@aaronjolly.bsky.social
Beloit College alum | safe streets advocate | USMNT & NSC fan | bike boi | (he/him)
(Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer)
(Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer)
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
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Every intersection in Germantown should be day lit with bike parking. Kill two birds with one stone. Prevent drivers from parking illegally and provide sorely needed bike parking.
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every intersection in Germantown should be day lit with bike parking. Kill two birds with one stone. Prevent drivers from parking illegally and provide sorely needed bike parking.
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This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.
The deference we give to drivers is astonishing: speeding, blowing through red lights, crashing without a whisper; yet we jump on non-drivers the moment they step out of line.
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.
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"Ginning up a moral panic over public transportation is a thinly veiled pretext to starve it of the resources that could make it even safer." @via @katearonoff.bsky.social
Republicans Want to Scare You off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.
A fatal stabbing on Charlotte Light Rail set off a panic about the risks of public transportation. There’s just one thing: It’s worlds safer than cars.
newrepublic.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Ginning up a moral panic over public transportation is a thinly veiled pretext to starve it of the resources that could make it even safer." @via @katearonoff.bsky.social
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Today's bike lane blockages. 2706 Natchez Trace, 971 Church, and same company, same truck as last week at 947 Church. @nashvilledot.bsky.social can save money by installing concrete protection instead of flexiposts that drivers ignore & sending "enforcement" personnel where violations have ended.
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Today's bike lane blockages. 2706 Natchez Trace, 971 Church, and same company, same truck as last week at 947 Church. @nashvilledot.bsky.social can save money by installing concrete protection instead of flexiposts that drivers ignore & sending "enforcement" personnel where violations have ended.
@nashvilledot.bsky.social y’all got any more of them giant concrete balls? Demonbruen hill could use them so that drivers won’t drive through the bike lane or over the concrete, damaging it, in order to park for free along the curb.
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
@nashvilledot.bsky.social y’all got any more of them giant concrete balls? Demonbruen hill could use them so that drivers won’t drive through the bike lane or over the concrete, damaging it, in order to park for free along the curb.
Nashville’s hottest parking lot is the Church St bike lane. @nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nashville’s hottest parking lot is the Church St bike lane. @nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social
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"Cities are facing a two-wheeled traffic jam."
Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.
Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.
From E-Bikes to Scooters, Roads Are Getting More Crowded and Confusing
Cities are trying to figure out how to accommodate the boom in two-wheelers that threaten safety for pedestrians and riders.
www.wsj.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Cities are facing a two-wheeled traffic jam."
Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.
Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.
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Hey @jkupin4d19.bsky.social didn’t my government just rip out some bike lanes around the corner from this to put in some loading zones? Why are we letting box trucks load in the Church St bike lanes? And how can we get some concrete protection for these lanes?
August 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Hey @jkupin4d19.bsky.social didn’t my government just rip out some bike lanes around the corner from this to put in some loading zones? Why are we letting box trucks load in the Church St bike lanes? And how can we get some concrete protection for these lanes?
There has to be a way to keep a nice park at the end of our main tourist strip looking a little more put together than this. Moving and re organizing dockless mobility devices should not fall on BCycle and NDP workers. @hubnashville.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social @limebike.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There has to be a way to keep a nice park at the end of our main tourist strip looking a little more put together than this. Moving and re organizing dockless mobility devices should not fall on BCycle and NDP workers. @hubnashville.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social @limebike.bsky.social
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On gridded neighborhood streets with no sidewalks like this, we should just make them either one way or two way shared no parking. Take a lane and make a protected multi use path
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On gridded neighborhood streets with no sidewalks like this, we should just make them either one way or two way shared no parking. Take a lane and make a protected multi use path
@nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social While I do appreciate the long awaited addition of any kind of delineators on Church St, flex posts are hardly a silver bullet here. Enforcement HAS to be utilized in tandem with infrastructure if people are ever going to learn.
July 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social While I do appreciate the long awaited addition of any kind of delineators on Church St, flex posts are hardly a silver bullet here. Enforcement HAS to be utilized in tandem with infrastructure if people are ever going to learn.
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e-bikes > cars for most trips
and they won't bankrupt you
great inflation and resiliency hack given... everything
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
and they won't bankrupt you
great inflation and resiliency hack given... everything
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
High Costs Have Ended America’s Love Affair With Cars
You love them, you want them, you can’t live without them…and they’re costing you a fortune in repairs, insurance and shockingly expensive replacement parts. Dan Neil on why our national obsession wit...
www.wsj.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
e-bikes > cars for most trips
and they won't bankrupt you
great inflation and resiliency hack given... everything
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
and they won't bankrupt you
great inflation and resiliency hack given... everything
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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Improperly parked vehicle requests should probably just expire after some amount of time (maybe 4-8 hours?). Sending someone out days later does not seem like the best use of resources of @hubnashville.bsky.social & @nashvilledot.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Improperly parked vehicle requests should probably just expire after some amount of time (maybe 4-8 hours?). Sending someone out days later does not seem like the best use of resources of @hubnashville.bsky.social & @nashvilledot.bsky.social
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
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Wow y'all looks like the extra lane didn't fix the traffic
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wow y'all looks like the extra lane didn't fix the traffic
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Don't. Subsidize. Parking for privately-owned autos.
Commuter benefits shape travel habits.
New study finds Denverites are:
🔹 195% more likely to drive to work if they get free/subsidized parking
🔹 789% more likely to bike if secure bike parking is offered
🔹 56% more likely to use transit if they get a subsidized pass
ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New study finds Denverites are:
🔹 195% more likely to drive to work if they get free/subsidized parking
🔹 789% more likely to bike if secure bike parking is offered
🔹 56% more likely to use transit if they get a subsidized pass
ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...
June 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Don't. Subsidize. Parking for privately-owned autos.
Over the weekend, a woman was killed in a crosswalk in Germantown and a pedicab operator was sent to the hospital and yet this is what I have to contend with on Church St this morning. @nashvilledot.bsky.social & @hubnashville.bsky.social, have we just given up completely on Church St?
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Over the weekend, a woman was killed in a crosswalk in Germantown and a pedicab operator was sent to the hospital and yet this is what I have to contend with on Church St this morning. @nashvilledot.bsky.social & @hubnashville.bsky.social, have we just given up completely on Church St?
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This is a bad idea. This loading zone is heavily used and has helped significantly to keep drivers out of the bike lane.
Converting it back to a through lane will increase conflicts for all modes, make it harder for pedestrians to cross, and push delivery drivers back into the bike lane.
Converting it back to a through lane will increase conflicts for all modes, make it harder for pedestrians to cross, and push delivery drivers back into the bike lane.
Some car-oriented changes are coming to Demonbreun Hill. An eastbound lane of pavement that's currently a loading zone or striped off will be converted to a car lane. Biggest downside I see is that it will make the mid-block crossing a little less safe (with 2 lanes to cross at a time instead of 1).
June 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is a bad idea. This loading zone is heavily used and has helped significantly to keep drivers out of the bike lane.
Converting it back to a through lane will increase conflicts for all modes, make it harder for pedestrians to cross, and push delivery drivers back into the bike lane.
Converting it back to a through lane will increase conflicts for all modes, make it harder for pedestrians to cross, and push delivery drivers back into the bike lane.
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If you’re waiting for there to be more bikers in order to build bike lanes, you’ve got it backwards
Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists.
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you’re waiting for there to be more bikers in order to build bike lanes, you’ve got it backwards
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👇New Nature Cities (@nature.com) paper on the impact of protected bike lanes in getting more people cycling.
Comparing 28 US cities over 6 years, it found areas that installed protected lanes saw 𝟭.𝟴𝘅 growth in cycling vs painted lanes alone.
And 𝟰.𝟴𝘅 the growth of areas with no bike lanes at all.
Comparing 28 US cities over 6 years, it found areas that installed protected lanes saw 𝟭.𝟴𝘅 growth in cycling vs painted lanes alone.
And 𝟰.𝟴𝘅 the growth of areas with no bike lanes at all.
June 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
👇New Nature Cities (@nature.com) paper on the impact of protected bike lanes in getting more people cycling.
Comparing 28 US cities over 6 years, it found areas that installed protected lanes saw 𝟭.𝟴𝘅 growth in cycling vs painted lanes alone.
And 𝟰.𝟴𝘅 the growth of areas with no bike lanes at all.
Comparing 28 US cities over 6 years, it found areas that installed protected lanes saw 𝟭.𝟴𝘅 growth in cycling vs painted lanes alone.
And 𝟰.𝟴𝘅 the growth of areas with no bike lanes at all.