J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski@transportation.social
- https://twitter.com/swiderskiji
- ANC-campaign twitter
- https://twitter.com/JS_1B03
- donate to my campaign for ANC
- https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=mstdn
active & public transportation advocate and planner; lifelong walker and somewhat-more-than-occasional bike rider.
fan of maps, transit, & cities; baseball, hockey, and football; puns; oxford commas; and semicolons.
candidate for DC ANC 1B03, endorsed by @DCYIMBYs and @ggwash.
Joined Nov 2022
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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Seattle DOT director Greg Spotts notes the need to think about streets along the edge of a park and whether they support the park's purpose. By turning a fast, noisy slip lane that slingshots drivers into Green Lake into a barrier-protected 2-way bike lane, the change reduced noise and the traffic effect of SR99 at that spot. Much more parklike.
#WSDOTActive #SEABikes #transportation #infrastructure #BikeTooter #CompleteStreets #parks #SafetyOverSpeed
@anelki not sure how you feel about NFL, but the Vikings are currently beating the snot out of the Packers :D
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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We’re teaming up with the Institute for Justice to make it possible to exercise our freedom of speech--by offering trainings for ANCs.: https://ggwash.org/view/97037/were-asking-dc-to-obey-the-first-amendment
As a longtime @GGWash reader (like, since before I moved to DC, seriously) and supporter, I am grateful, proud, and delighted to be not just endorsed but called "a top-notch choice" for ANC 1B03.
https://ggwash.org/view/96942/2024-anc-endorsements-ward-1#:~:text=1B03%3A%20J.%20Swiderski
(Also, you can now donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=ggmstdn)
ballot order is proven to matter for election results, especially small/low-info races, so many places hold a lottery to make sure it's random.
DC's was today; the results are posted at https://dcboe.org/elections/2024-elections
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things you love to see: your name in #1 position on your ballot order list.
@LhasaCM @veleau_monica calling it a "news" piece might be a bit... generous... 😹
@openanc some races appear to be processing improperly -- maybe a quote-marks conflict? — and are showing the candidates from 2022 rather than 2024.
seems to affect all the ones marked with the SMD number.
@anelki I have a hard enough time with the idea Nebraska and the East Coast teams are in the Big Ten now, let alone this West Coast nonsense...
(Pitt in the ACC, especially with the other big Mid-Atlantic schools that are much better at basketball than football, almost makes sense, OTOH...)
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@Drquuxum I believe three of my grandparents were the first of their respective family born in the US, though my dad's grandfather had come over as a child.
Not sure about the others, but I know for my mat. grandmother (b. Detroit, 1929), English was her fourth language. She only started learning it when she started school—and all the way through school she translated for her parents, who AFAIK never learned English...
wow.
I still remember when Pitt's response to staff asking for help making campus roads safer—to one of our own being killed in the shadow of the Cathedral—was "the university has bike racks throughout the campus [and[ encourages car-pooling…"
Congrats to all involved in moving this very large, heavy needle!
https://parking-mobility-magazine.org/august-2024/bike-share-takes-off/
@20002ist last week, my phone took a catastrophic tumble Thursday evening, and by mid-day Saturday was completely unusable. It took me until mid-day Sunday to acquire a new phone and get back online. I got to say basically ^that^ to someone at the GGWash happy hour.
... It's been a hell of a month for being briefly more-or-less offline for a fraction of a weekend...
@bikepedantic oh god. nightmare.
good luck.
J. I. Swiderski, MURP
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The annual #RideOfSilence rolls tomorrow evening in nearly 200 cities, in 40 states and 10 countries across the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. https://www.rideofsilence.org/locations-domestic.php
#BikeDC event info here: https://ggwash.org/calendar/event/93187/ride-of-silence-dc-660f370771bfb4.16215200
(It is, I know, expected to rain most of the day tomorrow in DC, but unless it gets heavy or lightning-y I will likely move forward as scheduled.)
Take a moment out of #BikeMonth tomorrow to honor those who are no longer with us.
This year's #RideofSilence will be May 15. Mark your calendars and plan to take a moment out of #BikeMonth to honor those who are no longer with us.
#BikeDC details TBD, tentatively same as 2023. https://rideofsilence.org/locations-domestic.php?s=DC
Not in DC? Find or list yours at https://rideofsilence.org/
@rainbowR erm, Feb. 22 is a Thursday.
Did you mean Wednesday, Feb 21, or Thursday, Feb 22?
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“Including a few design features for pedestrians and cyclists is not enough. Following a Complete Streets approach means prioritizing the safety of all road users and designing for safety over speed.”
Yes, even in rural areas people walk, roll, and ride bikes, and deserve to be safe doing so.
https://smartgrowthamerica.org/what-it-means-to-follow-a-complete-streets-approach-in-rural-america/
@bikepedantic I'm glad to see others had the same question i did.
(Alas, I have no room for either a cargotrike or a puppy ATM...)
- https://twitter.com/swiderskiji
- ANC-campaign twitter
- https://twitter.com/JS_1B03
- donate to my campaign for ANC
- https://secure.actblue.com/donate/j-swiderski?refcode=mstdn
active & public transportation advocate and planner; lifelong walker and somewhat-more-than-occasional bike rider.
fan of maps, transit, & cities; baseball, hockey, and football; puns; oxford commas; and semicolons.
candidate for DC ANC 1B03, endorsed by @DCYIMBYs and @ggwash.
Joined Nov 2022
