Erin
@bike-tree-hugger.bsky.social
All opinions are my own. Supporter of voting reform, climate action, safe streets, housing and the urban forest. Programmer by day.
I’d also like to ask “accessible for whom”? I can walk, but my gait is wobbly so having extra curbs all over the sidewalk means I’m much more likely to trip.
Yes, the city needs to actually repave streets. Yes, the city needs to repair sidewalks. Yes, the city needs to install curb ramps.
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
But the bigger problem is that when LA decides to do anything at all to "help" pedestrians, the result looks like this complete and utter bullshit
December 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I’d also like to ask “accessible for whom”? I can walk, but my gait is wobbly so having extra curbs all over the sidewalk means I’m much more likely to trip.
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(It's well known that curb extensions increase pedestrian visibility and decrease crossing distance, but they also make ramp design much simpler)
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
(It's well known that curb extensions increase pedestrian visibility and decrease crossing distance, but they also make ramp design much simpler)
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This young woman, Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, has gone missing from Caspian Spring Rd in San Antonio, TX. If you have any information, PLEASE CALL BCSO AT 210-335-6000 WITH ANY INFORMATION.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This young woman, Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, has gone missing from Caspian Spring Rd in San Antonio, TX. If you have any information, PLEASE CALL BCSO AT 210-335-6000 WITH ANY INFORMATION.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Why has the City stopped repaving streets? Oren Hadar tells me it’s to avoid complying with HLA and Federal law.
December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Why has the City stopped repaving streets? Oren Hadar tells me it’s to avoid complying with HLA and Federal law.
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Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation.
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
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December 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation.
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:
Yes and retrofit the whole city to infiltrate storm water to offset the water usage for the data center
Thesis: You want to build a data center? Okay, but you need to build public housing or a mixed-use complex next to our on top of it. The heat generated by the data center is ripped to the homes in winter, and in the summer, the homes get to use your cooling system to offset their electric bill.
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes and retrofit the whole city to infiltrate storm water to offset the water usage for the data center
Yes! Stop wasting our tax dollars and start building transit and housing!
Much like transit projects, the state provides billions of dollars for investments everyone agrees that we need…and then we let local busybodies and special interests fuck with the details. It slows delivery and vastly increases the costs! “Local control” is the opposite of Good Government.
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yes! Stop wasting our tax dollars and start building transit and housing!
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Much like transit projects, the state provides billions of dollars for investments everyone agrees that we need…and then we let local busybodies and special interests fuck with the details. It slows delivery and vastly increases the costs! “Local control” is the opposite of Good Government.
State funded projects should be entitled and permitted by the state. This situation is absurd.
Call it Schrödinger's affordable housing project — both dead and alive at the same time.
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Now after nearly a decade of dispute the fate of a 120-unit, low-income apartment building along the iconic canals in Venice Beach may affect all development in LA
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Much like transit projects, the state provides billions of dollars for investments everyone agrees that we need…and then we let local busybodies and special interests fuck with the details. It slows delivery and vastly increases the costs! “Local control” is the opposite of Good Government.
In the US: usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/01/s...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the US: usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/01/s...
I’m curious about where these statistics are. During Covid we had a huge reduction in traffic and the pedestrian deaths actually went up. Drivers could go faster because there weren’t as many other cars on the road and speed kills.
Statistics say if we can reduce traffic by 50 percent, we should have a 50% reduction in pedestrian collisions.
Reality speaks higher - without all the vehicles on the road, visibility should improve immensely. I’d hazard to guess it’d be more like a 90% reduction
Reality speaks higher - without all the vehicles on the road, visibility should improve immensely. I’d hazard to guess it’d be more like a 90% reduction
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I’m curious about where these statistics are. During Covid we had a huge reduction in traffic and the pedestrian deaths actually went up. Drivers could go faster because there weren’t as many other cars on the road and speed kills.
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A sign placed sideways in a car travel lane would be inexcusable. Our database shows they’re common place for bike lanes.
How bike lanes are maintained by a city sets a tone for how they feel about bicyclists.
How bike lanes are maintained by a city sets a tone for how they feel about bicyclists.
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A sign placed sideways in a car travel lane would be inexcusable. Our database shows they’re common place for bike lanes.
How bike lanes are maintained by a city sets a tone for how they feel about bicyclists.
How bike lanes are maintained by a city sets a tone for how they feel about bicyclists.
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Since 2010, pedestrian deaths in the US 🇺🇸 have increased by 80%. During that same time, pedestrian deaths in the EU 🇪🇺 have dropped by 37%, but that stat could be about to change.
A new video by NJB. 👇
A new video by NJB. 👇
Keep these Stupid American Trucks out of Europe
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths in the US 🇺🇸 have increased by 80%. During that same time, pedestrian deaths in the EU 🇪🇺 have dropped by 37%, but that stat could be about to change.
A new video by NJB. 👇
A new video by NJB. 👇
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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When they claim car culture is "rugged American individualism" and you remind them that free roads, subsidized gas, and mandated parking is actually just socialism for cars.
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When they claim car culture is "rugged American individualism" and you remind them that free roads, subsidized gas, and mandated parking is actually just socialism for cars.
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WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
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"...Instead of the public conversation centering on traffic safety for drivers and neighbors, everyone seems to be talking about bike lanes...a phenomenon that I call the “bike lane fig leaf,” where culture war rants about bike lanes cover up more meaningful discussions about vehicle safety. "
Bike lane rants just obscure serious traffic safety concerns - MinnPost
It’s easier to joke about spandex-wearing bike lane users than to have needed conversations about speeding, safety or infrastructure costs.
www.minnpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"...Instead of the public conversation centering on traffic safety for drivers and neighbors, everyone seems to be talking about bike lanes...a phenomenon that I call the “bike lane fig leaf,” where culture war rants about bike lanes cover up more meaningful discussions about vehicle safety. "
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Trick-or-treating is fun, but don't forget a frightening reality: Halloween continues to be the most dangerous day for child pedestrians.
🎃 Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips:
www.canadianfamily.net/avoid-hallow...
#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Halloween2025 #KidsSafety
🎃 Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips:
www.canadianfamily.net/avoid-hallow...
#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Halloween2025 #KidsSafety
Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips
Children are 3.5 times more likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than an average day. These tips will help keep them safe...
www.canadianfamily.net
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trick-or-treating is fun, but don't forget a frightening reality: Halloween continues to be the most dangerous day for child pedestrians.
🎃 Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips:
www.canadianfamily.net/avoid-hallow...
#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Halloween2025 #KidsSafety
🎃 Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips:
www.canadianfamily.net/avoid-hallow...
#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Halloween2025 #KidsSafety
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We are disappointed to learn that Councilmember Kerr has downgraded the Orange Ave Backbone bikeway from a protected bikeway to unprotected bike lanes in the door zone.
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We are disappointed to learn that Councilmember Kerr has downgraded the Orange Ave Backbone bikeway from a protected bikeway to unprotected bike lanes in the door zone.
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs
New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards
cayimby.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...
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Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.
Talarico: if you read the new testament, Jesus doesn't spend most of his time preaching or teaching or even praying. He spends most of his time healing the sick.
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
Right now, we have politicians in congress with Christ follower in their Twitter bio, but they are kicking the sick off their health care
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.
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Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.
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Want to open a bowling alley in Baldwin Park, CA? Too bad.
With a parking mandate of 3 parking spaces per 100 square feet of building area you'll need roughly 30 parking spaces per lane.
With a parking mandate of 3 parking spaces per 100 square feet of building area you'll need roughly 30 parking spaces per lane.
July 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Want to open a bowling alley in Baldwin Park, CA? Too bad.
With a parking mandate of 3 parking spaces per 100 square feet of building area you'll need roughly 30 parking spaces per lane.
With a parking mandate of 3 parking spaces per 100 square feet of building area you'll need roughly 30 parking spaces per lane.