Tab Combs @DrTCombs@transportation.social

I dislike nearly everything about tennis, but the part I hate the most is the elbow.

Hey friends! I'm looking for lightweight, light-duty #ebikes for a pair of semi-nomadic septuagenarians with dodgy knees.

Mainly for recreation. Affordability (theft potential is high), ease of use (old people), and batteries that won't go boom (obviously) are the main needs.

Any suggestions out there?
Thank you!!!

#ebike #Fedibikes #BikeTooter

For those who really want to explain urban heat to me, save yourself the trouble.

Urban heat is a thing because cities are covered in concrete, and concrete traps and then radiates heat.

Cities are covered in concrete because of cars.

IT'S THE CARS. Cars are the reason cities are hot, noisy, stinky, dirty, and expensive.

Hey #NorthCarolina friends. Please use this tool to let #NCDOT understand what kinds of #transportation investments matter to you!!!

#climatechange #mobility #biketooter #roadsafety #walking #safestreets

https://live.metroquestsurvey.com/?u=oq8i8y%23!%2F%3Fp&pm=dynamic&popup=IntroPopup#!/?p=web&pm=dynamic&popup=IntroPopup#!%2F%3Fp=web&pm=dynamic&popup=IntroPopup

I just got back from a grocery run, and holy crap. The difference in temperature between a greenway in the woods and a sidewalk next to a multilane road is mindboggling. The greenway was almost pleasant. The road felt more like the surface of the sun.

It's almost* as if continuing to coddle drivers by building out more and more roads is actually contributing to the global heat wave we're living in right now. [*sarcasm]

I'm old enough to remember when the Windows log-in screen was just a pretty picture.

I don't need baseball scores, stock tips, or wild promises about what copilot can do for my productivity, thank you. I'd just like to start my work day, please.

Posh haircut just in time for the heat dome

#DogsOfMastodon

Why do we keep building roads people can drive 80 miles an hour on in places we don't want them going faster than 35????

Build the roads for the behaviors you want.

kiddo and I saw our first cybertruck in the wild today. kid said it looked like a cross between an army tank and a toaster.

she's not wrong.

Dear Captcha: Are you looking for motorcycles or portions of a single motorcycle? Please advise.

9 years ago one of my dearest friends was traveling from New Zealand to Charleston, SC for a conference. She was nervous about the trip, fearing both hurricanes and gun violence, but I assured her everything would be fine.

The day she arrived, Charleston received 11 inches of rain. 2 days later, a mass shooter killed 9 people in a church 2 blocks from her hotel.

I can't help but think how tragically commonplace this seems today.

Update: Team Buzzkill has been told to "think of the children and how they never get to have fun anymore."

HELLO I KNOW WHY BEING A KID SUCKS THESE DAYS. It's because all the adults are literally trying to kill them. One way or another.

to be clear I am on the unpopular side of said debate

watching a debate unfold over whether a school-sanctioned water balloon inside a moving school bus is a fun way celebrate the end of school or maybe a sign that we as a society have lost all sight of the fact that driving a multi-ton metal box is difficult and errors in so doing impose enormous external costs even without the risk of getting beaned in the head by a 5th grader with a water balloon