Reid Davis

Weird, no tag for Wes Marshall -- trying again, because he deserves credit for this! @wesmars.bsky.social

a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him ALT: a man sitting at a desk with a box of boise paper in front of him

I can't stop thinking about how ‪@wesmars.bsky.social framed it, that cities declare Vision Zero the way Michael Scott in The Office "declared bankruptcy."

Yes! But now I can remind my girlfriend that, really, every bike taking up space in our house has a use. 😂

My last four days:
* Friday, 20 miles at Critical Mass on the gravel bike
* Saturday, 41 miles to/from Stone Mtn. with a roadie group
* Sunday, 12 miles, two mountain-bike loops at Ft. Yargo State Park
* Today, 8.5 early-a.m. miles running errands on the e-bike.

My legs are sore! But I'm happy.

Blur, while very good, would have been third out of three for me. Elastica and the Neds!

Yup! I sold the one that was fully mine. The remaining one I technically share with my kids. But it tends only to be used for longer trips -- to the burbs or out of town. (Which, imho, is the right use case for a car.)

I've actually had to start mine and run it around the block a bit after I realize it's been sitting for weeks.

First Bluesky post, Hall of Fame division.

I just want to give it my best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out.

In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost."

soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."

Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor

Smell The Glove?

Oh wait, wrong account. 😆🤘

Eventually it rolls on, and the driver yells out the window, apparently exasperated that I didn't take advantage of his "kindness."

Sir. Just ignore me as if I were a driver who wanted to enter the road. Also? I want you ahead of me, not behind me.

An all-timer today in the "don't be nice, be predictable" sweepstakes when interacting with drivers on the road as a cyclist. So I'm waiting for a break in traffic in order to pedal out from my driveway, and a car stops dead in the road. I stare at it, trying to determine intent.

I'm honestly jealous that you have ranked-choice voting, period. That should be everywhere.

The Artist Formerly Known as Zowie Bowie for the win, 100%.

📣 Come visit Propel ATL's booth at Atlanta Streets Alive this Sunday, 2-6 p.m.!

⁉️ "Where's my project?" is the powerful question we're asking ahead of the May 20 Atlanta Department of Transportation budget briefing and May 21 public hearing.

We’ll have two interactive ways for you to engage:

Yet another cool milestone on my ebike. Roughly 95% of these miles (over the last 15 months) directly replace car trips.

You don't even have to do every one of them. Just, say, every third or fourth one. 😈

One of the best pieces of local reporting over the last year (if not THE best.) Thrilled to see it recognized and (belatedly!) making some waves.

Two people riding bikes in Amsterdam. One says “if anyone proposed this in my town I’d kill them”

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

@urbanizeatl.bsky.social Not sure who needs to get this but the "magic link" login is not working. I put in my (pre-registered) email, get the email with the link, then when I click I am told that it's an invalid link.

The cost of speeding in Atlanta: Death, injury, destruction The influx of cars from around metro Atlanta has increased the odds that pedestrians will be struck and killed.

But high-speed police chases are only part of the toxic pattern on Atlanta streets, which enable too many drivers to drive at high speeds.

A recent AJC article by Michael Scatturo points this out: www.ajc.com/news/health-...

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."

But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.

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The regime is clearing out everyone in the military who's not a loyalist in preparation for martial law. I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

I hear that.

This is, in the parlance of the media biz, a "get." Go on, Spencer!

(Very glad I live in an "alt Atlanta" where the bike community is my community and I rarely have to drive. I also swore off the Barves in 2016. Hope Atlanta gets a baseball team again one day.)

Boooo but sounds like you dodged a bullet.

I'll be traveling to NOLA this year (via Amtrak, thankyouverymuch) for the World Naked Bike Ride in June so very much yes to both of these.