Barb Chamberlain
@barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Active transportation policy and other things. Always doing work I believe in. Need more naps and fewer meetings but here we are.
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Walk and Roll: WSDOT Active Transportation - Special Edition - August 22, 2025 - Web Version
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E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
Civic Participant To-Do List:
- Check local election results. ✔️
- Feel good about being a regular voter, especially when turnout is low. ✔️
- Donate to my local food bank. ✔️ (setting up a recurring donation)
What's on your list? Don't stop after Election Day.
- Check local election results. ✔️
- Feel good about being a regular voter, especially when turnout is low. ✔️
- Donate to my local food bank. ✔️ (setting up a recurring donation)
What's on your list? Don't stop after Election Day.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Civic Participant To-Do List:
- Check local election results. ✔️
- Feel good about being a regular voter, especially when turnout is low. ✔️
- Donate to my local food bank. ✔️ (setting up a recurring donation)
What's on your list? Don't stop after Election Day.
- Check local election results. ✔️
- Feel good about being a regular voter, especially when turnout is low. ✔️
- Donate to my local food bank. ✔️ (setting up a recurring donation)
What's on your list? Don't stop after Election Day.
Where I'll be Wed. night: On stage with ImprovOly at Wild Child in downtown Olympia. Love performing with my friends! www.improvoly.com/public-calen...
#OlympiaWA #OlympiaEvents #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #Improv #Comedy #LaughOutLoud #WhoseLineIsItAnyway
#OlympiaWA #OlympiaEvents #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #Improv #Comedy #LaughOutLoud #WhoseLineIsItAnyway
Improv Comedy in Olympia Washington — Improv Oly
Show at Wild Child on Wednesday, November 5. Doors at 6:30, show 7-8:30. All ages, content is PG-13.
www.improvoly.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Where I'll be Wed. night: On stage with ImprovOly at Wild Child in downtown Olympia. Love performing with my friends! www.improvoly.com/public-calen...
#OlympiaWA #OlympiaEvents #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #Improv #Comedy #LaughOutLoud #WhoseLineIsItAnyway
#OlympiaWA #OlympiaEvents #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #Improv #Comedy #LaughOutLoud #WhoseLineIsItAnyway
What I did all day yesterday. And by all day I mean I started at 9:30am and finally sat down at 8:15pm, with one short break to make and eat a sandwich somewhere around 2-ish.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
#FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
#FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking
When Life Hands You a Defrosted Freezer, Make Jam
Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
What I did all day yesterday. And by all day I mean I started at 9:30am and finally sat down at 8:15pm, with one short break to make and eat a sandwich somewhere around 2-ish.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
#FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
#FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking
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Labu-BOO! Remember that the scariest thing on the road tonight should be a child dressed as a pop culture reference you’re too old to understand.
Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!
Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Labu-BOO! Remember that the scariest thing on the road tonight should be a child dressed as a pop culture reference you’re too old to understand.
Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!
Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!
Good God. Someone stop them. NOW. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas
#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny
The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Good God. Someone stop them. NOW. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas
#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas
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‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
My husband's nickname for me, which he thinks of as my superpower and possibly my Halloween costume, is Supermodal. Today: Walk to bus stop. Take 2 Rapid Rides. Amtrak Cascades to Olympia. Car passenger home. Not the most modes I've ever used in one day, though. How many modes will you use today?
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My husband's nickname for me, which he thinks of as my superpower and possibly my Halloween costume, is Supermodal. Today: Walk to bus stop. Take 2 Rapid Rides. Amtrak Cascades to Olympia. Car passenger home. Not the most modes I've ever used in one day, though. How many modes will you use today?
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Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC
A collection of poems about September to rest your mind from all the rest of the things. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-ye...
A Year of Poems: September
Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A collection of poems about September to rest your mind from all the rest of the things. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-ye...
🍫 🍪 Amidst all that's bad, at least we still have International Chocolate Day. 🍫 🍪
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🍫 🍪 Amidst all that's bad, at least we still have International Chocolate Day. 🍫 🍪
Vertigo attack sidelined my plans for the day, which made me think of a couple of my blog posts on biking, time, and being in the moment.
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/14/b...
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/24/i...
#BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/14/b...
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/24/i...
#BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives
Biking as Downtime and other Musings on Overproductivity
Like many people I know, I have a slight tendency to overdo. The world offers up lots of kudos for this. In fact, I once won an award you might attribute to overdoing, in a way (the 2010 YWCA …
bikestylelife.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Vertigo attack sidelined my plans for the day, which made me think of a couple of my blog posts on biking, time, and being in the moment.
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/14/b...
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/24/i...
#BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/14/b...
bikestylelife.com/2011/09/24/i...
#BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives
A back-to-school post: some homework if you're interested in working for better biking and waking in your state. bikestylelife.com/2024/12/01/a...
#AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature
#AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature
Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Homework
Being an advocate or activist can feel so, so exhausting. You phone and email and call. You show up for the events. You donate and volunteer. Change is slow, progress incremental, sometimes you fee…
bikestylelife.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A back-to-school post: some homework if you're interested in working for better biking and waking in your state. bikestylelife.com/2024/12/01/a...
#AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature
#AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature
Reposted by Barb Chamberlain
Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
Home - Washington Climate Partnership
The Washington Climate Partnership facilitates collaborative climate action planning by tribes, territories, and jurisdictions in Washington. The program is funded through the USEPA's Climate Pollutio...
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August 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
We're entering the season for these recipes or others like them. What are your favorite ways to use or preserve apples and pears?
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/appl...
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/pear...
#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/appl...
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/pear...
#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe
Apples, Apples, Apples!
Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We're entering the season for these recipes or others like them. What are your favorite ways to use or preserve apples and pears?
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/appl...
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/pear...
#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/appl...
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/pear...
#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe
I did a triathlon today! Well, my version of one anyway. bikestylelife.com/2023/06/11/c...
#triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure
#triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure
Choose Your Own Adventure: Creating your Version of an Athlon
You know the word as a suffix after some prefix telling you how many events are included (if you remember your ancient Greek prefixes, that is) or something else about the competition: biathlon, du…
bikestylelife.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I did a triathlon today! Well, my version of one anyway. bikestylelife.com/2023/06/11/c...
#triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure
#triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure
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E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
Walk and Roll: WSDOT Active Transportation - Special Edition - August 22, 2025 - Web Version
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August 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
Walk and Roll: WSDOT Active Transportation - Special Edition - August 22, 2025 - Web Version
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August 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive
Reposted by Barb Chamberlain
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August 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great journalism needs great readers.
Want to stay sharp on climate, justice, and solutions? Follow our reporters directly here on Bluesky — and be sure to follow us too.
✨ Support our reporting by hitting “follow” — it matters.
#Climate #Politics #Conservation #GreenSky
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Want to stay sharp on climate, justice, and solutions? Follow our reporters directly here on Bluesky — and be sure to follow us too.
✨ Support our reporting by hitting “follow” — it matters.
#Climate #Politics #Conservation #GreenSky
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Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
Home - Washington Climate Partnership
The Washington Climate Partnership facilitates collaborative climate action planning by tribes, territories, and jurisdictions in Washington. The program is funded through the USEPA's Climate Pollutio...
waclimatepartnership.org
August 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment
Thank you yet again, Wayback Machine, for access to federal resources. This time: web.archive.org/web/20241128...
Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it?
#transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety
Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it?
#transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety
Expand and Improve Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure
Expanding and improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure means ensuring that a network of infrastructure is in place to make bicycling or walking viable modes of travel. It also means ensuring th...
web.archive.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thank you yet again, Wayback Machine, for access to federal resources. This time: web.archive.org/web/20241128...
Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it?
#transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety
Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it?
#transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety
Reposted by Barb Chamberlain
Seville: "Cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes?"
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe
Spain remains far from a paradise for bikes – yet cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitio...
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Seville: "Cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes?"
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Reposted by Barb Chamberlain
Oslo: 0 people walking or biking were killed in 2019. "Oslo has implemented 50 kilometers of bike lanes, removed parking spaces equivalent to 4,250 cars from its streets, installed around 500 speed humps, and lowered speed limits"
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked |
Oslo's City Ring Road after multimodal safety improvements. Photo courtesy of City of Oslo, Norway In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to...
thecityfix.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oslo: 0 people walking or biking were killed in 2019. "Oslo has implemented 50 kilometers of bike lanes, removed parking spaces equivalent to 4,250 cars from its streets, installed around 500 speed humps, and lowered speed limits"
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.
Reposted by Barb Chamberlain
The primary reason for road wear is weight.
Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier.
Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.
Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier.
Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.
This wouldn't be such an unsustainable, recurring problem with fewer lane miles and more options in efficient, safe, affordable, and accessible transportation options for people in a city.
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The primary reason for road wear is weight.
Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier.
Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.
Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier.
Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.
Peak August: Forecast for 96 at our house today. Cooling trend starts tomorrow, thankfully. Good day to revisit my roundup of August poems biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-ye....
A Year of Poems: August
Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.
biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Peak August: Forecast for 96 at our house today. Cooling trend starts tomorrow, thankfully. Good day to revisit my roundup of August poems biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-ye....