Tab Combs @DrTCombs@transportation.social

It's here. The 'all the ways drivers tried to kill us this year' video montage, 2023-2024 edition.
Warning: there's some language.

#Fedibikes #BikeTooter #VisionZero #CarBrain

https://urbanists.video/w/eQhY4HJvX9kYmeX6NaWeoE

Overheard a parent say to another parent at pickup today, "I couldn't decide whether to break the law or not, but it's not like anyone uses the bike lane. Why shouldn't we park there?" as I was standing right there with my bicycle, waiting for my kid with her bicycle, so we could ride home from school in the bike lane.

5 hand picked bouquets for the 5 favorite teachers on the last day of school. Proudly delivered by bicycle.

I despise everything about the environmental catastrophe that is #golf, but if golf is what it takes to prove the value of #trains, then I'll get on board. Hooray Golf!!!

#LetThereBeTrains

https://media.amtrak.com/2024/05/ncdot-announces-special-train-in-june-from-raleigh-to-the-u-s-open-in-pinehurst/

Light reading in the garden this morning, thinking about that time our district engineer told me I should ride my #bicycle in the extra wide shoulder of a multi-lane highway and be grateful for it.

#KilledByATrafficEngineer #FediBikes #VisionZero #RoadSafety

It's come to this

The combination of the water, the breeze, the wildlife, the well-placed trees luring you around the next bend, and--I admit--flying past all the backed up car traffic on the road...it all makes me smile.
I'm so thankful I get to enjoy this every morning.

My favorite part of the morning commute is biking with my kid to school.
My second favorite part is this:

https://urbanists.video/w/pKT67E8jHdhu8RxrWyreMt

#BikeTooter #fedibikes #Greenways #BikeToSchool #chapelhillnc

Yeah, it's a little thing. But doing it every day, while glaring at us from her driving perch? That's aggressive intent. It's a very small step from aggressive intent to aggressive action.
And even a small aggressive action from a bus that size would easily kill my kid and me.

Well. I took the "Honk if you love bikes" sign off my bike this weekend and the school bus driver resumed honking at us this morning.

Sigh. Only 2 more days.

https://transportation.social/@DrTCombs/112519894164359235

We've been finding some fascinating artifacts while digging in some very deep clay to install a new drainage system around our house. Yesterday's finds include this etched metal medallion. Can anyone help us figure out what it is?

For background, the house is 80 years old and was built on the site of a Union army bivouac. It's got some cool US history.

#Question
#Detectorists
#History

Sitting in my #garden, sipping coffee, reading #KilledByATrafficEngineer, watching people blast through an all-way stop... Lots of feels this Sunday morning

One of the many arguments against allowing right turns on red is that it entices drivers to roll up as close to the intersection as possible, the better to see when a gap appears that they can dart into. This causes them to completely block crosswalks, curb ramps, and beg buttons.

It seems like a little thing...unless you need to use those facilities....in which case it's a BFD.

#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero #Accessibility

using food as a reward to teach kids about nutrition pretty well sums up our approach to education these days

Not particularly thrilled to know there's a fellow bicyclist in the hospital and a driver with a warrant for felony hit and run on the loose in my little town tonight