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vanessacascio.bsky.social
Working with communities so all kids can joyfully move. #SafeRoutestoSchool #SafeRoutesEverywhere ❤️‍🩹Public health professional 🙋🏻‍♀️People-centered facilitator 📣 Social justice driven 🚲 Bike/walk advocate 🏜️Arizona roots 📍DC home for now
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Proud of my hometown 💓

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Proud of my six year old who joined me to lobby Senators to Vote “NO” today. His message was simple: “No, this is not ok.” Thanks to @booker.senate.gov and @slotkin.senate.gov for welcoming us into your office and speaking with us.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Absolute 🔥🔥 from Sarah McBride: "We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection. I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues. The Republican Party is obsessed with culture war issues. It is weird and it is bizarre.”

submitted 27 days ago • 35 comments

Relishing small acts of defiance. This week, DC began removal of the iconic Black Lives Matter mural. This week, we were greeted with a replica. Albeit temporary and simple, but a poignant moment.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Over here 👀 for familiar DC faces. Thanks to those who have already created #DCStarterPacks - super helpful! Any others to add? 🧵🧵🧵

submitted 148 days ago • 13 comments

Several years ago, partners in the City of Tucson led robust engagement to create an equitable #CompleteStreets policy. I’ll never forget hearing from undocumented families: safe, predictable, well-marked streets meant less confusion, reducing the risk of being pulled over.

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

Ooh, some great holiday book recommendations. ‘‘Tis the season to stock up the bookshelves! 🤓📖

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

A well-worn desire path on a hilly median leading to a multi-use trail. Wonder how often neighbors have to dart across this roadway to get to this nice pathway. Not to mention the pop-up lawn furniture for people watching or to take a break from trekking back up the hill? #saferoutesnow

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

@bikeshare.bsky.social is my go-to for biking around DC- easy, convenient, and affordable transportation. But Xmas tree hauling has really leveled up my perception of these mighty mobility machines 🤩

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

This sexy new protected bike lane in Tucson was a decade in the making. Mad props to advocates and agency staff for helping folks realize that change doesn’t need to be scary! news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you to all of the transit operators and numerous support staff still working today to allow people to reach and spend time with friends/family today.

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

Transit Rider Group Starter Pack! Official organizations that are fighting for better mobility and transit. go.bsky.app/6Pw2jpk

submitted 134 days ago • 3 comments

🔥 OPINION: “The career of teaching becomes more and more undesirable even for the most passionate of educators. Good teachers are leaving some of the best schools in Arizona, thanks to heavy workloads and low pay.” 😢 www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

“Dual-mode households (cars & ebikes) can reduce their car use by 19% compared to those solely reliant on cars, particularly affecting shorter trips. This supports households moving to one car and adopting a ‘car light’ lifestyle.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social  momentummag.com/study-shows-...

submitted 135 days ago • 19 comments

High-visibility crosswalks and curb extensions reduce crashes by 23-48%. These are low-cost, high-impact treatments. highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.d...

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Transportation Justice and Equity Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AUVTxJ8

submitted 136 days ago • 9 comments

We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.

submitted 137 days ago • 28 comments

Every coffee shop I rode by on my way to a lunch meeting today had several bikes parked outside. On a 35°F day. Not everyone wants to bike in winter (or ever), but when we make it safe & comfortable to bike via protected & connected bike lanes, more people choose to bike. And we all benefit.

submitted 137 days ago • 6 comments

I can spend $60 on gear for my kids and that’s easy compared to gas. I cannot spend $300,000 on hospital bills when the cars squash us.

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Prop 479 is ~ 48.5% - Freeway expansion 33% - Public transit 2.8%- Biking/walking Good folks in AZ trying to shift car-centricity, but this is peanuts for bike/ped. Celebrate rolling that boulder up the hill but shouldn’t be a Sisyphean effort in the nation’s 4th populous county.

submitted 137 days ago • 2 comments

Kids on bikes is an act of reclamation.

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments