Kris Hammel
@krishammel.bsky.social
I enjoy exploring by bike and on foot to taste new foods wherever I go. Data nerd frequently using Python and Power BI. Single car family against car dependency. Move people, not single occupant vehicles.
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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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i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
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Having down time and rest should be more of a badge of honour than being busy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Having down time and rest should be more of a badge of honour than being busy.
The mixing on this new Zeds Dead song is so good. youtube.com/watch?v=gRmJ...
ZEDS DEAD - CHANNEL FLIPPING 2: ONLY YOU
YouTube video by Zeds Dead
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The mixing on this new Zeds Dead song is so good. youtube.com/watch?v=gRmJ...
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People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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The growth in solar is truly extraordinary. Soon the whole human race (except for people living in countries governed by morons) will have energy that's virtually free of recurrent costs.
**NEW CHINA SOLAR EXPANSION STORY**
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The growth in solar is truly extraordinary. Soon the whole human race (except for people living in countries governed by morons) will have energy that's virtually free of recurrent costs.
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"But by far, people said their biggest anxiety was what could happen if a battery overheats and catches fire."
Each one of whom had one of the same batteries in their pocket...
Each one of whom had one of the same batteries in their pocket...
Massachusetts' goals for grid-scale battery storage faces a growing challenge: The anti-battery movement sweeping the state and country 🔌💡 @wbur.org
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
As Mass. pushes for big batteries on the grid, some communities push back
Massachusetts officials says batteries will bring down energy costs and help the grid run on more renewables. But there's a growing movement of people who say they don't want this technology in their ...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"But by far, people said their biggest anxiety was what could happen if a battery overheats and catches fire."
Each one of whom had one of the same batteries in their pocket...
Each one of whom had one of the same batteries in their pocket...
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this is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
this is a lazy metaphor, the writers need to do better
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Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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This is COMPLETELY INSANE.
In addition to the environmental and labour violations, EIGHTY-FIVE times as much land is needed to power an ICE car on corn ethanol compared to the land needed for solar PV panels to power an EV car.
www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/u...
In addition to the environmental and labour violations, EIGHTY-FIVE times as much land is needed to power an ICE car on corn ethanol compared to the land needed for solar PV panels to power an EV car.
www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/u...
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is COMPLETELY INSANE.
In addition to the environmental and labour violations, EIGHTY-FIVE times as much land is needed to power an ICE car on corn ethanol compared to the land needed for solar PV panels to power an EV car.
www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/u...
In addition to the environmental and labour violations, EIGHTY-FIVE times as much land is needed to power an ICE car on corn ethanol compared to the land needed for solar PV panels to power an EV car.
www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/u...
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If you don’t know much about Toronto, our ravines are spectacular.
🦢 The Humber River & Etobicoke Creek in the west
🦌 Don River in the center
🦫 Rouge River in the east
You can be in the heart of downtown, then bike for five minutes into the Don and see deer.
🦢 The Humber River & Etobicoke Creek in the west
🦌 Don River in the center
🦫 Rouge River in the east
You can be in the heart of downtown, then bike for five minutes into the Don and see deer.
Alright, it's Sunday, its cold and its wet.. Nothing better than good ramble thru the Don Valley.
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.
#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you don’t know much about Toronto, our ravines are spectacular.
🦢 The Humber River & Etobicoke Creek in the west
🦌 Don River in the center
🦫 Rouge River in the east
You can be in the heart of downtown, then bike for five minutes into the Don and see deer.
🦢 The Humber River & Etobicoke Creek in the west
🦌 Don River in the center
🦫 Rouge River in the east
You can be in the heart of downtown, then bike for five minutes into the Don and see deer.
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Here's a great video from @streetcraft.bsky.social showing how people miscalculate parking vs walking distances in urban vs rural contexts.
There is SO much parking in Toronto, you just can't see it because it's around the corner, but closer than walking @ the Mall
www.instagram.com/reel/DChTiyK...
There is SO much parking in Toronto, you just can't see it because it's around the corner, but closer than walking @ the Mall
www.instagram.com/reel/DChTiyK...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here's a great video from @streetcraft.bsky.social showing how people miscalculate parking vs walking distances in urban vs rural contexts.
There is SO much parking in Toronto, you just can't see it because it's around the corner, but closer than walking @ the Mall
www.instagram.com/reel/DChTiyK...
There is SO much parking in Toronto, you just can't see it because it's around the corner, but closer than walking @ the Mall
www.instagram.com/reel/DChTiyK...
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Several of our corridor projects have repeatedly proven that customers do not use the parking spots in front of businesses.
Those parking spots are not sustaining the businesses.
streets.mn/2022/01/26/b...
Those parking spots are not sustaining the businesses.
streets.mn/2022/01/26/b...
Bikes and Business on Bloor: An Economic Study from Toronto
Recent discussion about Hennepin Avenue has raised the impact of the planned reconstruction on business. Fortunately we have a detailed case study on bike lanes and business from Toronto to learn f…
streets.mn
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Several of our corridor projects have repeatedly proven that customers do not use the parking spots in front of businesses.
Those parking spots are not sustaining the businesses.
streets.mn/2022/01/26/b...
Those parking spots are not sustaining the businesses.
streets.mn/2022/01/26/b...
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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The government of Ontario is choosing complaining drivers (including government ministers) over the safety of pedestrians and specifically children, not surprising but still disappointing that these are the leaders we’re left with. Read my latest article:
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
Eulogy for a Speed Camera.
The Story of how Ontario further degraded our Hapless Transport System.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The government of Ontario is choosing complaining drivers (including government ministers) over the safety of pedestrians and specifically children, not surprising but still disappointing that these are the leaders we’re left with. Read my latest article:
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...
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What’s most amazing about the speed camera discourse Is that all of the people who typically talk about personal responsibility and how our society has given up on it suddenly think that should go out the window once someone actually has the ability to harm others quite easily in their hands
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What’s most amazing about the speed camera discourse Is that all of the people who typically talk about personal responsibility and how our society has given up on it suddenly think that should go out the window once someone actually has the ability to harm others quite easily in their hands
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xkcd.com/3167/ welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social @xkcd.com ? I think that's a much more direct approach but I'm game for giving it a shot.
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
xkcd.com/3167/ welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social @xkcd.com ? I think that's a much more direct approach but I'm game for giving it a shot.
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All the things at the top are made by, or done by, people.
All the things at the bottom are made by, or done by, robots.
Robots will move up the list.
We need a #UBI Universal Basic Income.
All the things at the bottom are made by, or done by, robots.
Robots will move up the list.
We need a #UBI Universal Basic Income.
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All the things at the top are made by, or done by, people.
All the things at the bottom are made by, or done by, robots.
Robots will move up the list.
We need a #UBI Universal Basic Income.
All the things at the bottom are made by, or done by, robots.
Robots will move up the list.
We need a #UBI Universal Basic Income.
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Very, very few infrastructure investments have a payback as short as the two years for this one.
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Very, very few infrastructure investments have a payback as short as the two years for this one.
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Why buy stuff that you have to burn, then buy more again a week later when you can buy something once and it'll give you energy free for forty years?
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Why buy stuff that you have to burn, then buy more again a week later when you can buy something once and it'll give you energy free for forty years?
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?