Happy December Celebrations and a Fantastic 2018

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Whatever holiday(s) you celebrate, with whomever you celebrate, and whatever rituals you observe, I wish you very happy, healthy, and fun times. Relax, spend time with loved ones, and make those transportation resolutions for 2018.

My transportation-oriented resolutions are - insert drumroll here - to live those AV dreams so that we get ever closer to a more equitable, accessible, reliable, and - big drumroll - actually safe transportation reality for everyone. And by everyone I mean parents schlepping with young children, people who use wheelchairs, grocery shoppers who are not using a car, people with sensory and developmental disabilities, people lugging luggage, and - another, but bigger, drumroll - people of color and others who have been marginalized due to race, gender or sexuality, or ethnicity. Because (not proper grammar, I admit) what does skin color or those other personal characteristics have to do with the civil right to transportation?

I have some personal transportation resolutions as well, which are mainly avoiding driving to particular locations within a half hour walk. That will be tested today; really cold and has the feel of the start of a super cold snap (though not really cold for those of you in the upper Midwest).

My present: A perfect New Year's Eve movie scene from a romantic comedy because there's walkable streets  parks, taxis, and transit - and because I am not a big fan of movies or shows about sports, science fiction, or violence.