Tim Fliss

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YouTube video by ¡COLORES! A Production of NMPBS The Art of Lowrider Bicycles

Classic streamlined lowrider bicycles. The ride looks so relaxing.

Yes, for cities starting from scratch or nearly so, the side street route is likely to still have parked cars, cut through traffic, conflict with arterials every few blocks and no destinations. When my neighborhood got route improvements protected arterial routes were clearly safer and more usable.

Opinion | Is Decarbonization Dead? Trump just shredded America’s most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.

Great Ezra Klein interview with Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins this week on the emissions impacts of the partial repeal of the Biden administration's signature climate law and the path forward for decarbonization: www.nytimes.com/2025...

An hourly weather forecast with sunny icons and temperatures in the 70s.

A BICYCLE WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO SEATTLE AREA BIKE LANES AND TRAILS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. RIDE A BICYCLE TO THE NEAREST BIKE LANE OR TRAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

Was in my shop yesterday, where I heard that all the prior year bikes they normally have on clearance by now are still full priced...because no one is really sure that there will be new inventory this year, or years to come

LinkML Community Meeting rolling agenda LinkML Community Meeting Agenda (and minutes) Meeting time: Third Thursday of the month (usually), 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET Zoom link: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/97903562170?pwd=ajNZNFFRUE1COWo1Y2JZdlJt...

Please join us at the monthly LinkML Community meeting on March 20 at 8am PT / _15:00_ UTC!

Agenda: bit.ly/linkml-commu...
Host: @sierramoxon.bsky.social
Presentations:
- Pandera generator: @tpfliss.bsky.social
- MIxS schema in LinkML: Mark Miller

Zoom link is in the agenda doc. See you there!

Playing with symbology and the SDOT crash data. Red translucent circles are pedestrian or cyclist serious injuries or fatalities, so circle looks darker when they stack. For the heatmap (blue fuzzy) I used all ped/cyc crashes with any injuries. This is just District 5, because I live here.

Close up of an ebike display showing 22,001 km on the odometer, Science World & some towers out of focus in the background

Ticked over 22,000 km on my @ternbicycles.com GSD S10 this morning. 😁❤️🚲

Introducing my luxury German vehicle purchase, anticipating mid-life crisis need to spend absurd amounts of money increasing my joy on a daily basis. Groceries got, mood lifted 1000%

I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.

I can actually hear that photo.

This was my gym yesterday. The “no one bikes in the winter” is officially dead.

If you bike to work, you live longer, new study confirms If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work.

If you bike to work, you live longer, new study confirms.
momentummag.com/if-you-bike-...

Famous Appleyard study that showed the amount of car traffic on a street powerfully affects the amount of social interaction on that street. Obviously, but before Appleyard, it hadn’t really been studied & proven.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that streets can’t be vibrant places to foster friendships and connect with neighbours. But as Donald Appleyard illustrated many decades ago, the volume & speed of traffic, and the overall design of the streets, are absolute social life dealbreakers. #StickyStreets

PNW High-Speed Rail Planning to Begin Thanks to New Federal Money | U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration has awarded nearly $50 million for planning work for the proposed Cascadia High-Speed Rail project, that would link Vancouver, Seattle and Portland with train service of speeds up to 250 mph.

Christmas tree on the back of my tern GSD

Merry Christmas everyone
#TreesByBike

A long line of people on bikes waiting to bike across a pedestrian bridge

Over ten years in the making, we're opening the Montlake land bridge over SR 520 today.

A bike with pizza boxes on the front rack.

The highest and best use of a bike with a front rack is transporting pizza.

🚴 💚 More Toronto Barriers were installed along the existing bike lane along Myrtle last weekend
Our Better Bike Lane initiative continues to harden paint-n-post bike lanes

White toy poodle with pink ears and doggles standing up in the front bucket of a cargo trike.

Get in. There's no time to explain.

I ♥️ Daylighting

Barcelona has metro, trams, buses, bike-lanes, and walkable (& sit-able) streets. They also have these electric “trackless trams,” which are smooth-riding long buses that look like trams (which are considered cooler so it might help with ridership). I admit, they ARE very cool. Thoughts? #Barcelona

Since it was Madison's lampoon newspaper, The Onion's headlines always helped me process terrible events. 'No Way To Prevent This' was a brilliant recurring headline. It's only a step but respect that they can partner with the excellent Everytown to take over a hateful site and put it to better use.

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New to Seattle? November is historically the rainiest month, and with the time change, the sun sets before 5PM until Jan 25th. Here’s a few thoughts on how to make the most of it 🧵:
1) First off, ignore people who insist you have to innately love it or you don’t belong here.

After suspending congestion pricing, Kathy Hochul moves to revive the tolling plan The New York governor is looking to enact the delayed policy before Trump takes office.

Transit agencies are in dire need of $$, and the federal government will offer none over the next few years.

It's all up to states and cities to avoid a downward spiral.

This is exactly the right move, and not a moment too soon.
www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

people walking on path. Looking back towards Mt Rainier/Tahoma

Elliott bay trail with people biking and running and Puget Sound and mountains in the background

Yesterday I left the office early to catch the sunset and process WTF just happened in America. Turns out I was in good company — the Elliott Bay Trail was busy! It was a reminder to me that our trails and public spaces are a critical refuge for our mental health.

NEW: “Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions & are a boon to businesses.”

And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Lynnwood Link Brings Huge Ridership Boost to Community Transit’s Swift Network - The Urbanist # All three Swift Bus Rapid Transit routes operated by Community Transit saw double digit increases in ridership following the extension of light rail into Snohomish County, including a 36% jump for t...

Following the launch of Lynnwood Link and an associated bus restructure in Snohomish County, Community Transit's three Swift BRT routes all saw double digit ridership increases, including a 36% jump on the Orange Line.
www.theurbanist.org/2024/10/07/l...