Buses are cool actually
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I ride the bus
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A black Nissan Rogue, TN plate 3 PD 3046, Davidson County, bumped me while I was riding my bike on Charlotte Ave today, near 28th in Nashville. I was not injured or knocked off my bike, but he drove close enough to hit my elbow. TN law says to give bikes 3 feet of room when passing.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A black Nissan Rogue, TN plate 3 PD 3046, Davidson County, bumped me while I was riding my bike on Charlotte Ave today, near 28th in Nashville. I was not injured or knocked off my bike, but he drove close enough to hit my elbow. TN law says to give bikes 3 feet of room when passing.
The bigest obstacle to this plan is the Renaissance Hotel's valet parking. The Renaissance valet drivers had a dedicated entrance to the Downtown Library parking garage, before it burned down. This meant they made a left into the garage from the hotel and then did a U-turn when returning the car.
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The bigest obstacle to this plan is the Renaissance Hotel's valet parking. The Renaissance valet drivers had a dedicated entrance to the Downtown Library parking garage, before it burned down. This meant they made a left into the garage from the hotel and then did a U-turn when returning the car.
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(The beg button crossing Charlotte on Morrow has been improved. There was no traffic, so as soon as I pushed the button, the light changed. Before, it wouldn’t change until a driver was waiting to go left onto Charlotte.)
(The beg button crossing Charlotte on Morrow has been improved. There was no traffic, so as soon as I pushed the button, the light changed. Before, it wouldn’t change until a driver was waiting to go left onto Charlotte.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fog
(The beg button crossing Charlotte on Morrow has been improved. There was no traffic, so as soon as I pushed the button, the light changed. Before, it wouldn’t change until a driver was waiting to go left onto Charlotte.)
(The beg button crossing Charlotte on Morrow has been improved. There was no traffic, so as soon as I pushed the button, the light changed. Before, it wouldn’t change until a driver was waiting to go left onto Charlotte.)
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"A distracted pedestrian might cause a minor inconvenience. A distracted driver, enabled by street design that encourages high speeds, can end a life. To treat these as equivalent is to ignore the fundamental physics of power and force." -Lanrick Bennett
An Open Letter to NPR: Our Streets Are No Accident
In a world where we are constantly seeking self-improvement, National Public Radio’s Life Kit positions itself as a friendly guide…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"A distracted pedestrian might cause a minor inconvenience. A distracted driver, enabled by street design that encourages high speeds, can end a life. To treat these as equivalent is to ignore the fundamental physics of power and force." -Lanrick Bennett
Spotted the Nashville Amp rendering in this video. F You Lee Beaman. youtu.be/lhSqpUg1Xi4?...
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Spotted the Nashville Amp rendering in this video. F You Lee Beaman. youtu.be/lhSqpUg1Xi4?...
Might have to settle for a Nashville Hot Chicken Mayor
WHERE IS NASHVILLE’S HOT MILLENNIAL MAYOR?
Finally a mayor of NYC who is hot
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Might have to settle for a Nashville Hot Chicken Mayor
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So I just got this little guy that I can easily load onto the bus, and I feel like the entire city has been unlocked for me now
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
So I just got this little guy that I can easily load onto the bus, and I feel like the entire city has been unlocked for me now
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Council just unanimously approved a bus fare suspension amendment to a SNAP resolution (left). WeGo announced new Journey Pass enrollment events earlier today (right) but council just sent a clear message that we must do more
Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:
Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Council just unanimously approved a bus fare suspension amendment to a SNAP resolution (left). WeGo announced new Journey Pass enrollment events earlier today (right) but council just sent a clear message that we must do more
Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:
Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:
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here's a great video about Glory and her friends, clip is from a 1971 Daily News story, second clip is from 1994 Newsday story about how she spends all day ballroom dancing with young men, Glory is a true legend
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
here's a great video about Glory and her friends, clip is from a 1971 Daily News story, second clip is from 1994 Newsday story about how she spends all day ballroom dancing with young men, Glory is a true legend
If you meet the criteria
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If you meet the criteria
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YEP! In NYC, free fare pilot resulted in a 39.8% decrease in verbal and physical assaults on bus operators. In Kansas City, 40% decrease with fare free.
Stop the classist & racist dog whistles about safety and use the data we have from other cities. Anything else is disingenuous, bigoted BS.
Stop the classist & racist dog whistles about safety and use the data we have from other cities. Anything else is disingenuous, bigoted BS.
There's evidence that eliminating the fairbox as a conflict point reduces assaults on operators.
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
YEP! In NYC, free fare pilot resulted in a 39.8% decrease in verbal and physical assaults on bus operators. In Kansas City, 40% decrease with fare free.
Stop the classist & racist dog whistles about safety and use the data we have from other cities. Anything else is disingenuous, bigoted BS.
Stop the classist & racist dog whistles about safety and use the data we have from other cities. Anything else is disingenuous, bigoted BS.
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If your last name is BLAND maybe you’re not ready for the SPICY FARE-FREE MOVEMENT.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If your last name is BLAND maybe you’re not ready for the SPICY FARE-FREE MOVEMENT.
🚏🚍🔥
🚏🚍🔥
The idea that fare-free buses would lead to overcrowding assumes one of two things.
