Tab Combs<p>I tend to avoid <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/NewYearsResolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYearsResolutions</span></a>, but not this year. <br>In 2024, I resolve to push back every single time someone uses the term <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/VRU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VRU</span></a>, or <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/VulnerableRoadUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerableRoadUser</span></a>. </p><p>It's a transportation catchall for "humans not safely ensconsed inside a motor vehicle," and it's lazy, inaccurate, offensive, and counterproductive.</p><p><a href="https://transportation.social/tags/NoMoreVRU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMoreVRU</span></a> <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/WeArePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeArePeople</span></a> <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/RoadSafey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadSafey</span></a> <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/SafeStreetsForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafeStreetsForAll</span></a></p>
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Rebecca M. Townsend<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@dankennedy_nu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dankennedy_nu</span></a></span> news to me, too.</p><p>I wish legislators would focus on fixing the ways roads are constructed rather than blaming the victim (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VulnerableRoadUser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VulnerableRoadUser</span></a>). </p><p>We need to focus on vulnerability in the system not the users.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SustainableSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableSafety</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140521002504?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S2214140521002504?via%3Dihub</span></a></p>
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