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Saturday Night Live NYC mayoral debate cold open

co-sponsored by "Bike Lanes"

"You want a new way to die?

Step into a bike lane."

Motornormativity causes audience to laugh.

nominee for
Data Visualization of the Year

If you drive a black Lexus with Minnesota license plate ZHM 670, you should consider not using a phone while driving and increasing your following distance.

USB-C charging input for pedal-assist battery 💯

Rivian-affiliated bike and quad company named ALSO smartly incorporating a standard for charging. Battery pack can also dispense electricity.

photo credit: InsideEVs video

CC: Bosch

Dearest Martha,

Indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write a few lines should this congestion not unclog.

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Here's why I turned off AI Overviews and why you should consider it too After being disappointed by Google's AI Overviews, I decided to figure out how to turn the feature off altogether.

How to turn off AI summaries in your Android browser default search engine www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-...

YouTube video by Greg Foot How to give a brilliant media interview about your science | ‘Talking Science’ Course #9

Backup plan

An excellent 18-minute video about giving a good interview.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=epPE...

Traffic calming for bigger budgets.

Archer Rapid Gate and Barriers made by Meridian

A thrifty, open-source solution for calming traffic:

* Paint hand cart with bright colors.
* (optional) apply clear reflective spray paint.
* Place a concrete block on the cart and roll it into position where you want to calm traffic.

#SchoolCrossing
#CrossingGuard
#VisionZero
#TrafficCalming

A thrifty, open-source solution for calming traffic:

* Paint hand cart with bright colors.
* (optional) apply clear reflective spray paint.
* Place a concrete block on the cart and roll it into position where you want to calm traffic.

#SchoolCrossing
#CrossingGuard
#VisionZero
#TrafficCalming

GIF

When the buffer on a U.S. curb-protected bike lane is red, what should it be called?

The reverse Dutch?

When the buffer on a U.S. curb-protected bike lane is red, what should it be called?

The reverse Dutch?

One person moving in a multi-ton metal box gets $9,000, and one person moving on an efficient micromobility device gets $225. Electric cars do not solve for congestion, storage, sedentary lifestyle, injury/death due to crashes. The battery in ONE gaint electric SUV could power hundreds of e-bikes.

A human skeleton is posed to look like it is pushing a small engine lawn mower. The skeleton is wearing a cowboy hat and a dress with red and white horizontal stripes.

Air pollution from an hour of a gasoline lawn mower is about the same emissions as a 100-mile vehicle ride, according to a study, which recommended mowers have catalytic converters.

From 2001. Largely ignored for 24 years.

* peer-reviewed Environmental Science & Technology

Electrify stuff.

How did a RAM van chassis make it through the design process to production without someone saying to a designer, "Hey, did you know that part of the vehicle obstructs view of the side mirror?"

The view is from behind a child riding a bicycle on a city street. The bicycle's rear red light is on. The almost-sunset sky is blue behind the silhouette of the tree-lined street. Light from a streetlamp casts a shadow of the bicycle tires and the rider on the street.

Creating autonomous kids is more important than creating autonomous vehicles.

#BikeJoy
#LetGrow

Example #986 why micromobility lanes need bollards to keep the sharks out of the pool that has kids and adults.

#DrivingViolation

Damn I should’ve been defensive cycling. Why didn’t I think of that

Billings, MT crossing guard Linda Walton's bodycam shows some drivers aren't slowing.

The paradox of street design:

If it feels dangerous, it's probably safer.

Drivers likely to slow down if they think the car body will get damaged.

Curvy streets R safer than straight streets.

#SafeRoutes

Delineators and flashing yellow strobes ( RRFB ) are new at a Billings, MT intersection.

However, crossing guard Linda Walton is reaching a patience breaking point. Her bodycam shows some drivers still aren't slowing down.

#SRTS #SafeRoutes

News story
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBMo...

When an escalator stops, it just becomes stairs.

Paris

The City of
(off to conserve energy) Lights

I remember

The Summer I Turned Pretty

aware of status quo inertia

and friction against continuous improvement

in municipal government.

#tsitp
#BikeAdvocacy
#SmartCities
#VisionZero #MTP

A juvenile pedestrian died after being struck by a motorcycle operator in Des Moines on 9/20/25 at 4950 Northeast 29th Street.

The motorcycle rider, a 23-year-old from Albia, Iowa, "was transported to a local hospital..."

[ collision Polk County Iowa crash ]
#VisionZero
#PedestrianDeath

Public safety agencies have been asking drivers to pay attention since the advent of the car.

Can't stop what a driver does, so traffic engineering requires: control what you can.

Therefore, the street design paradox. Making a street narrow and with curves will nudge drivers to pay attention.

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[ Tiktok ] Disney super fan Magically Terry: I canceled my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.

Because ABC forgot rule #1 from @timothysnyder.bsky.social "On Tyranny"

1) Do not obey in advance.

[Jimmy Kimmel ]

[ Tiktok ] Disney super fan Magically Terry: I canceled my ABC Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.

"... we are so far down the path to authoritarianism..."

[Jimmy Kimmel ]