Goshen By Bike
@adam232.bsky.social
I like trains, bikes, mini trucks, native landscapes, trains again and hate cars and capitalism. Also I have some low quality YouTube videos of biking and trains so...yeah
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Goshen By Bike
@adam232.bsky.social
· Aug 3
Two hours into this bookand so far so good. Really liking it and how it dismantles our current system
I finished it this week. Final verdit: very good book, highly recommend. I did the audio book version and it was only 10ish hours i think. Worth it
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Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like:
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like:
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
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I generally don't like to post screenshots of text, but someone posted this in our local Strong Towns group and it was too good not to share here.
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I generally don't like to post screenshots of text, but someone posted this in our local Strong Towns group and it was too good not to share here.
Can't wait for @modacitylife.com to be in Goshen, Indiana. I'm counting down the days!
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can't wait for @modacitylife.com to be in Goshen, Indiana. I'm counting down the days!
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Happy Christmas to all and to all a good bike!
December 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Happy Christmas to all and to all a good bike!
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From earlier this week…
Multi lane highway cutting through the city: perfectly clear
City street: well cleared
Sidewalk: covered in snow (w/ many footprints)
We need more investment in clearing our sidewalks so everyone (not just drivers) can get around in winter.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
Multi lane highway cutting through the city: perfectly clear
City street: well cleared
Sidewalk: covered in snow (w/ many footprints)
We need more investment in clearing our sidewalks so everyone (not just drivers) can get around in winter.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
From earlier this week…
Multi lane highway cutting through the city: perfectly clear
City street: well cleared
Sidewalk: covered in snow (w/ many footprints)
We need more investment in clearing our sidewalks so everyone (not just drivers) can get around in winter.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
Multi lane highway cutting through the city: perfectly clear
City street: well cleared
Sidewalk: covered in snow (w/ many footprints)
We need more investment in clearing our sidewalks so everyone (not just drivers) can get around in winter.
#PlowMPLSsidewalks
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More people will ride in winter weather when they know their commute will be efficient. Sure, the protected bike lanes enable a lot of people, but the friction caused by dealing with cars at every intersection keeps many from utilizing the bicycle in winter. Fix the chaos of cars and induce demand.
"Why is Chicago building protected bike lanes? Nobody rides in them 6 months a year when it's cold here."
Here's what we saw in the downtown Dearborn Street PBLs during a 4-minute bike ride on Wednesday 12/10 around 4 PM (not peak rush hour), when it was about 32F.
Here's what we saw in the downtown Dearborn Street PBLs during a 4-minute bike ride on Wednesday 12/10 around 4 PM (not peak rush hour), when it was about 32F.
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More people will ride in winter weather when they know their commute will be efficient. Sure, the protected bike lanes enable a lot of people, but the friction caused by dealing with cars at every intersection keeps many from utilizing the bicycle in winter. Fix the chaos of cars and induce demand.
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We have the tools. The only thing missing is the political will to prioritize it. If we can clear a roadway, we can clear a bike path.
December 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We have the tools. The only thing missing is the political will to prioritize it. If we can clear a roadway, we can clear a bike path.
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I will never not be fascinated by snow management in Montreal and many other parts of Quebec.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
The Snow Sirens of Montreal (Fascinating but Frustrating)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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December 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I will never not be fascinated by snow management in Montreal and many other parts of Quebec.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
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"These ebikes are out of control and we need to regulate them now!"
December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"These ebikes are out of control and we need to regulate them now!"
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I wish every single article on gerrymandering would include this disclaimer:
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I wish every single article on gerrymandering would include this disclaimer:
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
“This is a unique aspect of the American political system. Most other countries don’t allow politicians to draw electoral maps. Many even go further with proportional representation to ensure outcomes match votes.”
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
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This is the founding principle of the modern suburb.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is the founding principle of the modern suburb.
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It's as if going all in on car dependent sprawl was a terrible idea and now we live with bidding wars for basic "perks" such as walkability, leaving those without deep pockets financially obligated to cars, so they can access more affordable housing.
What a cluster.
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
What a cluster.
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's as if going all in on car dependent sprawl was a terrible idea and now we live with bidding wars for basic "perks" such as walkability, leaving those without deep pockets financially obligated to cars, so they can access more affordable housing.
What a cluster.
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
What a cluster.
www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
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Congratulations NYC. Hope he does great things for you and we can move to the left as a country
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Congratulations NYC. Hope he does great things for you and we can move to the left as a country
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ICYMI: Yesterday this truly fascinating, in-depth conversation with @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social about their new book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile was released into the wilds. youtu.be/OZQ82XKfElQ
EPISODE 312: Life After Cars with Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear (Book Launch)
YouTube video by Active Towns
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October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday this truly fascinating, in-depth conversation with @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social about their new book Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile was released into the wilds. youtu.be/OZQ82XKfElQ
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With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":
✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury
Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.
✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury
Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.
Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.
Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales
Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":
✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury
Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.
✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury
Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.
Reached the 500th mile of use on our new ebike while riding to work this morning! We haven't even had it a year yet, so I feel like this is a good sign for our shift to more walking and biking.
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reached the 500th mile of use on our new ebike while riding to work this morning! We haven't even had it a year yet, so I feel like this is a good sign for our shift to more walking and biking.
Does anyone know why 8 or so Tren Maya locomotives came through Goshen Indiana today?
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Does anyone know why 8 or so Tren Maya locomotives came through Goshen Indiana today?
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i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law
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Israeli drone footage shows the destruction in Gaza:
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Israeli drone footage shows the destruction in Gaza:
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Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Some politicians will say out loud that road deaths are the cost of doing business. MPP Ric Breese at the Bill 212 committee meeting said that we would need to slow cars to 5km/h to avoid all deaths, and of course we can't do that, so "there occasionally will be injuries".
Violent crime is more rare, shocking, headline-grabbing. We treat it as an intolerable aberration from the norm. And we should! But that suggests that road deaths and injuries are the norm and are therefore tolerable. No politician will say that out loud, but watch what they prioritize.
September 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Car culture thrives on all-or-nothing thinking.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Dedicate some part of the road to bikes? “You’re basically banning cars.”
Safer speeds? “Oh yeah let’s all travel 5 km/h.”
It’s like asking a child to clean their room and they respond dramatically “so you’re kicking me out? to live on the street?”.
Politically growing up for me meant moving further and further to the left because of my morality and beliefs in care for all people and creation. In turn, this shift meant moving farther and farther away from people who I cared for and respected. Sometimes that rift feels a bit alienating
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Politically growing up for me meant moving further and further to the left because of my morality and beliefs in care for all people and creation. In turn, this shift meant moving farther and farther away from people who I cared for and respected. Sometimes that rift feels a bit alienating
Little hidden paths next to the canal? Very pleasant
September 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Little hidden paths next to the canal? Very pleasant