Tab Combs
@drtcombs.bsky.social
Transport-Equity-Resilience PhD.
Road Harm Reducer.
Villagist.
She/hers. Occasional outbursts about dogs, kids, Davidson hoops, & gardening. My opinions are mine.
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Road Harm Reducer.
Villagist.
She/hers. Occasional outbursts about dogs, kids, Davidson hoops, & gardening. My opinions are mine.
Please read pinned post before following.
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Tab Combs
@drtcombs.bsky.social
· Feb 19
You may be a very nice person but if you have no profile description, no posts, no profile pic (doesn't even have to be of you!), and follow a bazillion accounts, please don't follow me.
✔️ Driver, not car
✔️ Crash, not accident
✔️ Includes conditions
✔️ Contextualizes the event in terms of larger patterns
✔️ Puts the traffic report *at the end*
✔️ Crash, not accident
✔️ Includes conditions
✔️ Contextualizes the event in terms of larger patterns
✔️ Puts the traffic report *at the end*
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
✔️ Driver, not car
✔️ Crash, not accident
✔️ Includes conditions
✔️ Contextualizes the event in terms of larger patterns
✔️ Puts the traffic report *at the end*
✔️ Crash, not accident
✔️ Includes conditions
✔️ Contextualizes the event in terms of larger patterns
✔️ Puts the traffic report *at the end*
Obviously I hate reading stuff like this, but @brmcc.bsky.social is one of the best at #CrashNotAccident framing. More local journalists need to follow his example.
#VisionZero
#VisionZero
A driver struck and injured a bicyclist on North Carolina Highway 54 on Thursday evening. Police later cited the driver for failure to reduce speed and violating a daytime driving only license restriction.
Here's what we know:
Here's what we know:
Bicyclist Injured By Driver Along NC Highway 54 in Chapel Hill - Chapelboro.com
A driver struck and injured a bicyclist on N.C. Highway 54 on Thursday evening. Police later cited them for a failure to reduce speed.
chapelboro.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Obviously I hate reading stuff like this, but @brmcc.bsky.social is one of the best at #CrashNotAccident framing. More local journalists need to follow his example.
#VisionZero
#VisionZero
Anyway, I had my cameras running.
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Anyway, I had my cameras running.
Also this is why we chose the bear. Every single time.
February 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Also this is why we chose the bear. Every single time.
I do not look forward to our next encounter. I'm no match for an Angry Man In A Fancy Car who clearly feels threatened by me because he [checks notes] tried to run me over.
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I do not look forward to our next encounter. I'm no match for an Angry Man In A Fancy Car who clearly feels threatened by me because he [checks notes] tried to run me over.
...and again as he turns into a posh driveway, at which point he gets out and yells, "stop following me you ****ing c***!"
I'm just pedalling my normal speed, on my normal route home.
And this man is convinced I am chasing his car. On my bicycle.
I'm just pedalling my normal speed, on my normal route home.
And this man is convinced I am chasing his car. On my bicycle.
February 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
...and again as he turns into a posh driveway, at which point he gets out and yells, "stop following me you ****ing c***!"
I'm just pedalling my normal speed, on my normal route home.
And this man is convinced I am chasing his car. On my bicycle.
I'm just pedalling my normal speed, on my normal route home.
And this man is convinced I am chasing his car. On my bicycle.
A heretofore all new aggressive driver experience as I was biking home today:
Bruh punish passes me within inches. I catch up to him at the next light, as one does. He floors it. I catch up at the next light again. I end up behind him as we both wait to make a left into a neighborhood...
Bruh punish passes me within inches. I catch up to him at the next light, as one does. He floors it. I catch up at the next light again. I end up behind him as we both wait to make a left into a neighborhood...
February 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A heretofore all new aggressive driver experience as I was biking home today:
Bruh punish passes me within inches. I catch up to him at the next light, as one does. He floors it. I catch up at the next light again. I end up behind him as we both wait to make a left into a neighborhood...
Bruh punish passes me within inches. I catch up to him at the next light, as one does. He floors it. I catch up at the next light again. I end up behind him as we both wait to make a left into a neighborhood...
To be clear we are huge fans of remote school here. It's just PE that's a bit of a drag.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
To be clear we are huge fans of remote school here. It's just PE that's a bit of a drag.
Day 4 of remote school. The kid just waddled by on all fours, in sort of a roving downdog position, grumbling, "I thought today was supposed to be health, not PE."
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Day 4 of remote school. The kid just waddled by on all fours, in sort of a roving downdog position, grumbling, "I thought today was supposed to be health, not PE."
Reposted by Tab Combs
🚍🪴Cities becoming less sustainable with more home/hybrid working?
