narrow the intersections, add trees and raise pedestrian walk ways on the intersection.

That's a start that boosts walkability

Trees have been added and a curb bump out has been installed at the intersection

bike path? crosswalks?

Bike path is installed

The Bus has been trolleyed and there is now a small bus stop

isnt there still a parking spot at the bus stop?

you could turn the bus stop into a full blown shelter and add some non-bus benches.

Oh fuck, also I tried doing a bus shelter, but couldn't draw it in a way that looked nice, but the parking is now removed

Delete the curb that just makes the bike lane stop abruptly it's just flat out inconvenient at that point

I was trying to figure out how to keep the curb bump out, but yeah, this is better

is the bike path segregated from the car area? it's unclear...

otherwise drivers will just use it as a parking space. adding either bollards or a green space between the cycle path and the main road would prevent this

The dots on the side are bollards

Maybe making the street one-way? I don’t think streets should be 2-ways unless it’s boulevards. It could allow more room for cyclists and pedestrians.

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this video fills me with so much joy

@amtrak-official

She seems amazing and yeah Queer people are at the core of modern transit systems

Ok, I NEED you to understand just how insane even ATTEMPTING this was for them.

1. Playing an instrument is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Don’t think I’m stepping on any toes saying that.

2. Dancing is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Still not controversial.

3. YOU AVOID, AT ALL COSTS, MOVING YOUR BODY WHILE PLAYING A WIND INSTRUMENT.  To make the correct, pleasant sounds, you need to be in the correct form. And that form involves your ENTIRE body, even your legs when sitting down.

4. “oh, but I’ve seen marching bands before and-” MARCHING BANDS HAVE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS DEDICATED TO FIGURING OUT HOW TO MARCH WITH MINIMUM BREAKING OF PROPER FORM. A marching band tries to be as smooth as possible while moving, so as not to jar their instrument, mouth, neck, arms, torso, or anything else.These ladies and gentlemen are BOUNCING and still playing properly, what the FU-!

5. AND ANOTHER THING! Wind instruments and dancing BOTH make demands on your breathing, so the fact that they are dancing (making you breath faster for extra oxygen) AND playing wind instruments (making you effectively hold your breath) AT THE SAME TIME is HUGE. Their lungs must be MASSIVE.

All of that also; the song is Sing, sing, sing (with a swing). If you wanna listen to some of THE SPICIEST big band ever recorded. Its a big hard song and this band does it expertly.

reblog this one bc the op of the other version of this post is a terf

i don’t participate in fandom to “escape.” i think fandoms are toxic bc they’re riddled with the same problems that plague larger society. it’s only a “safe bubble” and a “site of refuge” for people who decide to leave their empathy & critical thinking faculties at the door when they enter these spaces

oh it’s a “safe space”? from what? at whose expense? i don’t CARE if i ruin your fun or “enjoyment” bc you shouldn’t BE “enjoying” half of the things you so uncritically enjoy anyway. it’s easy to dismiss people’s misgivings and criticisms bc YOU’RE not the one affected by this content. “give people the benefit of the doubt”? they don’t DESERVE benefit of the doubt. things like racism & p*dophilia & transphobia get entrenched in society precisely BECAUSE people let their media manifestations slide. “just let people enjoy things”? what “things”? nobody’s actually stopping you from doing or feeling anything, you just feel threatened, bc deep down you feel guilty. why don’t you ask yourself why