Brrrbanist

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Alaska, urbanism is cool. Dignified transportation is a human right

Screenshot of cover for How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra
A screenshot of a Jeep advertisement with an SUV driving along some mountain ridge in the middle of f-ing nowhere.
A bundled up 8 year old waiting at the bus stop demonstrating “6/7” hand gesture with huge mittens taken from her mother
Screenshot of Google route from bus stop on 15th near Eagle street. Walk route down eyak drive and alley, that dumps you into an off ramp
Screenshot of FHWA MUTCD chapter 4 on signals highlighting “post mounted signal faces shall be on far side of the intersection…”
4 people waiting for bus 40 at a bus stop in anchorage Ak
quote from Dunleavy "Some Lawmakers don't seem to care." photo clip from ADN article about the special session. a word bubble "2nd bout of cancer treatment #Blessed Healthcare for me not for thee"
Big screen auto advertisement showing patriotic old clips in the US along with other clips of GMC massive pick up trucks racing in the wilderness. As if that’s what Americans need to do with their trucks? Auto commercials continue their brainwashing of the next generation
Ribbon cutting of a new urban greenway trail near a development that looks like new transit supportive development ordinance-type structure
Poster at town square park showing timeline of renovations!
Downtown Nelly concert in town square
Screenshot of article passage with highlight section “ it wasn’t until public planning began to prioritize cars that children lost not only areas to play, but also the freedom to get to places on their own. Telling me, the share of K-8 students walking or biking to school fell from 48% in 1969 to 13% in 2009.”
Street View of 36th Ave and LaTouche Drive intersection. signalized intersection with marked crosswalks. Narrow sidewalk with narrow strip of grass between street lanes and sidewalk.
Street View of Stroad showing quasi driveways casting gravel all over the narrow ass sidewalk right against 2 lanes of traffic.
Street View of double slip lanes to/from the library entrance at Barrow Street and 36th Ave.
street view of an intersection crossing with a path between orange fencing and cones. path includes pipe covered with dirt to make a ramp up over a large water or sewer pipe.
Street View zoom in of vacant Cattle Company restaurant driveway reverse sloped way more than anything reasonable try try and cross.
Streetview of Tudor Road East of Minnesota Drive East Bound. 45MPH sign. Tudor is 5 traffic lanes with narrow sidewalk adjacent
aerial of the Minnesota Drive interchange. green line shows route taken off the roadway via the separated pathway under the freeway.
Street View of Frontage Road. Street View even shows a person jogging with no cars on it.
map of Anchorage. Circled area is the start of the route by Spenard Road and International. Rectangle area is destination Rogers Park Elementary. about
Screenshot of article where it’s emphasized “An investigation revealed Northup had been drinking alcohol throughout the day at multiple bars. The investigation also reported he was seen on video drinking more than 10 alcoholic beverages before the crash. Recordings appear to show Northup stumbling while walking, having to use a bar surface to walk straight, and nearly walking into a pole.”
A lifted truck backed up so far it’s tailgate and hitch are only leaving like 1 foot to pass by in the parking lot of Play it again sports. May trip trying to enter this sports store.
Child happy to be headed to Chicago on Amtrak in Roomette
Inside Grand Canyon shuttle with view of bikes loaded on bike rack
Child blows bubble before boarding San Clamente trolley
Child on People Mover not thrilled our flight was delayed
A picture of a dolphin fact at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago that says “dolphins can swim FAST, up to 25 miles per hour! That’s as fast as a car goes in most neighborhoods.”
A car in a right turn pocket tried to cut off the pedestrian entering the crosswalk on a walk signal but the ped held out his hand and forced the driver to yield to him as he walked across Lake Otis Parkway parallel to Debarr Road in Anchorage
user camera view biking from the botanical garden to the road and then crossing. not super comfortable for families with young kids
aerial of the intersection with the botanical garden driveway across from the multiuse pathway on the west side
Screenshot of FDA vaccine chief Prasad, Covid vaccine critic. Ugh
The butts of multiple cars hanging over the sidewalk. Rolled curbs result in entire front yards converting to parking
Huge crowd protesting in front of Murkowski Sullivan Begich offices
8YO child walks with traffic to her back along a stroad
Photo of consumer reports magazine page showing “new car lingo to learn” with features ‘hands free eating’; massaging seats; and rapid acceleration for new vehicles 🫣
A cyber truck in a parking lot outside of an Eagle River restaurant with 2 bikes in the foreground.
A burned out private vehicle stored on a public street. Good thing it wasn’t in a garage or another residential fire might have happened!
Table and graphs showing fatal crashes and serious injuries over last 10 year of reported data 2014-2023.
Chart of Anchorage crashes by month and severity. Summer months are circled due to double the occurrences and double the injuries
Screenshot of a news article saying “Palmer crashes create traffic backup on Glenn Highway.”
Screenshot of email announcement from Into The Woods camp announcing the sale of all their gear
A letter from the council of inspectors general disputing trump’s firing of all of them
Screenshot of an article that showcases a suspension bridge for pedestrians and it’s lovely
No crosswalk visible (but it is a marked and signalized crosswalk)at a huge intersection. Puddles and ice to climb over to cross the street
Profile screenshot of “Sheryl Sandburg” with very suss replies and photo of her with Mark Z
A screenshot of Anchorage Police Department alert text that says “APD Traffic Alert: As of 9 AM on 12/27/24, all inbound lanes of the Glenn Hwy, prior to the Eklutna Off Ramp, will be closed due to a collision.”
Child walks towards a covered stairwell up from the rail depot.
Child walks in front of a housing complex with tires marks crossing all over the flush parking lot adjacent to roadway
SnowElla the 25’ tall snow person in an industrial parking lot
A screenshot from the article reading “our land use patterns are the single biggest problem that we have in terms of transportation safety,” Millar told his colleagues at the Washington Traffic Safety Commission earlier this year. “the fact that people are compelled to get into a car and be a passenger, or compelled to walk along a facility full of cars.”
A blog article titled “We ranked the states in America from worst to best and why Americans no longer want to live there”
Teeny tiny people mover advertisement, way up high on a bus, that is supposedly a public service announcement to riders to make sure you don’t get hit by distracted or callous drivers.
Mouth of fin whale that washed onto frozen mud flats
A church with two lights strangely connected
Add depicting AI generated ripped older white dudes wearing ‘smediums’ and red baseball caps in front of some nostalgic ford pickup