WTP for PT access has fallen, especially in smaller cities & costlier housing markets.
📜 Blog: rebrand.ly/n9frpcg
📰 Paper: rebrand.ly/dcj3xjk
@uofgussp.bsky.social @ubdc.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social
WTP for PT access has fallen, especially in smaller cities & costlier housing markets.
📜 Blog: rebrand.ly/n9frpcg
📰 Paper: rebrand.ly/dcj3xjk
@uofgussp.bsky.social @ubdc.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
🚍🪴Cities becoming less sustainable with more home/hybrid working?
WTP for PT access has fallen, especially in smaller cities & costlier housing markets.
📜 Blog: rebrand.ly/n9frpcg
📰 Paper: rebrand.ly/dcj3xjk
@uofgussp.bsky.social @ubdc.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social
WTP for PT access has fallen, especially in smaller cities & costlier housing markets.
📜 Blog: rebrand.ly/n9frpcg
📰 Paper: rebrand.ly/dcj3xjk
@uofgussp.bsky.social @ubdc.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @rafa-vdz.bsky.social
Do you mean "Sandy Jinx?"
February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Do you mean "Sandy Jinx?"
Literally everything. We cook everything in the air fryer. Our regular oven is just a giant box taking up what could be cabinet space now.
That said, we don't actually use it for air frying. It's just a small oven that heats up really fast to me.
That said, we don't actually use it for air frying. It's just a small oven that heats up really fast to me.
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Literally everything. We cook everything in the air fryer. Our regular oven is just a giant box taking up what could be cabinet space now.
That said, we don't actually use it for air frying. It's just a small oven that heats up really fast to me.
That said, we don't actually use it for air frying. It's just a small oven that heats up really fast to me.
I had a similarly unreliable old, old, old school bmw that may or may not have been legally imported. The owners manual was in German, so I got to learn how to drive, how to keep a car running, and how to read about how to keep a car running in German.
I loved that death trap.
I loved that death trap.
January 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I had a similarly unreliable old, old, old school bmw that may or may not have been legally imported. The owners manual was in German, so I got to learn how to drive, how to keep a car running, and how to read about how to keep a car running in German.
I loved that death trap.
I loved that death trap.
I know we don't have equipment to plow sidewalks and curb ramps, but getting #NCDOT to stop using them as a literal dumping ground for the snow cleared for cars would be helpful. Those of us who walk or use the bus to get to work have no option but to walk in the road to get around these piles.
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I know we don't have equipment to plow sidewalks and curb ramps, but getting #NCDOT to stop using them as a literal dumping ground for the snow cleared for cars would be helpful. Those of us who walk or use the bus to get to work have no option but to walk in the road to get around these piles.
I see your mogul and raise you an ice floe. Wanna take bets on whose melts first?
bsky.app/profile/drtc...
bsky.app/profile/drtc...
It never ceases to amaze me how less than half an inch of sleet can become an ice floe over a foot deep on any given curb ramp.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I see your mogul and raise you an ice floe. Wanna take bets on whose melts first?
bsky.app/profile/drtc...
bsky.app/profile/drtc...
It never ceases to amaze me how less than half an inch of sleet can become an ice floe over a foot deep on any given curb ramp.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
January 30, 2026 at 8:38 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how less than half an inch of sleet can become an ice floe over a foot deep on any given curb ramp.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
@chapelhillgov.bsky.social can you please help keep these vital connections clear? They're packed too solid to melt anytime soon.
Counting my lucky stars, again, that I have a kid who likes remote school
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Counting my lucky stars, again, that I have a kid who likes remote school
Now do broad daylight.
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Now do broad daylight.
Sadly, they almost universally recover from their rage by declaring that anyone they can't see is asking for it
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Sadly, they almost universally recover from their rage by declaring that anyone they can't see is asking for it
Closely related genre...
Driver: I'll slow down if I see somebody in the street, obviously
Me: Will you slow down for the person you don't see?
Driver: [seething rage at me for suggesting they are less than perfect, omniscient, superhero-level drivers]
Driver: I'll slow down if I see somebody in the street, obviously
Me: Will you slow down for the person you don't see?
Driver: [seething rage at me for suggesting they are less than perfect, omniscient, superhero-level drivers]
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Closely related genre...
Driver: I'll slow down if I see somebody in the street, obviously
Me: Will you slow down for the person you don't see?
Driver: [seething rage at me for suggesting they are less than perfect, omniscient, superhero-level drivers]
Driver: I'll slow down if I see somebody in the street, obviously
Me: Will you slow down for the person you don't see?
Driver: [seething rage at me for suggesting they are less than perfect, omniscient, superhero-level drivers]