Ben Keith
@benlk.com
Bike advocate and urbanist, North Linden Area Commissioner + Zoning Cmte Chair. He. Trains pls. Senior Web Engineer at Fueled.
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osgiliath is the kind of dense, wadable urbanism that's illegal in most american cities
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
osgiliath is the kind of dense, wadable urbanism that's illegal in most american cities
I love that RSS exists, because it means we can pipe @cota.com Bluesky and website posts, their YouTube videos, and github.com/benlk/cota-r... into a single aggregation channel in the @transitcolumbus.org Slack.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I love that RSS exists, because it means we can pipe @cota.com Bluesky and website posts, their YouTube videos, and github.com/benlk/cota-r... into a single aggregation channel in the @transitcolumbus.org Slack.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
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The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Transit Columbus and Spin are pleased to announce a special live event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars podcast. They will discuss their new book, Life After Cars and answer questions.
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Transit Columbus and Spin are pleased to announce a special live event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars podcast. They will discuss their new book, Life After Cars and answer questions.
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
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Where are the affordable apartments past Columbus levies supported? I mapped it.
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Columbus OK'd $500M for affordable housing. How was that money used before?
Columbus voters just OK'd way more affordable housing bonds. Where have past levies built, preserved apartments? How will the city use this new money?
www.dispatch.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Where are the affordable apartments past Columbus levies supported? I mapped it.
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Excuse me, but what the fuck?
!["The (Leading Pedestrian Interval) LPI wasn't implemented because it wasn't aligned with the city's traffic safety standards," said Kerry Francis, a spokesperson for the city's Recreation and Parks Department, adding that those standards
"follow national best practices, and [the crossing design] mirrors the crossing at Bethel Road that has operated safely for years."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emgxm5ws2ixjza5msqfkd7qz/bafkreicje4xmby64kllrptowwp4v5h7ydyq4jjshsbswtaqc6b4p5kzvau@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Excuse me, but what the fuck?
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
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happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
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We absolutely should. I talked about this at the Illinois Bicycle Summit a few years ago. This would make a real difference and would likely enlist the insurance industry in making drivers safer to protect their bottom line.
We should copy the Dutch law that always makes car drivers responsible when they hit a cyclist. Not only would it reduce the number of accidents, it would speed up court cases.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We absolutely should. I talked about this at the Illinois Bicycle Summit a few years ago. This would make a real difference and would likely enlist the insurance industry in making drivers safer to protect their bottom line.
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Thank you to everyone who came out in support of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in the U.S. yesterday, and to Friends and Family of Safe Streets Columbus for hosting the event. Vision Zero honors the lives lost and families forever changed by traffic crashes.
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in the U.S. yesterday, and to Friends and Family of Safe Streets Columbus for hosting the event. Vision Zero honors the lives lost and families forever changed by traffic crashes.
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OH-03, we want to hear from YOU! 🗣️. Will rising health care costs in the ACA Marketplace (Obamacare) affect you? Is your Medicaid coverage at risk under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act? Your story matters. Help us fight for Ohioans. Share your story here: https://bit.ly/3JSyXqu
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
OH-03, we want to hear from YOU! 🗣️. Will rising health care costs in the ACA Marketplace (Obamacare) affect you? Is your Medicaid coverage at risk under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act? Your story matters. Help us fight for Ohioans. Share your story here: https://bit.ly/3JSyXqu
Dreamt last night that Cleveland had expanded their light rail system into a tram-train network that reached Columbus, but to continue to Toledo, you needed to transfer to a high-speed elevated gadgetbahn adapted from a rollercoaster.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Dreamt last night that Cleveland had expanded their light rail system into a tram-train network that reached Columbus, but to continue to Toledo, you needed to transfer to a high-speed elevated gadgetbahn adapted from a rollercoaster.
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Figuring out which things are plausible and which are reasonable to be mad about really is the main advantage of learning Too Much about a specific field or system, but what a social clusterfuck if you ever try to talk about it with people who haven't gone in.
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Figuring out which things are plausible and which are reasonable to be mad about really is the main advantage of learning Too Much about a specific field or system, but what a social clusterfuck if you ever try to talk about it with people who haven't gone in.
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After manually compiling Columbus City Council District 7 election results last week, I scraped the data from Franklin County's API and created interactive maps that show why Jesse Vogel won his district (62%) but still lost citywide.
#databs
trevinflick.github.io/blog/posts/c...
#databs
trevinflick.github.io/blog/posts/c...
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
After manually compiling Columbus City Council District 7 election results last week, I scraped the data from Franklin County's API and created interactive maps that show why Jesse Vogel won his district (62%) but still lost citywide.
#databs
trevinflick.github.io/blog/posts/c...
#databs
trevinflick.github.io/blog/posts/c...
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
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Intelligent Speed Assist could end speeding-related deaths as we know them. But what's it really like to drive a car that won't let you break the law? This safety advocate took a test ride.
What It's Really Like to Drive a Car With Intelligent Speed Assist — Streetsblog USA
Is this the future of safe vehicles?
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Intelligent Speed Assist could end speeding-related deaths as we know them. But what's it really like to drive a car that won't let you break the law? This safety advocate took a test ride.
Someone was talking about a City program which had launched and been active for a year in "Linden", which had never come up at North Linden Area Commission meetings. Was this possibly a usual communications failure?
Nope!
"Linden" meant South Linden and Milo-Grogan. Not North Linden.
Nope!
"Linden" meant South Linden and Milo-Grogan. Not North Linden.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Someone was talking about a City program which had launched and been active for a year in "Linden", which had never come up at North Linden Area Commission meetings. Was this possibly a usual communications failure?
Nope!
"Linden" meant South Linden and Milo-Grogan. Not North Linden.
Nope!
"Linden" meant South Linden and Milo-Grogan. Not North Linden.
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This is true and it's because these people do not want to cede an inch of what they perceive as "their space" to other road users.
If you find yourself thinking "cyclists don't belong on the road" then the logical corollary of that is to support safe, separated cycling infrastructure. But in my experience it is often the same people who vociferous oppose cycling infrastructure who also abuse cyclists for riding on the road.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is true and it's because these people do not want to cede an inch of what they perceive as "their space" to other road users.
Tonight's Neighborhood Leaders Dinner hosted by Mayor Ginther is located at the Fran Ryan Center, which has a sizeable model railroad layout in progress.
(Class list QR code is for anc.apm.activecommunities.com/columbusrecp...)
(Class list QR code is for anc.apm.activecommunities.com/columbusrecp...)
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tonight's Neighborhood Leaders Dinner hosted by Mayor Ginther is located at the Fran Ryan Center, which has a sizeable model railroad layout in progress.
(Class list QR code is for anc.apm.activecommunities.com/columbusrecp...)
(Class list QR code is for anc.apm.activecommunities.com/columbusrecp...)
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I’ve criticized the Dispatch enough here that I should praise them for something right that they’re doing—they’ve started sending a reporter to the Zoning & Variance Committee meetings I chair, as well as to the Commission we report to.
Going To The Meetings is a basic tool of journalism.
Going To The Meetings is a basic tool of journalism.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’ve criticized the Dispatch enough here that I should praise them for something right that they’re doing—they’ve started sending a reporter to the Zoning & Variance Committee meetings I chair, as well as to the Commission we report to.
Going To The Meetings is a basic tool of journalism.
Going To The Meetings is a basic tool of journalism.
In a local neighborhood group, there's recently been a profusion of people reposting AI-generated package-thief videos featuring exploding packages. When I pointed out it was fake, and asked people to stop posting them, one poster said: "so what? they're funny!"
the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In a local neighborhood group, there's recently been a profusion of people reposting AI-generated package-thief videos featuring exploding packages. When I pointed out it was fake, and asked people to stop posting them, one poster said: "so what? they're funny!"
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Please join us, Sunday, November 16 from 1-2pm at Washington Gladden Park for World Day of Remembrance to remember all people killed and injured on our roads.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Please join us, Sunday, November 16 from 1-2pm at Washington Gladden Park for World Day of Remembrance to remember all people killed and injured on our roads.
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Too many local newspapers put a barrage of chaff between readers and the local news we often can’t get from any other source. The papers still choose stories the way they did 50 years ago—as if they were one of only a few ways people could get timely national and international news.
What I want from my local paper of record is simple:
An RSS feed of solely the local-news articles, excluding
- the weather (terrestrial and space)
- lottery numbers
- republished national news
- republished sponsored content
- viral videos
- evergreen explainers
- sports
An RSS feed of solely the local-news articles, excluding
- the weather (terrestrial and space)
- lottery numbers
- republished national news
- republished sponsored content
- viral videos
- evergreen explainers
- sports
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Too many local newspapers put a barrage of chaff between readers and the local news we often can’t get from any other source. The papers still choose stories the way they did 50 years ago—as if they were one of only a few ways people could get timely national and international news.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy