From the seat of a bicycle, the only good thing about traffic lights is that most drivers stop when they're red. The obvious way to save a lot of money and lives is to just have them be red and stay that way.

"based on replies..." 😆 https://xoxo.zone/@annika/115121846388478741

"Rather than seeing a regime as having the power to do whatever it wants, the Pillars of Support approach sees a regime’s power as being held up by institutions, organizations and groups — such as the military, police, media, business elites and religious bodies. Withdrawing the support of these pillars through nonviolent resistance, a regime can be weakened or even toppled."
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/free-dc-models-effective-resistance-to-trumps-takeover/

@steter We seem to have only hit 95 west of the river. I rode an e-bike to pickup groceries a few hours ago and it was okay on the shady tree-lined sidewalk but very hot in the middle of the giant stroad (Barbur Blvd, an "orphan highway" which our state Dept of Transportation refuses to let go into the 21st century.)

Is it possible to "fund safety" in #transportation if you can't first move the default away from the idea that "austerity" means maintaining five car lanes with no bike lanes or sidewalks? Those car lanes aren't free to maintain, let alone with $3M in stop light hardware at every intersection, but an agency with ~$4B annual budget can't change it without more money? The gas tax is bringing less per-mile revenue than it costs to keep all of this as-is, that's the whole problem. #defundDOTs

When nobody who has an option to drive would choose to walk or bike across the street, the system is unconstitutional, but good luck finding a judge who didn't drive to work after you get killed for exercising your rights. Unfortunately drivers are all too eager to embrace fascism.

https://bikeportland.org/2025/07/15/would-you-pay-an-extra-60-per-year-to-save-odot-395461

At least in #Portland, where all public meetings are held in the nude and on bikes, socialism is understood as economic policy that's good for society, and not some pagan authoritarian boogeyman

https://bikeportland.org/2025/07/17/councilor-mitch-green-is-portlands-socialist-transportation-champion-395508

Thank you Mitch Green for representing D4 "making sure that we are enabling our bureaus to do what they do best — which is stay the course on a good plan and not get derailed because somebody at the Benson Hotel called a commissioner.”

(a reference to https://bikeportland.org/tag/broadway-bike-lane-scandal -- the above quote is in the previous link)

“Anything we do that is not optimizing getting people out of cars and getting them to a bus stop, or allowing them to walk from their neighborhood to a school with their kids, or do a #bikeBus, or ride, walk & roll around [#Portland] — If we are not prioritizing that —then every other little piddly, marginal thing we do for the climate is much less important, because most of our emissions come from automobiles… and I think it’ll save us money in the long run.” 🎯 💯 #ClimateAction #transportation

I haven't seen any data on the benefits of Sean Duffy.

https://mastodon.green/@light_bulbs/114412268037472061

@feld @dan I've been surprised when the garbage disposal got switched on while I was putting the wrench into the bottom 😬 Things you didn't know you needed to say.

@steter not enough done in the fall by property owners pulling/cutting Ivy and other invasive plants + planting native vegetation of multiple heights, so every spring we just haul away dozens of dump truck loads of hillside for free.

Americans, getting somewhere without your cars *is* the protest.

@skinnylatte 🤔 hot rice faucet (like the point-of-use hot water dispenser for tea)

China is swinging back towards bikes (after a bit of classism and geometric / fiscal wishing, we've all done it), meanwhile trump is cutting off his nose to spite his bike lanes

https://youtu.be/1oJvCJsdR3I

I replaced a 2nd car with an #xtracycle edgeRunner #eBikes a decade ago, can confirm, 1000 miles/yr by bike replaced 3k miles/yr by car. All you have to do is question whether every sub-3-mile trip is worth scorching the planet and giving money to dickhead billionaires, or maybe wear a hat and put on some socks. #cargoBikes #LeaveTheCarAtHome #ClimateAction #parenting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VunTUFZPlk

Are people using their #EV range for 200-mile trips between cities or is it more like commuting 30-40 miles per day and driving 20-50 more some days for random errands? How many of the trips are less than 3-5 miles and just add up to being too inconvenient to plug in at work or between longer trips?

@pleaseclap I'm wondering if daily use drives the desire for 300-500 mile range, or if that's just a few trips per year. When do we get the rooftop biodiesel turbine range extenders? Or liquid hydrogen fuel cells? Advantages of smaller battery, entry cost, and less weight rolling around in town while being able to rent/lease a distance extender.

Shutting down govt-run weather prediction supercomputers so some billionaire dick(s) can fleece taxpayers by selling us shittier supercomputers as a service

https://mastodon.social/@weatherwest/114100948904919130

Who are the open-source action camera nerds on here? Am I looking for dashcam or FPV drone stuff? I'm trying to come up with a license plate / 311 rig for 3-5 different cargo/e-bikes with a variety of locking/anti-theft needs. Is there some kind of setup where I could leave the wiring & quickly removable cameras/head unit but locking/tools-required mounts? Maybe a removable card/usb to easily pull the data to sync or for security when parked. Also loop, checkpoint, & auto-record at power-on