. #resilience #DisasterResponse #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity
November 27, 2024 at 3:09 AM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Thank you for this @metrauxjulia.bsky.social. Working for needs of nondrivers in WSDOT Active Transportation Division, inspired by @nondriver.bsky.social + other leaders, to plan for disaster relief, evacuation, long-term resiliency. #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #transportation #accessibility
January 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
I remember @transportist.net crowdsourcing Pedestrian Bill of Rights several years ago on the nameless site. transportist.org/2018/07/09/a...

#MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #WalkBikeRoll #walking #walkability #CompleteStreets #PeopleStreets #transportation #infrastructure #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed
A Pedestrian Bill of Rights
A Pedestrian Bill of Rights (v.0.1) Pedestrians have the right to safely and conveniently walk along and cross any public right-of-way without regards to who they are, with whom they are associatin…
transportist.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Again for the folks in the back: Bikes are mobility aids!

#MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #accessibility #WhyWeRide #BikesOnSky #ADA #BikeEverywhere #BikeParking #BikeParkingISParking
crschmidt.net Christopher Schmidt @crschmidt.net · Nov 20
One of the key problems with MGH's parking is a lack of capacity for larger bikes, often needed by folks with mobility issues. The bike in the foreground has 2 PVC pipes; they are there to hold the crutches of the bike's owner, which she needs to use when not on the bike. (Bikes are mobility aids!)
A bike rack; in foreground is a bright orange cargo bike with two PVC tubes attached to the back.
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
What a beautiful resource from @affecttheverb.com! affecttheverb.com/collection/ Creative Commons license; use with credit.
#MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #disability #images #photos #photography #accessibility #DisabilityJustice #nature #LGBTQ #SocialJustice
Disabled And Here: free stock images (with attribution)
Affect creates media campaigns and resources that amplify multiply-marginalized folx and embody disability justice.
affecttheverb.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Who could have guessed that prioritizing investment in places with deepest demonstrated need would make a difference by reducing serious injuries and deaths? www.citylandnyc.org/dot-vision-z...

#VisionZero #MoveEquity (yes, equity) #transportation #infrastructure #VisionZero #RoadSafety
DOT Vision Zero Report Shows Large Decline in Traffic Deaths in Lower-Income Neighborhoods with Street Redesign - CityLand
Image Credit: New York City Department of Transportation On January 15, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced a new Vision Zero equity report reveali...
www.citylandnyc.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
WA State Transpo Commission statewide public survey selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfs... open til April 30 to help shape state’s long range transportation plan WTP 2050.

wstc.wa.gov

#transportation #infrastructure #planning #WAState #walkability #cycling #transit #Bikes4Climate #MoveEquity
April 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
If you don't already follow @veronicaodavis.bsky.social, do! Love what she does to lift up people we all need to know about. Scroll her feed for great bios she's sharing for Black History Month.

#BlackHistory #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #Transportation #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #ArrestedMobility
veronicaodavis.bsky.social Veronica O. Davis @veronicaodavis.bsky.social · Feb 1
The first set of Black History Month facts are about transportation and the fight for civil rights.

Day 1 - Elizabeth Jennings

For more information: www.nytransitmuseum.org/elizabethjen...

#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #bhm
February 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Coming back up higher in this thread to share an article on anti-displacement, health, equity & community design. Making places safer to walk/bike shouldn't push people out. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #MoveEquity #HealthEquity #transportation #housing #community #SafeLandUse
Healthy Community Design, Anti-displacement, and Equity Strategies in the USA: A Scoping Review - Journal of Urban Health
Recent investments in built environment infrastructure to create healthy communities have highlighted the need for equity and environmental justice. Although the benefits of healthy community design (...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
When you post only a video on your page you leave out everyone who can't watch it (you didn't provide an audio description of the visuals in the video, I bet, + no transcript). Plus everyone who would rather read than watch because it's faster [raises hand].
#MoveEquity #accessibility #ProTip
August 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Rereading a post I wrote last year that I really like. Thanks, Mom. Warning: Includes the F word (feminism). bikestylelife.com/2024/05/25/b...

#BikeSky #cycling #BikeEverywhere #BikeLife #BicyclesChangeLives #feminism #WomenLead #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice
Bike/Life Lessons Learned
Many of my stories about who I am and the way I operate in the world start with a story about my mom. This is true about my bicycling even though I never saw my mom on a bike. She raised me as a fe…
bikestylelife.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
"If the transportation system doesn't work for everybody, it doesn't work." -- Anthony Foxx, former USDOT secretary

Someone just shared this in a meeting on WA state's Target Zero plan. Essential to plan system for nondrivers as well as drivers.

#MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #RoadSafety
December 10, 2024 at 8:02 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Resources for accessible trails from @railstotrails.org www.railstotrails.org/trail-buildi.... Hey, that's my friend Ian Mackay in the center of the pic! #Trails #DisabilityJustice #MoveEquity #accessibility #ADA #transportation #infrastructure
Accessibility: Trail-Building Toolbox - Rails to Trails Conservancy
This page focuses on accessibility resources for rail-trails and multiuse trails, defined as 'shared use paths' in accessibility guidance.
www.railstotrails.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Critical gap in AV programming: Understanding how blind people move. This work "reducing prediction errors by over 80%" which means those errors are HIGH. today.umd.edu/autonomous-c... #accessibility #ADA #TranspoTech #technology #AV #ADAS #CarCulture #RoadSafety #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity
Autonomous Cars Don’t Understand How Blind People Move Around. A…
Instead of Actors, Members of Visually Impaired Community Demonstrate Pedestrian Scenarios for New Dataset
today.umd.edu
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM