This video agrees so strongly with things I believed already (see one of my long-pinned posts, for instance) that I was hesitant to post it, fearing a confirmation bias reflex. I sat on it and watched it a few more times and …well, I still think it's really right on. You should watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXaS4QausQ #BikeTooter #BikeLanes #ClimateChange

This could be #Berkeley, easily. The latent demand is completely there. We're just not making it happen at all. We need leaders who will act on what the people want, period. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2024/04/06/french-revolution-cyclists-now-outnumber-motorists-in-paris/?sh=180b64413640 #BikeTooter

I like it when the city treats protected bike lanes as infrastructure that it matters to maintain. Thank you #Berkeley for buying a bike-lane-sized street sweeper.

When you fight for bike lanes in your town and read about fights in other towns, you quickly find that the same arguments come up again and again. Some of them are silly, some serious. I think this is the best and most substantive article I've read about the three most common political arguments against bike lanes (ignoring the "but they run stop signs" one). Well worth your time. https://www.tvo.org/article/debunking-three-big-myths-about-bike-lanes #BikeTooter #RoadSafety

Shoot, I should have asked this during #BikeNite. Does anyone have great resources for training corkers/ride leaders for group rides? We improv’d for @KidicalMass last time and I am hoping to do more/better this time. Thanks! #KidicalMass #CriticalMass

Still fun to hit a two sometimes.

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This is such bullshit. Safety decreases as speed increases, and viewing safety as only applying to people inside the car is the worst carbrained thinking there is. Just no. https://electrek.co/2024/01/29/quick-ev-acceleration-safety-feature/ #RoadSafety #FuckOff

Meeting with a City Councilmember today, gotta dress the part #BikeTooter

@annika you upgraded to a ReBarkable

(too soon?)

Huh.

Bike lane street sweeper! #WashingtonDC

@annika making Chipotle bowls OUT OF WHAT

A memory from August, 2005: attending the first YC Demo Day (then called the Summer Founders Program) in Cambridge. Two of the people who presented there were Sam Altman and Emmett Shear. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/08/y-combinators-s.html

@drewda 13 years ago. But thank you for remembering!

@trisweb @drewda oh yeah?! Sorry I didn't remember. I'm told (but also did not remember) that Mike Krieger applied as an intern and we turned him down, so he went and started Instagram instead 😂

Yes, I did buy the new Lego Ice Cream Shop set just because it comes with a cargo bike. I regret nothing. #CargoBike #BikeTooter #IceCream

Remember, people place far too much weight on things that can be quantified, and fail to consider things that are resistant to quantification. “The people we could reach on the phone said…” oh yeah? Could *you* be reached by an unknown caller?

Maybe we should, I dunno, act or something (🎁⛓️) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/climate/antarctic-melting-sea-level-rise.html?unlocked_article_code=1.40w.1UQ_.WKrdTGagaHFM&smid=url-share #ClimateChange

“The average new vehicle today is larger, heavier, and thirstier than the average new car in 2013. Burning more gasoline (or diesel) means more tailpipe emissions. There’s no way to sugarcoat this. As the world gets hotter, humans are doing exactly the opposite of what needs to be done to lower their personal tailpipe emissions profile.” https://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/22/average-tailpipe-emissions-today-higher-than-they-were-10-years-ago/

@annika @capndesign Thanks for the help! Sorry for being off-base on this.