@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.comMy latest video is live on Patreon and Nebula!
https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-how-american-fire-departments-are-getting-people-killed
One of the things that really pissed me off when I was an advocate was when a plan that was designed to make the streets safer was vetoed by the Fire Department. And that was it: whatever the Fire Department said was what we did, because nobody can question the Fire Department.
But when firefighting is objectively done better in other countries that have safer streets, there comes a time when we need to push back a little.
@NBAnthony2k@notjustbikes earlier this year, Los Angeles Fire department did a political campaign against the Safe Streets Ballot initiative(even though the safe streets redesign includes dedicated lanes for emergency vehicles)
Someone on the Los Angeles subreddit did some digging and 75% of LAFD responses are to automobiles. They're barely even fire fighters anymore.
Luckily voters didn't listen and passed it.
@NBAnthony2k @notjustbikes This was a major screwup that someone answered for, right? This would be like if the entire military budget was accidentally added to the list of environmental preserve expenditures, because some military bases have preserves on them
@NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al@odd @notjustbikes Well no one was punished, but it was clear to voters that the costs the. city estimated were wildly off.