Josephine Roper @jroper@transportation.social

@tutwilly if you use a chain lock without slack (eg by wrapping it around the post a few times), it shouldn't be removable without removing the handlebar (is that what it's called on a scooter?). Would only work if the handlebar can't be easily removed.

Christmas presents! My people know me ❤️

Though I did send some of them a link to @philipthalis’s puzzle in advance… gotta drop hints 😁

@timrichards @travelfish A great sentiment. Fits well with intentionally choosing slow and sometimes awkward ways of travel, like trains and bikes. Constraints and difficulty leading to discovery.

@Dr_Donegan I know this was like 3 weeks ago (I'm just working my way through someone's follow Friday post) but if you didn't work it out yet: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/

@SydneyCyclewaysFan I'm at UNSW, I wouldn't call it easily accessible! It's ok from the city but from the inner west it's really awkward. Also both UNSW and USYD are much more spread out campuses with many small bike racks, and rightly or wrongly I don't worry about bike theft within campus during the day, so I don't bother to use the cage.

@jakecoppinger don't know much but it sounds great. I think there has been a perception that the travel time must be competitive with flying (including airport access etc) to get mode shift on the route, thus needing to be HSR. But that may not be the case with increasing desire not to fly or drive.

I used to be one of those work travellers doing day trips to Melbourne and I think a 6 hour train the afternoon before would have been quite an attractive option.

Bike parking at the pub! ... as long as you get there before this person 🙃

(In their defense, the rack was already bent, and the yellow paint is quite ambiguous as to what is meant to be going on)

the irony that this is now my most boosted post, is not lost on me

Handy Mastodon feature I noticed today, other newbies might find useful: you can go to someone's profile and "hide boosts" from them (click on the three dots right of Follow).

Ie, if you want to keep following someone's own toots but think they boost too much random stuff.

@walk_sydney pedestrian crossings save time for pedestrians but it seems almost taboo to mention this as a benefit - only safety is used, at least to 'sell' them.

@walk_sydney the intent is very promising!

Something I've been thinking about this week - eventually we need to talk about speed & efficiency for active transport, as for any other form of transport, not just safety and comfort (eg we see "improving the safety and comfort of people walking and riding bikes" but we never see "reducing walking and cycling times by traffic signal improvements" or "enabling more efficient cycling by providing separated paths rather than shared paths"

Dropped a mention of @walk_sydney in there :) Suggested looking them up in response to many callers concerned about safety and lack of footpaths in their local areas, who don't necessarily know where to start with raising these issues.

@rob_telraam thank you! yes they did all support me and I think it went well!

will be on the radio tomorrow morning talking about research (walkability). Just a bit terrified 😬

Telling myself the only people listening to the ABC at 10am are old and chill, so I can just imagine I'm explaining my work to my grandpa. Any other tips for good radio chats are welcome!

@straphanger it's a beautiful picture but last time I saw it was a tweet comparing it with all the cars in the same square more recently... (Wikipedia, Place de Dublin, 2011). Still, more walkable than a typical North American street.

@haraldkliems though not in a very cold area, something I like about having an ebike is that dressing is even easier because you don't need to calculate whether you'll overheat going up a hill and have to take layers off, or dress slightly cold at the start of a ride. I don't think I own any cycle-specific clothing, just clothes (including some handy climbing jackets).