Don Elkay

@theteflondon

Southern Oregon/Idaho.“We the People” means everyone. (he/him)

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Don Elkay@theteflondon· 1d

When your penis is so small that your girlfriend needs a ladder to get in your pickup…

Massive, street legal monster truck, painted black, with a three-step ladder propped against the wheel.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 12d

Traffic engineers (who deny it when you suggest their value motorist convenience over safety): The increase in crashes in an acceptable tradeoff for improved efficiencies for our motorist constituents. www.westernite.org/annualmeetin...

Text from the last paragraph before the conclusion.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 14d

Don’t do Ivermectin, kids.

A haggard Wayne Hoffman taking a break from his nighttime Uber duties to freebase Ivermectin.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 17d

Hey, @idahodems.bsky.social: Why don’t you use present-day pictures of Mike Simpson when you promote positions that are counter to his? Put the gerontocracy on full display.

Creepy, old Idaho Mike Simpson (MAGA-ID), who looks like he is auditioning for the Cryptkeeper role in the revamp of Tales from the Crypt.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 18d

It says a lot that neither a single member of the council nor the Mayor will explain to them that NC allows Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances and the city has chosen to not pursue them. They aren’t easy to enact but can be done within certain parameters. canons.sog.unc.edu/blog/2010/10...

G.S. 153A-341 and 160A-383 grant cities and counties the authority to regulate development “to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.” This provides authority to implement regulatory adequate public facility requirements.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 20d

More, for when you have to yell louder for the car brains in the back.

Cartoon showing a person presenting an out of the way bike lane, stating “no need to take away parking or driving lanes on Main Street. We’ll give bikes this great parallel route.”

Cartoon showing one panel of one person on a bike riding on a tightrope across a canyon and the right panel showing a full bridge with more people. The message is that unsafe infrastructure only appeals to the few while safe infrastructure appeals to the masses.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 24d

“Protected” bike lane? These are only buffered bike lanes. Flexposts don’t provide protection. They are nothing but vertical paint. How ‘bout some real protection?

Don Elkay@theteflondon· 29d

There was a time before traffic engineers deemed themselves overlords of the streets when speed limits were based on land use. So, blaming land use for unsafe speeds seems to be misguided since it was the traffic engineers who misled the public by applying the rural 85th %ile metric to urban streets

List of 1933 Utah Traffic Regulations setting speed limits based on land uses.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jul 14

The vehicular cycling cult is celebrating her death.

Facebook post saying it is a “bitter irony” and calling her a “badvocate” because vehicular cyclists follow John Forester, who is no more of an expert on safe infrastructure than he on the female anatomy (his book on cycling also opined about the female anatomy and what he felt was good for it).

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jul 10

Ain’t that America something to see? @actfortransit.bsky.social @thismachinekillsfascists.bike @keawilson.bsky.social kobi5.com/news/local-n...

Headline: Local disability advocate seeks donations for an accessible van on GoGundMe

62-year old Medford resident George Adams is a vocal contributor to local and state committees on accessibility and disability rights. While Adams has a driver’s license, he does not own a vehicle due to the prohibitive cost of buying and customizing a wheelchair-accessible car. He relies on public transit services to attend committee meetings, events, and medical appointments. However, due to recent funding cuts to transit services in the Rogue Valley, these methods have become increasingly unreliable and unsustainable.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jul 6

It’s especially striking when they are located at an 80 mph speed limit sign and Montana DOT’s response to all the deaths on their highways is: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

80 mph speed limit sign with a small white cross on a red stake right below the sign, along a wide open stretch of highway.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 26

Oregon DOT has claimed for years that they are bicyclist & pedestrian friendly. It plays well at conferences because they don’t show you pics like these. In reality, they aren’t much different than the other 49 state DOTs. It’s still an agency where motorist convenience trumps safety.

Bike lane halfway on the asphalt and halfway in the gutter pan.

Crosswalk closed signs—Oregon’s unofficial state flower!

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 23

Motorists never have to advocate for a convenience-driven road widening project or obtain 75% of property owner approval for it. But when residents want a safer street, agencies (who swear safety is their top priority) force them to jump through all kinds of hoops. Neighbors here want a road diet.

Yard sign reading “A safer 183rd: It’s as easy as 4 to 3.” The 4 to 3 is in reference to converting the road from 4 lanes to 3.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 23

Nice, Chicago. Real nice.

