📍Berkeley, CA
We've heard that crash rates are skyrocketing. Marin County Dept of Health even set up a dashboard to see how many e-bike/e-moto crashes are happening.
But how many kids are getting hurt *in cars*?
🧵
Kind of the beginning of the end, in a real way.
Kind of the beginning of the end, in a real way.
Now I find other challenges, like taking both kids to a friend's house on the bus!
Now I find other challenges, like taking both kids to a friend's house on the bus!
If we could shift even 10% to walking or biking it would have a huge impact. (Unfortunately buses aren’t an option for most as there’s so little bus service here.)
Every time I bike my kid to preschool on a city schools holiday, it becomes clear that 100% of the stressed out, inconsiderate, texting drivers we encounter on a daily basis our fellow parents.
If we could shift even 10% to walking or biking it would have a huge impact. (Unfortunately buses aren’t an option for most as there’s so little bus service here.)
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
*stone-faced*
"okay"
goddamn son
Piper Park in Larkspur, CA sees 120 bounce house rentals a year, all powered by gas generators.
They recently installed electrical hookups at the park and are working with the local vendor to let people power the bounce houses with those hookups.
Every time I bike my kid to preschool on a city schools holiday, it becomes clear that 100% of the stressed out, inconsiderate, texting drivers we encounter on a daily basis our fellow parents.
Every time I bike my kid to preschool on a city schools holiday, it becomes clear that 100% of the stressed out, inconsiderate, texting drivers we encounter on a daily basis our fellow parents.
It's that the condom allotment was only two per athlete for the whole two weeks!! By comparison, athletes in Paris in 2024 were given 60!
Since when did the Italians become such prudes??
It's that the condom allotment was only two per athlete for the whole two weeks!! By comparison, athletes in Paris in 2024 were given 60!
Since when did the Italians become such prudes??
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
Like many other planning failures, this one's also rooted in racism.
The alternatives are a 15 minute walk to the bougie options on Hopkins or a 10 minute walk to traffic-clogged University and its vacant storefronts.
The alternatives are a 15 minute walk to the bougie options on Hopkins or a 10 minute walk to traffic-clogged University and its vacant storefronts.
Piper Park in Larkspur, CA sees 120 bounce house rentals a year, all powered by gas generators.
They recently installed electrical hookups at the park and are working with the local vendor to let people power the bounce houses with those hookups.
Piper Park in Larkspur, CA sees 120 bounce house rentals a year, all powered by gas generators.
They recently installed electrical hookups at the park and are working with the local vendor to let people power the bounce houses with those hookups.
Piper Park in Larkspur, CA sees 120 bounce house rentals a year, all powered by gas generators.
They recently installed electrical hookups at the park and are working with the local vendor to let people power the bounce houses with those hookups.
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
They don't care about history, but rather maintaining a narrow image of the past that aligns with their particular aesthetic sensibilities, which they then impose on others using the tools of govt.
🪜 blocked removing ladders at Gasworks where 3 have died
🅿️ blocked housing to keep a historic parking garage in Pioneer Square
🏠 blocked housing in wealthy neighborhoods because of "historic" Craftsmans
🚙 tried to keep cars in Pike Place
They don't care about history, but rather maintaining a narrow image of the past that aligns with their particular aesthetic sensibilities, which they then impose on others using the tools of govt.