Tab Combs @DrTCombs@transportation.social

@wcbdata I had one.
Trust me...it's not worth it lol

@wcbdata I want a '92 Tacoma with airbags.

The kid's grown six inches in two years and still isn't tall enough to be seen over the hood of these ridiculous death machines prowling our neighborhood streets.

#NorthCarolina's state bird is the northern red cardinal. What these striking red birds lack in brains they make up for in their talent for mimickry....which is cool until they start mimicking car alarms.

This is not a post about #birds after all. #Cars are awful. #BanCars.

ok Monday, you win this round.

Trying to think of something witty to say about the truck full of leafblowers blocking the bike lane (and parked facing the wrong direction) today but I'm all out of gas.

#BikeLane #LeafBlowers #BikeTooter #SafeStreets

I've been blocked by #EVThreads and I couldn't be prouder.

We have decided to embrace the musical chaos

#4thgraderlife #recorders

@MichaelTBacon If you kill one, two more grow back in its place.

We have witnessed this, and were forced to question whether our extended family actually loves us.

what noise cancelling settings work on the recorder?

@somcak Thanks for asking!

Lower contrast colors (pale yellow instead of fluorescent, for example), bold text, underlining, bullets, and call out boxes are all better than bright highlighting.

When you use bright colors to highlight content on a screen, you may think you're calling attention to that content.

But for a whole lot of people, you're making that content invisible at best, and sometimes sending us running for cover (literally covering our heads and hiding in the dark until the migraine subsides).

Please don't use bright colors to highlight stuff on screen. There are better ways to call attention to the important bits.

If you use excel to grade papers and exams, maybe this site will save you hours (days?) of effort like it just did me:

https://www.exceldemy.com/split-excel-sheet-into-multiple-files/

@kottke How fast I clicked this link hoping to delight in Jason's take on the American Institute of Certified #Planners

@pedbikeinfo That initial tweet led to
1. a global database of street space changes with entries from over 1,500 cities,
2. multiple new and rekindled collaborations with brilliant people around the world,
3. some very cool papers (by me and others), and
4. a new job

The work's not done, but it's a lot different from those early days, before the birdsite got enshittified. Still fun though!

Four years ago today my kid's school shut down and I coped by making a list of cities that were closing streets to cars so kids could play in them.

Shortly thereafter, I took to social media for help documenting what would soon be a global phenomenon.

It was a hell of a ride.

#COVID #COVIDstreets #ShiftingStreets #PandemicStreets @pedbikeinfo

Our kiddo is old enough that she doesn't need day camp to keep her alive anymore, but the entertainment and enrichment factor still holds some appeal. Until you look at the cost. OMG $27.50/hour and you're not even feeding them? You realize most people in this town don't make $27.50 an hour, right? RIGHT????