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
The internal shared streets look ducking gorgeous. We’ll see how they work once the cars make their presence felt.
Answer: They followed through on their exacted promise of a (somewhat flawed) protected bikelane adjacent without deleting the northbound bikelane next to the bus lane. Hooray!
after a month of supercold, covid, depression, travel, and holidays, i'm starting to get a bit buttery. really need this.
did a couple of short easy treadmill jogs while on travel, but gonna try a real jog for the first time post-covid, fingers crossed
darren is Not Going Back
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The Nation kindly invited me to write an op-ed on my run for North Carolina's Commissioner of Agriculture.
This office doesn't get much attention, but it's crucial to democracy. Local politics & corruption don't stay local.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/commissioner-agriculture-north-carolina-democrat/
darren is Not Going Back
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@caseynewton writes how he came to the decision to move Platformer from Substack after three years of building its substantial readership on the online publishing service. He talks about his search for answers from Substack's co-founders, an investigation into pro-Nazi content on the platform and the importance of understanding the thoughts of Platformer's readers.
Why anyone with the choice would ever choose driving I-95 over riding the train is beyond me
Great #trbam presentation on the trapezoid delineator, to guide people who are blind away from sidewalk-level bike lanes and other conflict areas.
Here’s the original research: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361198120922991
Here’s a new domestic OTS source for them: https://www.stronggo.com/index.php/urban-accessibility-0
Gorgeous additions to the NoVa skyline and housing market. But what will the final adjacent stretch of Crystal Drive look like? https://www.arlnow.com/2024/01/10/residents-could-start-moving-into-two-nearly-complete-apartment-towers-in-crystal-city-next-month/
#trbam is when my camera roll is just a bunch of pics of slides
The only good thing about living in a New Hampshire media market was Chris Christie’s red meat for blue voters TV ads https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/01/in-surprise-move-chris-christie-to-drop-out-of-2024-presidential-race.html
Every time I come back to DC, there’s a new separated bike lane somewhere. This new-to-me one, in Thomas Circle, is no longer an MUTCD violation! (Per revised 9E.05) #trbam
Post-acute-pandemic research rebound: Paper submissions for the #trbam Bike Committee hit an all-time record volume after a 2020-2022 dip.
Recycling my now-annual observation that #trbam escalators really demonstrate the appeal of e-bikes
Pedestrian seriously injured when a driver runs an SUV into a bank at this intersection. I lived half a mile from here.
Arlington County, VA (which i'm feeling super-validated to have left) reconstructed this "street" a few years ago, and... yeah. https://www.arlnow.com/2024/01/05/acpd-charges-pending-against-driver-who-struck-pedestrian-and-slammed-into-bank/
Missed the first real snow in the new neighborhood and I am sad
There’s a #bikedc petition to build the long-needed East-west connection along Harewood and Taylor St, and let’s face it, this graphic pretty much guarantees that it will get done. Hopefully swiftly. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdj0_bGPmU8lFsDdL09rgNXWMIFu6GJCC_CXvLICrI9E1YBRw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2H4C1jA0L2m_zuH7RWEu7wAk3jb1rXNpi7wVA6vwfiWwzaYFuv4Uft4qM_aem_Ae-LlZnER1U8RpcHzm-7UHL5uTcZGz2H13hUO1w7mC67HW12ciYlSbbtsp-YP2paSLc
Seeing WMATA delivering is good for my soul
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
