darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
Current theory: Main water supply line runs along the sill plate on the north-facing side of the house, behind a wall in our finished basement. Currently blasting entire area with space heaters. 🤞🤞
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Whats new in Prague? On second of February at 2:02 pm was officialy introduced new retro tram Tatra K2. Finally we can see it without black mask and tomorrow will operate on historical line number 42.
Photo by Roman Hloch, TVČR
https://www.facebook.com/Tram.vcr
Good morning frozen pipes
Like I’m a kid in Ottawa again, except not one flake of snow in sight.
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🔔Your task today is to find a friend stuck on Twitter and pull them over here. I don’t know your friends!
Please boost ❤️
Somehow I think the migration process causes me to unfollow about 100 accounts. Just give me a shout if you noticed I unfollowed you for no apparent reason recently.
I accept that this place is glitchy, but boy it really seems confoundingly glitchy with carrying out and maintaining following sometimes
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People For Bikes has released their rankings for the best new U.S. bike lanes of 2022, and MCDOT's Capital Crescent Surface Trail bike lane in Bethesda came in second among nine top projects.
The bike lane links downtown #bethesdamd to the nearby Capital Crescent Trail, an 11-mile paved and gravel trail that connects Bethesda with Georgetown and #silverspringmd
▶️ https://bit.ly/3HGtgry
#montgomerycountymd #bikemoco #mocobikes #Maryland #transit #transitTooter #bikelanes #bicycle #bicycles
10 degrees Fahrenheit but no snow on the ground is just weird
Hey, it's #FollowFriday, really.
A few folks from my twitter circle made the jump very recently or found long-lost passwords to masto accounts, and you should follow them because they're:
Pro urbanists: @paulangelone@urbanists.social & @brettw
From Baahstaahn: @ccassa
Bikey: @keithmo
Expert antitrust journo @ronmknox
Source of like 80% of what I know about Iceland: @samerfarha
More day job news:
Register for the Every Day Counts (EDC) virtual summit featuring 7 strategies to make our transportation system safer and more adaptable, sustainable, and equitable. (No, separated bike lanes aren't one of them, sorry).
Perhaps lost a bit amidst the bigger grant program announcements, the Tribal Transportation program gave out $21M in safety grants, which included a lot of planning activities, but also a neat variety of pedestrian safety projects, such as mixed-use trails, a roundabout construction, and a variety of other intersection safety improvements. https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/docs/subdoc/2561/2022-ttpsf-grant-awards.pdf
More on the exclusionary-zoning fire from the Arlington NAACP: https://www.arlnow.com/2023/02/03/naacp-alleges-current-missing-middle-proposal-could-run-afoul-of-fair-housing-laws/
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I wrote up something quick on Musk shutting down Movetodon... and also why people should set up a Mastodon account soon before Musk shuts off other similar tools. Feel free to share it to friends still sticking to the bird site. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/03/elon-musk-is-running-scared-from-mastodon-cuts-off-the-best-tool-for-finding-your-twitter-followers-there/
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Today, organizations are joining a USDOT call to action to make roadways safe for everyone by supporting the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) that includes #VisionZero, #SafeSystems, and safe walking, biking, and rolling for all.
A recent NRSS progress report details efforts in the last year and next steps: https://bit.ly/3RwH23h
Getting to zero fatalities and injuries will require everyone doing their part. Join the call and share specific actions here:
https://bit.ly/3jB5Jz3
More importantly: Log back on and tell your friends still on Twitter to try @debirdify now!!!
https://digitalcourage.social/@debirdify/109801871052831401
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Or perhaps I should put a different spin on it: Try #Debirdify now! It might be your last chance! 🙂
#ArlingtonVA: We're gonna do Missing Middle!
Arl NAACP: About time, you better do it right.
#ArlingtonVA: Um, eightplexes are too much.
Arl NAACP: "The NAACP will not be a bystander as government policies recreate discriminatory effects of the past by preventing people of color from enjoying the same benefits as those living in the county’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods."
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get in, losers, we're going to rock the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru
https://www.designboom.com/technology/tesla-cybertruck-giga-press-texas-factory-01-16-2023/
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