1. Wealthy people who spend thousands of dollars a year maintaining a car would no longer be discouraged by the $2 cost of a bus ride.
1. Wealthy people who spend thousands of dollars a year maintaining a car would no longer be discouraged by the $2 cost of a bus ride.
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The idea that fare-free buses would lead to overcrowding assumes one of two things.
1. Wealthy people who spend thousands of dollars a year maintaining a car would no longer be discouraged by the $2 cost of a bus ride.
1. Wealthy people who spend thousands of dollars a year maintaining a car would no longer be discouraged by the $2 cost of a bus ride.
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A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden.
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden.
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...
When I lived in Cleveland Park, one of the self-appointed leaders of the neighborhood association was a Guardian Angel. Once at a fest, he showed up with some other GAs with their red berets and patrolled the park. He gathered any rocks he could find and threw them in the trash.
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
When I lived in Cleveland Park, one of the self-appointed leaders of the neighborhood association was a Guardian Angel. Once at a fest, he showed up with some other GAs with their red berets and patrolled the park. He gathered any rocks he could find and threw them in the trash.
Why can't we just reduce fares for the people who need it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Why can't we just reduce fares for the people who need it?
I've been craving a Saint Paul sandwich (and St. Louis fried rice), so I watch other people eating them.
youtu.be/57doiPb5mH0?...
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Trying St. Louis Fried Rice for the FIRST TIME!! (Yet Bun, John's, Eastside Chop Suey)
YouTube video by LATRYGUY
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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I've been craving a Saint Paul sandwich (and St. Louis fried rice), so I watch other people eating them.
youtu.be/57doiPb5mH0?...
youtu.be/57doiPb5mH0?...
We should abolish time zones. Dolly Parton would sing about working 3 to 11, but besides that, not much would be different.
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We should abolish time zones. Dolly Parton would sing about working 3 to 11, but besides that, not much would be different.
"Many people know of Robert Moses... but many are unaware of his St. Louis contemporary. While Moses was clearing out the historic neighborhoods in New York, Bartholomew was at work in St. Louis, helping to shape the region as we see it today."
Harland Bartholomew: Destroyer of the Urban Fabric of St. Louis - NextSTL
Many people know of Robert Moses, the urban planner in New York who changed the city’s landscape by razing historic neighborhoods and constructing urban highways and large monolithic apartment buildin...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Many people know of Robert Moses... but many are unaware of his St. Louis contemporary. While Moses was clearing out the historic neighborhoods in New York, Bartholomew was at work in St. Louis, helping to shape the region as we see it today."
When I was a kid, my mom would put a mattress over the front window when we ran out of candy, because trick-or-treaters would come if they saw the tiniest bit of light.
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When I was a kid, my mom would put a mattress over the front window when we ran out of candy, because trick-or-treaters would come if they saw the tiniest bit of light.
I think all the children in the Nations are in strollers still so they won’t be trick or treating
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I think all the children in the Nations are in strollers still so they won’t be trick or treating
Putting this on my to-do list next time I visit St. Louis. mohistory.org/exhibits/mil...
Mill Creek: Black Metropolis | Missouri Historical Society
This exhibit explore the rich history of a St. Louis neighborhood with almost no trace left today.
mohistory.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Putting this on my to-do list next time I visit St. Louis. mohistory.org/exhibits/mil...
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I think for Bi-State Development Agency, St. Louis area public transit, Commissioners elected by district would be better.
Currently, on Mo side, Governor appoints from City Mayor and County Exec nominees and that has worked out poorly- public transit governed by people who don't use it.
Currently, on Mo side, Governor appoints from City Mayor and County Exec nominees and that has worked out poorly- public transit governed by people who don't use it.
The Chicago Transit Board will switch from being four mayoral appointees and three gubernatorial appointees to three mayoral appointees, two gubernatorial appointees, and two county presidential appointees
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think for Bi-State Development Agency, St. Louis area public transit, Commissioners elected by district would be better.
Currently, on Mo side, Governor appoints from City Mayor and County Exec nominees and that has worked out poorly- public transit governed by people who don't use it.
Currently, on Mo side, Governor appoints from City Mayor and County Exec nominees and that has worked out poorly- public transit governed by people who don't use it.
I had one joke i told to every house, every halloween: “what’s Dracula’s favorite drink? A Bloody Mary”
I didn’t even know what that was but it was good enough to get some candy.
I didn’t even know what that was but it was good enough to get some candy.
Today is my favorite holiday (poor kids 🤝 Halloween). Last year's best little kid trick or treating joke was "What do you call a magical dog?" "A Labracadabrador!"
I have a Costco bucket full of chocolate bars and black heart stickers. I'm out of potatoes, but I might run to the store at lunch. 🍁🎃🥔
I have a Costco bucket full of chocolate bars and black heart stickers. I'm out of potatoes, but I might run to the store at lunch. 🍁🎃🥔
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had one joke i told to every house, every halloween: “what’s Dracula’s favorite drink? A Bloody Mary”
I didn’t even know what that was but it was good enough to get some candy.
I didn’t even know what that was but it was good enough to get some candy.
Looking forward to standard time
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking forward to standard time