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Victim blaming.

I think that's a question DoTs ask on interviews.

Q: "What's the number one cause of accidents?"

A: "Those pesky pedestrians and especially those that wear regular clothes."

"You're hired."

Thanks for letting me know never to read anything from them.

The funny thing is that they were both against tubes before they were for them.

Silca apparently has re-invented the TPU tube, because of course Silca reinvents everything because they are special that way.

Of course Rene Herse also reinvented the TPU because they're special, too.

Or maybe they're both really good at hyperbolic ad copy.

#bikesky

It's good to find Christians who have actually read the Bible.

Trump is functionally illiterate. He's never read anything more complicated than a McDonald's menu.

Ronald Reagan was wrong. The most terrifying words aren't, "I’m from the government and I’m here to help," they are, "I'm from Silicon Valley."

There is no scary thing than a tech CEO.

I might hate this little turd as much as anyone ever.

Right now, only SB 79 is only going to apply to seven counties - with Orange County coming on board next year.

I would like to have seen something more broad, but that's the reality of getting the votes to pass it.

This is a little concerning. As a vegetarian who just turned 60, I worry about getting enough protein and find protein powders and meal replacements good to meet might needs.

Fortunately, I'm not vegan so I can switch to whey based protein.

Only about 1% of transit stops qualify under SB 79. I'm happy it passed into law, but people have this idea that mid-rise apartments are going to sprout up like trees of heaven and that's just not true.

Bus lines only qualify if they are bus rapid transit (meeting the state BRT definition, or bus service that is both a major transit stop and has a 24-hour bus-only lane).

Per CalYIMBY, neither Pacific Palisades nor Altadena have qualifying transit stops.

There probably aren't many lots in Pacific Palisades that are close enough to a transit stop to qualify. It looks like it is about two miles from the nearest train station to the start of the fire zone.

But the county still doesn't have 15 passenger stations, excluding Amtrak stations.

Even if San Bernardino was SB 79 eligible, I don't think anyone is building there.

But Ontario, Montclair and especially Redlands which has stupid height regulations would certainly benefit.

The BLS reports the median income for a bike mechanic to be roughly $39,360 or about $18.92 an hour.

$57,000 is above the 90th percentile of $49,000.

There are only about 14,000 bike mechanics in the US.

Don't tell your kids to become bike mechanics.

(And probably don't quote Glassdoor.)

If 800 million jobs disappear in the next four years, we are well and truly screwed.

SB 79 Explained: More Homes Near Transit Why Californians Need SB 79: California’s housing affordability crisis is the result of its severe housing shortage. The state needs to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030, but is currently far off...

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Tier 1 which allows the tallest buildings, requires heavy rail OR 72+ trains daily. Tier 2 requires light rail OR 48+ trains daily OR dedicated bus lanes.

Light rail and bus service added after 7/1/2026 won't be eligible as transit-oriented development stops.

Just to clarify, because I'm confusing different things.

Amtrak and HSR don't count

Something like 217,000 MLB games and has there ever been a double play like that?

The Amtrak stations appear to only count if they are very high frequency, which is 48 daily trains.

The bill sponsors state that only San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange counties are affected.

Trump is single-handedly engineering a Chinese Great Leap Forward and ushering in the Chinese Century.

I still find it ridiculous that the 4th and 5th most populous counties in the state (and 2 of the largest counties in the country) aren't covered by SB 79.

Just because she's a woman doesn't make her not vile.

My understanding is that HSR and Amtrak aren't included in the counts for passenger rail stations (probably because they aren't necessarily commuter lines). If so, I'm not sure Brightline would be counted.

I used to tell my boss that I was going to put paid admin leave on my performance review as my long term goal.

By my count there are only 11 Metrolink stations in San Bernardino County and you need 15 passenger rail stations to qualify for SB 79.