Long-range sunset view of the Chicago skyline.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 23

When you land in Chicago and the 40-minute taxi route makes you wonder if the gate is in Gary…

Aerial map of O’Hare airport showing a convoluted route after landing.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 22

None of these vertical elements negates pedestrian mobility, but does protect against errant motorists.

Vertical barriers on the Michigan Ave bridge in Chicago.

Vertical barriers on the Connecticut Ave bridge in Washington, DC.

Vertical concrete walls at the edge of a sidewalk.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 21

The data needs updating, but from 2000 to 2014 more than $700 million was spent widening highways in the Boise region. These expenditures only served to increase congestion, with a $330 annual increase in congestion costs per driver and 9 hours a year increase in time spent in congestion.

Graphic showing the info cited in the post.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 18

Today’s wildfire map, just in case anyone is doubting that we’ve reached a point of no return on climate change.

Wildfire map of the U.S. showing a concentration of fires in the southeast that’s almost as dense as fires in the west. Fires are also showing up in the upper Midwest and Oklahoma.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· Jun 16

Reminds me of this.

When a pedestrian dies, they blame the pedestrian. When a bicyclists dies, they blame the bicyclist. When a motorist dies, they tell us the road must be widened.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 30

I think this is a a pic of it from back when it was fresh. I have been using it in presentations to show how engineers don’t really care about making bicycling facilities safe or usable.

Bike lane painted to straddle the gutter.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 28

It’s a bike lane in name only. No bicyclist concerned for their safety would use that.

Close up of the bike lane where it straddles the gutter and isn’t as wide as the handlebars on a bike.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 28

It’s as if this planner has never seen the Vancouver skyline.

Screen cap from the article, reading “It is difficult to understand how 11 high-rise towers from 32-59 storeys crammed on to the equivalent of four city blocks can be considered livable for the citizens of Vancouver. Congested elevators, long, narrow, apartment corridors of anonymous strangers you’ve never met, crammed amenities and a lack of community cohesiveness do not add up to livability.”

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 24

Single panel cartoon of a wide road with several vehicles and motorist-related signage, with a caption bubble from one vehicle, “It may look like a guy building a sidewalk but it is really part of a left-wing plot to social engineer is out of our cars.”

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 22

It also says a lot that the Times allowed the author to provide their own title like this, projecting the idea that the author is informed and knowledgeable about the subject matter. I’m sure their toilet seat has a massive depression in it from all that ✌️research✌️.

Screen cap of the footer on the Op-Ed: Nat Legmans is a longtime Seattle resident and community advocate currently researching local and international transportation issues.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 21

Hopefully they address how companies like Lime create ADA violations when they either place micromobility devices on a sidewalk for marketing or when a user leaves one on a sidewalk (creating a protruding object). These are a licensed “city program” in most places and cities are liable under ADA.

Lime scooters lined up to blocked curb ramp and pushbutton access on a street corner.

Like scooter placed on the edge of a sidewalk and the protrusion of the handlebars create an ADA violation as a protruding object

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 19

Here’s the AI-generated reply they gave a citizen. One for the @wesmars.bsky.social files!

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 19

What is this thing that is impeding the turning space within the ramp landing on the opposite side?

Orange cone covering something that will likely obstruct the ADA compliance of the far side ramp.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 15

@bethosborne.bsky.social @visionzeronet.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org @kenmcld.bsky.social Here’s one for when AASHTO says they are committed to safety. A member DOT (Idaho) is demanding removal of Leading Pedestrian Intervals from all state-owned signals managed by the highway district in Boise.

Reply from Ada County Highway District, stating that the Idaho Transportation Department requested they remove Leading Pedestrian Intervals from all signals the district manages on behalf of ITD.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 15

Advocates call pedestrian flags “safety theater.” They give the appearance that an agency cares about safety without them actually improving safety. Even with these flags, inequity appears, as one of these new sets is in a wealthy neighborhood and the other is not. I’ll let you guess which is which.

Orange flags made from ragged tarps. Faded. Fraying.

Crisp new flags. Sharp. Bright. Vibrant.

Don Elkay@theteflondon· May 15

Hopefully someone pointed out to them that the curb ramp and pushbutton don’t comply with ADA requirements.