One theory on a sensor with high counts (100+/hr) on random Tuesday mornings was that landscaping crews were inadvertently parking their vehicles on top of the bike counter lol

Bellevue hired some consultants to clean up their bike counter data (both missing and implausibly high counts).

I PRR'd the before-cleanup data in case anyone wants to compare their approach against something someone else charged money for (wanted to do this myself but haven't had time).

Complicated, but opens up a lot more technique + very helpful in low wind conditions. It's a fair bit easier to solo with both on a smaller boat (eg, 14-foot) as the smaller jib area doesn't need winches to handle.

Tried the 112th route for the first time recently and had the same reaction that the brick made things very sketchy for bikes. There's one in Bridle Trails right next to the stop line on a slope and really makes things hazardous when it is even a little wet out.

The original Earth Day has to be a contender here. Between 10% of the US participating and the environmental theme, a ton of people rode bikes even if it wasn't the main focus.

Bicyclists gathering in Westlake plaza before the start of the Alex Pretti Memorial Ride

Cute little doggie in a bicyclist's backpack

It was great seeing the turnout for Alex Pretti tonight in downtown Seattle - biggest group ride I've been a part of and my first time with Critical Mass.

Favorite bit was the monorail driver honking along to the chants lol

There's usually exemptions to environmental review for repairs, in this case probably RCW 43.21C.480: app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default....

"fatal accident, call for witnesses" sign in Singapore

Singapore uses such signs to try and look for witnesses as well

An argument for Christmas-oriented urbanism: we should pedestrianize more of Seattle downtown so this can be move one block north and be Pines on Pine

Velomobile - Wikipedia

Yup, velomobiles! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomob...

But to answer the questions:
- Actually ride the route at the time of day you'll lead it and stop to consider stuff that will be hard with a group
- Beyond a few people, have a sweep that you trust and has your phone number
- Have a plan to make sure a hiccup doesn't turn into something worse

Definitely on the "heavy" side of things but Cascade has a doc that's at least a good starting point: cbc-drupal-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/Cascade%20Bi...

Yep, it has happened on at least a couple sections I'm aware of due to bollards being removed. There's photos on the Eastside Urbanism discord.

Are MUPs already covered? There have been some cars using the 520 trail at times

Great ride with Bike Disco last night!

Also by far my favorite inflatable

Loved the energy at No Kings Redmond today!

I'm under the impression WA Bikes has separate fundraising events and isn't commingled with Cascade (and thus STP funds).

On a desktop/laptop, right click on the map, "report a data problem", then "add or fix a road". Shows you at least the road grid!

Yeah, they're ingesting it from somewhere.

But *anyone* can add a road to Google maps.

Just not a bike lane (or a sidewalk).

Bizarrely, Google maps has no way to edit their bike lane data. I tried adding some brand new, protected bike lanes in my city and the edits were rejected with no explanation.

Tenants of us-east-1 deserve legacy business subsidies IMO

Starting to see some art getting installed

Gap in asphalt, about the width of a car tire, resulting in a speed ditch

Speed bumps frequently get taken at speed here (like everywhere) so certain roads employ a "speed ditch" that is far more successful at slowing vehicles down.

In places like airport entrances, it's a little more obvious that it's an intentional choice - here it might just be a lazy utility

Street cat on roof waiting to pounce on author

Out watching the eclipse tonight only to find this little predator ready to pounce on me

Cattle-based traffic calming just north of the second busiest rail station in India (Sealdah)

Commercial minivan with license plate hand painted on side

Easy urbanist idea from Kolkata - commercial vehicles have licence plate numbers shown on all four sides.

Probably mostly to make traffic officers' job easier but also way more visible as a pedestrian

Fake stone panels made from coconut fiber

Prior years have focused on being eco-friendly and these fake stone panels appear to be made from coconut fiber so might be biodegradable

Construction crew in Kolkata working on new building

Based on the new buildings in the area, this is probably the beginnings of a six story condo building