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Circular bike lock stations up against a fence, blocking the walking entrance into the fenced area anytime a bike uses the open spot to the left, as seen here.

Ok but what is actually going on with this bike rack setup? You can always tell when the people designing these things have never rode a bike anywhere. 🚲

Also, this route is less than 15 minutes away by bike from the new development #UtahCity, which is said to lead the way in new modern and accessible neighborhoods. If the network surrounding a place isn’t great, your pocket of well developed urbanism can only help so much.

Well, there’s about 20 feet of sidewalk before it drops stops for a bush in a ditch. But then, it continues with some wide sidewalks that are honestly quite nice, but who uses them? You can’t safely access them, so they’re not part of the connected network.

Ugh, Utah, do better.

#bikesky #utah

So, I continue anyway. It’s not like there’s no space on the side; it’s just not designated as a “bike lane,” although it could easily be modified into a convenient and safe route. This lack of lane persists until there’s finally a sidewalk again…

Then, it continues for a while until a stoplight, where there’s a sign indicating that the bike lane ends abruptly. It just ends there. Imagine a car road ending while other forms of transportation can still proceed. It’s quite bizarre.

I thought I could use the left sidewalk the entire way down, but it abruptly ends in random places. When it becomes too precarious, I had to switch to the other side of the road over the median. Fortunately, there’s a directional bike lane to assist.

One of my weirdest discovery bike rides and to sum it up, it was basically just an endless series of bad infrastructure. Bike lane ends. Sidewalk ends. Gotta go into the road for 30 feet. Then the sidewalk isn’t accessible. Then there’s no bike lane. Good luck.

#urbanism #bikesky #urbanplanning

Seems like a good day for a ride 🚲

Just had a job interview in person. In this market, that’s hard to come by.

Bad Bunny performing in a beige suit

I don’t know what the MAGA crowd expects the reaction to be when they all turn off the Super Bowl halfway to watch Kid Rock sway his hips back and forth for 20 minutes.

Everyone sane is just gonna be watching the real show and it won’t even have an effect lol.

A streetscape in Hong Kong showing cars, buildings, and signs. Greysky 😉

Hong Kong vibes #travel #香港🇭🇰

Remember when you were a kid and they had all kinds of cool interactive science books? I loved those.

Does anyone make interactive science books for adults? As in, high school/college level science, but lots of unique art, activities, and projects to do? I want one.

What happens when they just kill the good guys with a gun?

Alternatively, if smaller arterial roads were fixed, maybe it would eventually catch on to the bigger streets

If every stroad in Utah named “State Street” was fixed to be pedestrian and bike friendly I think it would have a positive ripple effect throughout all of #Utah. #urbanism

Highway filled with cars

Busy urban arterial filled with cars

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.

Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.

Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

I like the new app update

Lots of traffic getting on the highway in Utah

Yeah I wasn’t getting on the highway here lol

Growing a list of people I block my Instagram stories from, but I really should make it a list of people to unfollow and remove as a follower.

a group of people are sitting around a fire with a sign that says enter here Alt: a group of people are sitting around a fire with a sign that says enter here

“Yeah, the ecosystem may have collapsed, but for a while, we were able to watch some really high resolution videos of it happening”

First time taking the train to work and I’m surprisingly pleased with how full this train is.

Usually when I take it, it’s during non-commuter hours and it feels sad and empty.

Although I do like the space, we need crowded trains to push funding and improvements.

You know it’s getting bad when Candace Owen’s and Tucker Carlson are making good points

We’re cooked

How is everyone doing?

So when is Jimmy Kimmel starting his podcast?

Cars and trucks in stop and go traffic on a residential stroad

One single car accident on the freeway and the whole town just gets flooded with cars. This street can get busy, but it doesn’t usually get “stop and go” traffic busy. #bikesky #urbanism

it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient

There’s a hate problem because you voted in the most divisive President in history

There’s a gun problem because you refuse to make legislation restricting guns

We have a hate problem and a gun problem in this country and you’re surprised at what happened?

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.