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
Big existential-doom energy to tonight’s sunset
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@crschmidt Living in Neighborhood 9 among the townie working class and tony Avon Hill folks I see soooo many signs for the “common sense” anti-AHO crowd. I know there aren’t many of them compared to the city population, but they’re all gonna vote. Whip your neighbors, Cantabrigians, because the backlash to AHO and bud/bike infra is LOUD.
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Mass Ave Bridge NB
3338 riders on Thu Sep 14
New record for weekdays in September!
That feeling when you're doing karaoke, there's a long instrumental break in your song, and you're not quite sure what to do with yourself up there? That's me, all the time.
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I wanna brag and shout out @inliuofjoan and myself (and others!) for the intersection of Franklin and Pearl street in #EastSomerville - the initial pearl street reconstruction plan included no treatments for this intersection which leads to two schools and a corner store. We advocated for a raised crossing, and now that it’s in, driver yield compliance has improved markedly! #safestreets #somerville #infrastrucure #walkablecities
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A Better Cambridge has announced their endorsements for City Council. Incumbents Burhan Azeem, Marc McGovern, Sumbul Siddiqui, Denise Simmons have been endorsed; newcomers Adrienne Klein, Joe McGuirk, Frtanz Pierre, Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, and Ayesha Wilson have also received the endorsement.
If housing is your number 1 priority, these are the folks you want on your ballot this fall.
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Hey everyone!
I want to attract more quality Fedizens to Mastodon. And I hear, time and time again, they would join *if there were sports*
Let's make it happen!
I created @mastodonsports as a hub for anyone who wants to live blog / toot a game.
Let me know if you want to join our collective!
Right now we are covering the NFL heavily but all sports are welcome.
PLEASE boost to get this moving!!
and follow: https://mastodon.social/@mastodonsports
I don't $650K-love-it, but i do love this new-build Shaw DC alley skinny boi https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/1738-Glick-Ct-Nw-20001/home/166666661
Love how iPhone weather pane is always always wrong
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"Nimbee attended the recent protest against bike lanes in Washington, DC"
submitted by u/romrelresearcher
https://redd.it/16hr9nw
#fuckcars
You may recall me sharing a shorter document a few months ago that summarized this paper in a slightly more digestible format. Here that it again: https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-HRT-23-025.pdf
Full report on "Developing Crash Modification Factors for Separated Bicycle Lanes" has been posted by FHWA.
Dramatic and significant crash rate reductions when 'traditional' bike lanes are upgraded with buffers and delineators. https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-HRT-23-078.pdf
When you’re a widow, the good place series finale hits hard
“Dark Streets of London” is the better Pogues Xmas song
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Pallets delivery by #cargobike in Central Munich.
Munich has recently opened a cargo bike hub to help distribute goods by bike as the city has the highest density of parcel deliveries in Germany.
A specially designed cargobike can carry full pallets weighing up to 300kg to supply shops in the city center.
Despite doubts from logistics associations, the startup B4B Logistics believes bikes can replace trucks for inner-city delivery.
The competitive advantage comes from
a. how close to destination one can park
b. speed of unloading
PSA: Your dreary workday needs you to play "Badlands" by springsteen right now, you're welcome. https://youtu.be/LzsAPhGpMkA?si=J8AEmbuMDnp94-G6
Every modern pickup truck falls well short of this $6000 homebrew darling. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1651627311996418/?mibextid=T6ff65
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There was a ‘near miss’ at Halifax’s airport, but Transport Canada won’t give us any details; also: winding down our Twixxer presence
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/there-was-a-near-miss-at-halifaxs-airport-but-transport-canada-wont-give-us-any-details/
Morning File, by @TimBousquet
Selfish, but I’ll probably always think of 9/11 as six days before I met my wife
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
