Daniel McDonell
@danielmcdonell.bsky.social
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Merry Bicycle Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Merry Bicycle Christmas!
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Amazing that in the downtown worker survey by NDP there were no less than 3 questions related to houseless folks and safety but seemingly only one related to pedestrian infrastructure, and that was lights.
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Amazing that in the downtown worker survey by NDP there were no less than 3 questions related to houseless folks and safety but seemingly only one related to pedestrian infrastructure, and that was lights.
Living here is just exhausting.
Dude legit moved the sign so my daughter and I could get through after I kindly explained why it's important to keep the bike lane open, then moved it right back while laughing and waving at us 👎
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Living here is just exhausting.
She asked if she could go to the library.
Had a really nice morning at Church St Park making ornaments
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
She asked if she could go to the library.
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All I want for Christmas is for the library to reopen.
December 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the library to reopen.
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Most important bench yet made it’s debut at this morning’s Annual Homeless Memorial. As of the other day, 169 individuals in Nashville have died after a prolonged period of homelessness or while experiencing homelessness this year. More names will likely be added before the year ends 💔
December 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Most important bench yet made it’s debut at this morning’s Annual Homeless Memorial. As of the other day, 169 individuals in Nashville have died after a prolonged period of homelessness or while experiencing homelessness this year. More names will likely be added before the year ends 💔
In this house, we goggle
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
In this house, we goggle
In this house, we goggle
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In this house, we goggle
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[mounts well-worn soapbox] The fanciest predictive ped safety analysis would fall short of just taking a dang inventory of the crossings at every bus stop pair systemwide.
There’s not a single big correlate to ped fatalities that isn’t addressed by focusing on/around bus stop pairs.
There’s not a single big correlate to ped fatalities that isn’t addressed by focusing on/around bus stop pairs.
A 5-lane road with no marked crossings and bus stops on both sides is just a recipe for transit users getting killed.
This is criminally bad design, and yet it's the standard practice across much of the US.
This is criminally bad design, and yet it's the standard practice across much of the US.
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
[mounts well-worn soapbox] The fanciest predictive ped safety analysis would fall short of just taking a dang inventory of the crossings at every bus stop pair systemwide.
There’s not a single big correlate to ped fatalities that isn’t addressed by focusing on/around bus stop pairs.
There’s not a single big correlate to ped fatalities that isn’t addressed by focusing on/around bus stop pairs.
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Fellow bicyclists, may this keep your thoughts warm over the next couple days 🥶❤️ @bikesky.social
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fellow bicyclists, may this keep your thoughts warm over the next couple days 🥶❤️ @bikesky.social
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Long term closure would be disastrous for East Nashville and Downtown. Potentially massive safety and quality of life issue. Working to get more certainty here.
www.nashvillepost.com/politics/met...
www.nashvillepost.com/politics/met...
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Long term closure would be disastrous for East Nashville and Downtown. Potentially massive safety and quality of life issue. Working to get more certainty here.
www.nashvillepost.com/politics/met...
www.nashvillepost.com/politics/met...
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Ban right on red.
Yesterday, I was very minorly hit by a driver turning right on red from Greenfield Ave onto Gallatin because he simply didn’t look to his left to see me in the crosswalk before letting off the brake, which was the second time this year I’ve had a close call AT JUST THIS ONE INTERSECTION
More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech.
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ban right on red.
Had to drive around town a lot yesterday. It was so easy. Everything was built for me.
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Had to drive around town a lot yesterday. It was so easy. Everything was built for me.
Mon Dieu! We finally have burgers in Nashville
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Mon Dieu! We finally have burgers in Nashville
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"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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"The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turning vehicles are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions ... If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years."
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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Sky was beautiful tonight
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sky was beautiful tonight
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We just learned at the EBDA meeting that a full closure of the pedestrian bridge is very much on the table.
www.youtube.com/live/Co8gKjz...
www.youtube.com/live/Co8gKjz...
12/02/25 East Bank Development Authority
YouTube video by Metro Nashville Network
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We just learned at the EBDA meeting that a full closure of the pedestrian bridge is very much on the table.
www.youtube.com/live/Co8gKjz...
www.youtube.com/live/Co8gKjz...
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Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
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November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
Being a parent in Nashville you realize how few great places there in this city that are free and easy to take your kids.
The downtown library was one of them, and we sorely miss it.
The downtown library was one of them, and we sorely miss it.
y’all ever think about how they blew up the library
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Being a parent in Nashville you realize how few great places there in this city that are free and easy to take your kids.
The downtown library was one of them, and we sorely miss it.
The downtown library was one of them, and we sorely miss it.
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And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
I'm a Northwestern University graduate and very disappointed. This is bad news.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I'm a Northwestern University graduate and very disappointed. This is bad news.
Streisand Effect, but for voting
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Streisand Effect, but for voting
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Epiphany happening on the everything network
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Epiphany happening on the everything network
RIP Jimmy Cliff 1944-2025
One of my favorite albums growing up from my dad's collection
One of my favorite albums growing up from my dad's collection
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff 1944-2025
One of my favorite albums growing up from my dad's collection
One of my favorite albums growing up from my dad's collection
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“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“There were early concerns that fare-free travel would heap extra burdens on bus drivers, drawing homeless people or anything-goes behavior. Yet several drivers said that not having to ask passengers for payment or transfers has led to less friction with riders.”
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!
Gift link re: Iowa City free buses!