Alex Goyette

Furthest I've been

N: Tara, Ireland
E: Busan, South Korea
S: Tierra del Fuego, Chile
W: O'ahu, Hawaii

see also: "nobody rides the bus" and "nobody goes there it's too crowded"

On the effect of networks of cycle-tracks on the risk of cycling. The case of Seville We analyze the evolution of the risk of cycling in Seville before and after the implementation of a network of segregated cycle tracks in the city. Sp…

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i havent heard about this but itd make sense, if the city's giving approvals (or not) for murals based on an ordinance meant for signs

fwiw my suggested social media model would just be create accounts and give access to at least 1 lead from each jurisdiction, create some channel (slack, group chat, w/e) for ppl w/ access, and have basic ground rules (ie dont argue w/ replies, whats the general tone, etc)

i WOULD but part of my issue is idk my availability that far in advance, bc it changes w/ Meg's work shifts

sentencing in absentia is what i deserve

This sappy post brought to you in part by @martaschantz.bsky.social sending me literally hundreds of pages of seeds last night when i asked her for info on the local environmental/climate impacts of big parking lots

Every once in a while I'm reminded just how many people there are planting seeds of positive change out there

Not every seed we plant grows into the change we want to see, but some of them do. It's impossible to tell which one that'll be, so just keep planting 🌱

cue jane immediately sending the calendar invite for our next meeting which there's like an 80% chance i will also miss

(fwiw i didnt respond w/ my availability bc i basically have none for the stretch we were talking about)

Article IX is the part about signs.

I wonder if murals have been needing exceptions to the requirements intended for regular signs? Might just be clarifying that by breaking out a separate section for murals

Elena, Docket Detective

Idk anything about this is but I love it

At some point we should probably create official social media accounts for YIMBYs so I can post my taco takes in peace without clarifying it isn’t an official position lol

Cc @janefgreen.bsky.social @adamtheo.com I keep missing our big nova-wide mtgs but can this be an agenda item 😅

The bridge is def where it was most needed. Big improvement

Still mad I can’t walk to a Taco Bell bc of this debacle

Can people point to articles, research pieces, etc on the benefits of connected bike networks. Not just bike lanes, but specifically networks, connectivity, etc. Thanks in advance.

Oh fear not they heard many times from me about this despite me not knowing it was in the works 😂

I’m glad it’s done but very bitter they only improved the detour for Holmes Run right as the trail is about to be fixed anyway

Text exchange with my son Son: have you seen the bike lanes under the bridge by on Sanger? Me: (photo of the back of my husband biking on new lanes with flexiposts and green paint) I have!! Son: there so nice

I took this pic to share the long awaited bike/ped infra on Sanger. My son, without prompting, shared his enthusiasm with me.

While I would have loved wider sidewalks, it is expensive to pour concrete so the flexiposts of the bike lanes help with ped safety.

two muppets are sitting on a balcony in a dark room Alt: Starker and Waldorf, the muppets, dance on their balcony

The sentiment isn’t surprising from him, sure. I do think this piece is much more direct than what i usually see though

Omg what?!?!

I had no idea this was even in the works. Was this part of the broader pedestrian improvements further down Sanger?

About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: Keep, embrace local change The eminent social philosopher, my mother, told me, “As people get older, they don’t change, they get more so.”

Two excellent opinion pieces in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social this week 👀

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Part of me and @meghangoyette.bsky.social ‘s honeymoon was in Vienna and I still think about this specific cake

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Saw a couple people asking when it would have a hearing. It's an administrative approval so there isn't a hearing, but you can still comment

Public comments are due TODAY 8/7.

Email: lanning.blaser@alexandriava.gov
re: SUP 2025-0035

(YIMBYs has no official position on tacos; just info sharing)

I don’t think she’s talking about your law degree

I was a little apprehensive about the 24-hr 711 by us when we move ls in

In hindsight the 711’s opening hours have never mattered, outside of helping me satisfy a late night pregnancy craving or two 😅

It’s the 24-hour Duke Street that’s annoying, presumably the same as rte 1 here

Ooooo love Rita’s! When was this?

ewwwwwww why are the different homes TOUCHING like that

this is worse than when my toddler's macaroni touches her vegetables!!!