Debunking Engineers’ Excuses … With The Power of Hip-Hop Streetsblog USA [Video]

When traffic engineers shut down good road projects — and promote bad ones — they tend to use the same handful of insufferable buzzwords, dubious studies, and condescending technocratic excuses again and again. In a recent California Bike Summit presentation, though, veteran transportation professional Buff Brown broke down exactly how to clap back … by challenging his colleagues to a rap battle.

Brown knows he probably won’t go verse for verse with Kendrick Lamar anytime soon — though “the growth of traffic for the next 20 years / shows no room for bike lanes, sorry, thoughts and prayers” is a pretty fire line — but his credentials as a road safety expert are solid. He has degrees in engineering, law, and environmental science, as well as a 30-year career as a transportation planner, air quality regulator, and bicycle and pedestrian advocate in four different states under his belt.

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