Ronit Aviva Dancis
@ronitadancis.bsky.social
Trains, 🚍, cities, plazas, ☕️, beer, bikes, 🛴 walking. (She / her )
16F outside.
68F inside, where the heat was last on about 24 hours ago.
Age of my apartment home: at least 50, no special enhancements.
Multifamily living comes with extra insulation in the form of homes above, below & to either side; always inherently #green and resilient.
68F inside, where the heat was last on about 24 hours ago.
Age of my apartment home: at least 50, no special enhancements.
Multifamily living comes with extra insulation in the form of homes above, below & to either side; always inherently #green and resilient.
February 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
16F outside.
68F inside, where the heat was last on about 24 hours ago.
Age of my apartment home: at least 50, no special enhancements.
Multifamily living comes with extra insulation in the form of homes above, below & to either side; always inherently #green and resilient.
68F inside, where the heat was last on about 24 hours ago.
Age of my apartment home: at least 50, no special enhancements.
Multifamily living comes with extra insulation in the form of homes above, below & to either side; always inherently #green and resilient.
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This Olympics, Team USA ice dance is represented by:
• A Chinese Hawaiian and her Michigan husband
• A Greek Cypriot and a Ukrainian Costco fan who just acquired citizenship
• A Canadian born with two dislocated hips and the son of two Soviet gold medalist skaters
That's what makes America great.
• A Chinese Hawaiian and her Michigan husband
• A Greek Cypriot and a Ukrainian Costco fan who just acquired citizenship
• A Canadian born with two dislocated hips and the son of two Soviet gold medalist skaters
That's what makes America great.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This Olympics, Team USA ice dance is represented by:
• A Chinese Hawaiian and her Michigan husband
• A Greek Cypriot and a Ukrainian Costco fan who just acquired citizenship
• A Canadian born with two dislocated hips and the son of two Soviet gold medalist skaters
That's what makes America great.
• A Chinese Hawaiian and her Michigan husband
• A Greek Cypriot and a Ukrainian Costco fan who just acquired citizenship
• A Canadian born with two dislocated hips and the son of two Soviet gold medalist skaters
That's what makes America great.
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What/whom you fund shows what/whom you value. Or don't value.
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
What/whom you fund shows what/whom you value. Or don't value.
Pompeii, 79 CE: "why cook at home? the thermopolium's got great duck!"
Specifically designed for fast food, this shop's counter was built for hot food; its beautiful frescoes told you what foods the shop had.
Yes, it sold wine.
80 hot shops in Pompeii. #urbanism
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
Specifically designed for fast food, this shop's counter was built for hot food; its beautiful frescoes told you what foods the shop had.
Yes, it sold wine.
80 hot shops in Pompeii. #urbanism
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
2,000-Year-Old Fast Food Shop Uncovered in Pompeii | Archaeology | Sci-News.com
Archaeologists have unearthed a frescoed thermopolium (a hot-food-drink shop) in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city frozen in time after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
www.sci.news
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Pompeii, 79 CE: "why cook at home? the thermopolium's got great duck!"
Specifically designed for fast food, this shop's counter was built for hot food; its beautiful frescoes told you what foods the shop had.
Yes, it sold wine.
80 hot shops in Pompeii. #urbanism
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
Specifically designed for fast food, this shop's counter was built for hot food; its beautiful frescoes told you what foods the shop had.
Yes, it sold wine.
80 hot shops in Pompeii. #urbanism
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
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Today we have US transit data for all of 2025, & DC's WMATA was officially the fastest-growing major US agency, with ridership up 8.7%!
The LIRR (NY, 6.4%), King County Metro (Seattle, +6.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +4.7%) performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit lost riders🧵
The LIRR (NY, 6.4%), King County Metro (Seattle, +6.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +4.7%) performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit lost riders🧵
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Today we have US transit data for all of 2025, & DC's WMATA was officially the fastest-growing major US agency, with ridership up 8.7%!
The LIRR (NY, 6.4%), King County Metro (Seattle, +6.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +4.7%) performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit lost riders🧵
The LIRR (NY, 6.4%), King County Metro (Seattle, +6.5%) & SEPTA (Philly, +4.7%) performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit lost riders🧵
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Yesterday, in a blatantly partisan move, the White House instructed the US DOT & the CDC to cut $1.5 b in grants, exclusively in Blue states.
The grants appear to be being cut because they support poor neighborhoods, non-English speakers, queer people, or efforts to combat climate change.
The grants appear to be being cut because they support poor neighborhoods, non-English speakers, queer people, or efforts to combat climate change.
Exclusive | White House instructs DOT, CDC to cut $1.5B in grants for Dem states, citing ‘waste and mismanagement’
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) told the DOT Wednesday to cancel more than $943 million, while the CDC was ordered to nix at least $602 million meant for California, Colorado, Illinois an…
nypost.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Yesterday, in a blatantly partisan move, the White House instructed the US DOT & the CDC to cut $1.5 b in grants, exclusively in Blue states.
The grants appear to be being cut because they support poor neighborhoods, non-English speakers, queer people, or efforts to combat climate change.
The grants appear to be being cut because they support poor neighborhoods, non-English speakers, queer people, or efforts to combat climate change.
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" the development of detached house sections is greatly retarded by the coming of apartment houses, which has sometimes resulted in destroying the entire section for private house purposes; that in such sections very often the apartment house is a mere parasite,"
Not just pollution - a parasite.
Not just pollution - a parasite.
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
" the development of detached house sections is greatly retarded by the coming of apartment houses, which has sometimes resulted in destroying the entire section for private house purposes; that in such sections very often the apartment house is a mere parasite,"
Not just pollution - a parasite.
Not just pollution - a parasite.
"He [Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it; "
We started advocating for the Purple Line in 1986.
We will celebrate, wearing purple, when it opens in 2027. www.actfortransit.org/act_and_purp...
We will celebrate, wearing purple, when it opens in 2027. www.actfortransit.org/act_and_purp...
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"He [Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it; "
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Happy 100th anniversary of Village of Euclid v Ambler Realty Co and the idea that multi-unit housing (and its residents) are pollution.
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Happy 100th anniversary of Village of Euclid v Ambler Realty Co and the idea that multi-unit housing (and its residents) are pollution.
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So sorry.
"Nobody has been killed" has its own square on the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Public Hearing bingo card. Someone *always* says it.
bsky.app/profile/actf...
"Nobody has been killed" has its own square on the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Public Hearing bingo card. Someone *always* says it.
bsky.app/profile/actf...
We're providing this Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Public Hearing bingo card as a public service.
February 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
So sorry.
"Nobody has been killed" has its own square on the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Public Hearing bingo card. Someone *always* says it.
bsky.app/profile/actf...
"Nobody has been killed" has its own square on the Safe Routes to School Sidewalk Public Hearing bingo card. Someone *always* says it.
bsky.app/profile/actf...
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"Winter is revealing. It shows whose safety is prioritized. It shows whose mobility matters. It shows who is expected to adapt, and who isn’t. If accessibility disappears the moment conditions change, then it was never truly embedded to begin with."
When Winter Turns Our Communities into Obstacle Courses: Accessibility, Snow, and Being Disabled in Public Spaces | Northeast Arc
Winter has a way of exposing everything that’s already broken.
ne-arc.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"Winter is revealing. It shows whose safety is prioritized. It shows whose mobility matters. It shows who is expected to adapt, and who isn’t. If accessibility disappears the moment conditions change, then it was never truly embedded to begin with."
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6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
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Cycling networks are only as good as their connections!!
It's true that the LA River bike path is cute and safe but it's also true that this is the road that goes *to* the LA River bike path
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Cycling networks are only as good as their connections!!
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I walked 3 miles to a work event tonight in D.C.
I was 10 mins late due to the horrible state of sidewalks (due to the intense snow/ice storm here last week).
But I was the first person there by 15+ mins bc everyone else took Lyft & got stuck in car traffic, took 40+ mins to go 3 miles by car.
I was 10 mins late due to the horrible state of sidewalks (due to the intense snow/ice storm here last week).
But I was the first person there by 15+ mins bc everyone else took Lyft & got stuck in car traffic, took 40+ mins to go 3 miles by car.
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I walked 3 miles to a work event tonight in D.C.
I was 10 mins late due to the horrible state of sidewalks (due to the intense snow/ice storm here last week).
But I was the first person there by 15+ mins bc everyone else took Lyft & got stuck in car traffic, took 40+ mins to go 3 miles by car.
I was 10 mins late due to the horrible state of sidewalks (due to the intense snow/ice storm here last week).
But I was the first person there by 15+ mins bc everyone else took Lyft & got stuck in car traffic, took 40+ mins to go 3 miles by car.
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Interestingly, I think safe streets topics are such a slam dunk for youth involvement.
Organizing kids to speak at school board and local govt meetings about their “close calls” is such a powerful tool.
“I was hit by a driver in the crosswalk next to me school 🤬🤬🤬”
Organizing kids to speak at school board and local govt meetings about their “close calls” is such a powerful tool.
“I was hit by a driver in the crosswalk next to me school 🤬🤬🤬”
February 1, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Interestingly, I think safe streets topics are such a slam dunk for youth involvement.
Organizing kids to speak at school board and local govt meetings about their “close calls” is such a powerful tool.
“I was hit by a driver in the crosswalk next to me school 🤬🤬🤬”
Organizing kids to speak at school board and local govt meetings about their “close calls” is such a powerful tool.
“I was hit by a driver in the crosswalk next to me school 🤬🤬🤬”
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Transportation is a school issue.
School is a transportation issue.
School is a transportation issue.
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Transportation is a school issue.
School is a transportation issue.
School is a transportation issue.
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"Please review your path to your bus stop and consider removing debris or snow accumulation to assist with safe boarding and exiting. "
Message from a public school system in a county of 1M people about whether public school bus stops are safe.
Message from a public school system in a county of 1M people about whether public school bus stops are safe.
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
"Please review your path to your bus stop and consider removing debris or snow accumulation to assist with safe boarding and exiting. "
Message from a public school system in a county of 1M people about whether public school bus stops are safe.
Message from a public school system in a county of 1M people about whether public school bus stops are safe.
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In an environment where drivers crash into *buildings* every day what a cyclist is or is not wearing is a red herring at best.
The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In an environment where drivers crash into *buildings* every day what a cyclist is or is not wearing is a red herring at best.
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I wish there was even a quarter as much political and public scrutiny over costs from maintaining and resurfacing ludicrously wide roads, often twice the width or more required.
I mean do these sticks and concrete look prohibitively expensive?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
I mean do these sticks and concrete look prohibitively expensive?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Affordability versus safest bike lanes: Halifax councillors draw their battle lines
Finishing the rest of the AAA Bikeway Network in Halifax and Dartmouth by 2030 will cost over $66 million
www.saltwire.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I wish there was even a quarter as much political and public scrutiny over costs from maintaining and resurfacing ludicrously wide roads, often twice the width or more required.
I mean do these sticks and concrete look prohibitively expensive?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
I mean do these sticks and concrete look prohibitively expensive?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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The third bicyclist killed in Montgomery County MD in 2025. Lack of hi-vis is not the problem, and #BeSafeBeSeen won't solve it. bsky.app/profile/actf...
MCP25630027 On Thurs 10/9/25 3:12 pm
the driver (55/M) of a 2019 Thomas Built HDX schoolbus
turning right from Bauer Dr to Russett Rd
hit & killed a child (11/F) on a bicycle
crossing in a marked crosswalk, coming from school.
The 17th non-motorist & 38th road death in Montgomery County MD in 2025.
the driver (55/M) of a 2019 Thomas Built HDX schoolbus
turning right from Bauer Dr to Russett Rd
hit & killed a child (11/F) on a bicycle
crossing in a marked crosswalk, coming from school.
The 17th non-motorist & 38th road death in Montgomery County MD in 2025.
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The third bicyclist killed in Montgomery County MD in 2025. Lack of hi-vis is not the problem, and #BeSafeBeSeen won't solve it. bsky.app/profile/actf...
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Streets are for sledding.
Kids are sledding down the street and screaming the whole way
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Streets are for sledding.
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Skiing, too
Streets are for sledding.
Kids are sledding down the street and screaming the whole way
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Skiing, too
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Reminder that some US cities have teams clearing sidewalks -- not just roads -- when a major snowstorm strikes. Yours could, too.
More Cities Are Taking Responsibility for Clearing Sidewalks of Snow — Streetsblog USA
Rochester, Burlington, Minneapolis, Duluth and Syracuse have either started clearing sidewalks or are moving in that direction.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Reminder that some US cities have teams clearing sidewalks -- not just roads -- when a major snowstorm strikes. Yours could, too.
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We do not remember ever having seen MCPD cite Maryland Transportation Code § 21-504(c) when assigning fault in a crash where a driver seriously injured or killed a child (or obviously confused or incapacitated individual, eg drunk or mental health crisis).
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
We do not remember ever having seen MCPD cite Maryland Transportation Code § 21-504(c) when assigning fault in a crash where a driver seriously injured or killed a child (or obviously confused or incapacitated individual, eg drunk or mental health crisis).