For $40k I cpull finally get that custom nickel plated bullitt XL with Campagnolo super record I‘ve always wanted. With cash left over for a brace of Bromptons to fit on the cargo deck.

Screenshot of the ALSO bike configuration page showing fenders as a $50 option. The rear fender extends to about 9-o’clock on the rear tire, which means that it will kick up spray on following riders.

”Fenders” are a $50 USD option. I do note that the rear fender will keep the operator dry, but will not protect the person riding behind this bike.

PBOT gives bike bus leaders traffic signal superpowers You could think of this as bike bus signal priority.

At several locations across the city where bike bus routes cross busy intersections, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has programmed traffic signals with a custom, bike bus-friendly timing plan that is activated by a longer push of the beg button.

(!!!)

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Important thread 🧵 👇🏼

Maybe I write them letters, letting them know that the cities investment in bike infrastructure has made my custom possible, and asking them to support additional safe infrastructure for pedestrians and E-bikes.

My success yesterday using our E-bike to link 15 different local errands in a half day has me thinking about how to activate local businesses to support bike infrastructure. Because I was on a bike, it was easy for me to visit many locations and transact with my favorite local shops.

Abus lock. At most stops, my bike was in sight for most of the time because I parked right in front of the business in question.

And at every stop, I parked with 5m
(15’) of the front door of the establishment in question.

E-bikes are very disruptive; I ran errands yesterday, making 15 distinct stops in about 5hrs, which would be absolutely impossible with a car.

The businesses in this building are beloved by our family. The toyshop, the craft lab, the pharmacy, the antique shop, all have been a key part of our life in oak bay and it breaks my heart to think about losing them.

Government street, and neighbors seem to be doing pretty well… how about more bike lanes and replacing the city owned parking blocks with Singapore style 30 story housing towers. (2 and 3br) Adding 10k car-free families downtown would do amazing things for the vibrancy downtown.

Done! Thank you.

Running the Toronto play then…

Love photo 2! Nice work.

A woman sitting on a white ferry bench sketching

An ink and watercolor sketch of a ferry

I’m thrilled to be joining Washington State Ferries as artist-in-residence next week, September 22nd–28th! I’ll be on board the Port Townsend–Coupeville ferry to explore, paint, and record experiences on this unique route. Learn more on my blog and stay tuned for updates!

leading the fight against onion caramelizing disinformation

Hide And Seek has an absolutely outstanding drip coffee and it’s also an amazing value at $2.00. I’ll miss them on Oak Bay.

Quadra Village has a cluster of
Middle Eastern and African shops, it’s where I found Tuareg tea… it
Could count. Also we have the oldest Chinatown on the West Coast yeah?

Does it map to the gorge?

Strong anti-trust protections
and anti-money-laundering. Also strengthen our healthcare system.

Early 90s Klein bicycle ad showing a red Klein road bike carrying a red Porsche car inverted above it in a roof rack. Text reads: “It could change your priorities. The Aluminum Klein.”

We could prevent so many traffic casualties with that money….

We could even name the speedbump after the offending driver and install a cute little plaque.

How about we install speed bumps at the site of any casualty collisions, near misses, or excess speeding tickets? That is probably something we can afford to do and would immediately make our streets safer. This feels like something council could do.

^^^ @thatandromeda.bsky.social you’re trending again.

I’m probably fine with 25mph(35kmph or so), but directionally this would be lovely…

EBikes should go 30mph and have their own wide, dedicated lanes. this is achievable and an actual transportation revolution if we can get the infrastructure built.

Ebikes are car replacements with none of the downsides of car ownership.

Folks, give @victoria.ca a follow on this platform.

Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back.

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Thank you for checking. It seems like a nice way to get alerts into people's feeds without relying on a corporate intermediary.

Y’all have an RSS feed for these alerts?