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More than Seattle. More than Sacramento. More than anyplace on the East Coast south of DC.
Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list).
Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati...
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social
Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list).
Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati...
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
More than Seattle. More than Sacramento. More than anyplace on the East Coast south of DC.
Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list).
Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati...
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social
Wilmington has the 14th highest Amtrak ridership in the U.S. (and also has a smaller population than all of the 12 cities above it on the list).
Source: www.bts.gov/browse-stati...
@mattmeyerde.bsky.social
Today at 12:00pm! The High Cost of Free Parking - Exploring the Benefits of Parking Reform. Please join the conversation by registering here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@strongtowns.org @parkingreform.org
@strongtowns.org @parkingreform.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today at 12:00pm! The High Cost of Free Parking - Exploring the Benefits of Parking Reform. Please join the conversation by registering here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@strongtowns.org @parkingreform.org
@strongtowns.org @parkingreform.org
Anything that can go faster than 28 mph (or 20 mph with no pedaling) is a moped.
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Anything that can go faster than 28 mph (or 20 mph with no pedaling) is a moped.
Places where we meet each other "in real life" (i.e. with all our three dimensional, physical selves not just behind a screen name) may be even more important in the Age of the Internet than they were in the past. @mattmeyerde.bsky.social t.co/ubVtBOHDfK
September 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Places where we meet each other "in real life" (i.e. with all our three dimensional, physical selves not just behind a screen name) may be even more important in the Age of the Internet than they were in the past. @mattmeyerde.bsky.social t.co/ubVtBOHDfK
Idiocracy captured the idea of living in a time when genius and idiocy coexisted. But it was only a temporary coexistence.
September 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Idiocracy captured the idea of living in a time when genius and idiocy coexisted. But it was only a temporary coexistence.
September 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A lot of people want to blame DOTs for things we don't like about transportation. But DOT's are ***completely innocent** when it comes to destructive parking mandates.
Join us for this important webinar - with @parkingreform.org @strongtowns.org - on October 7: The High Costs of Free Parking.
Join us for this important webinar - with @parkingreform.org @strongtowns.org - on October 7: The High Costs of Free Parking.
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A lot of people want to blame DOTs for things we don't like about transportation. But DOT's are ***completely innocent** when it comes to destructive parking mandates.
Join us for this important webinar - with @parkingreform.org @strongtowns.org - on October 7: The High Costs of Free Parking.
Join us for this important webinar - with @parkingreform.org @strongtowns.org - on October 7: The High Costs of Free Parking.
Unless there is some truly compelling reason to make things more complicated (adding a completely new word, and category, for things that are not electric bicycles but need - for some reason - to be distinguished from and treated differently than mopeds) "moped" is right there and ready for duty! 🫡
August 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Unless there is some truly compelling reason to make things more complicated (adding a completely new word, and category, for things that are not electric bicycles but need - for some reason - to be distinguished from and treated differently than mopeds) "moped" is right there and ready for duty! 🫡
Can you read the helmets in the photo below?
When the bicycle becomes an inspiration for art, that's a sign that cycling has become interwoven into the culture of a place.
#BikeLewes
When the bicycle becomes an inspiration for art, that's a sign that cycling has become interwoven into the culture of a place.
#BikeLewes
August 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Can you read the helmets in the photo below?
When the bicycle becomes an inspiration for art, that's a sign that cycling has become interwoven into the culture of a place.
#BikeLewes
When the bicycle becomes an inspiration for art, that's a sign that cycling has become interwoven into the culture of a place.
#BikeLewes
In Delaware, we just call all these higher-speed devices (without any confusion) "mopeds." delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c001...
August 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In Delaware, we just call all these higher-speed devices (without any confusion) "mopeds." delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c001...
English lacks different words for different types of "biking" but we all know that that there is a big difference between sport/road biking and biking a few blocks to the store to grab some milk. Are you aware of any research on bike helmets that focuses on this distinction?
August 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
English lacks different words for different types of "biking" but we all know that that there is a big difference between sport/road biking and biking a few blocks to the store to grab some milk. Are you aware of any research on bike helmets that focuses on this distinction?
The 2nd best strategy to make housing more affordable is to make it as easy as possible to build more of it.
The *best* strategy to make housing more affordable is to *combine* the above with reducing the cost of transportation for households.
(Housing and transportation are deeply synergistic.)
The *best* strategy to make housing more affordable is to *combine* the above with reducing the cost of transportation for households.
(Housing and transportation are deeply synergistic.)
August 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The 2nd best strategy to make housing more affordable is to make it as easy as possible to build more of it.
The *best* strategy to make housing more affordable is to *combine* the above with reducing the cost of transportation for households.
(Housing and transportation are deeply synergistic.)
The *best* strategy to make housing more affordable is to *combine* the above with reducing the cost of transportation for households.
(Housing and transportation are deeply synergistic.)
Both housing and transportation (the two largest household expenses) are savagely unaffordable for working class people in Delaware and that's mostly the fault of decades of astonishingly unwise government decisions. We need to keep working - every single day - to fix that.
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Both housing and transportation (the two largest household expenses) are savagely unaffordable for working class people in Delaware and that's mostly the fault of decades of astonishingly unwise government decisions. We need to keep working - every single day - to fix that.
This is the School Lane Trail in New Castle. It got its start when the City of New Castle applied for, and won, a small Bikeway Innovation Grant.
What about where you live? The deadline to apply for one of these tiny - but mighty - grants is next month. www.bikede.org/wp-content/u...
What about where you live? The deadline to apply for one of these tiny - but mighty - grants is next month. www.bikede.org/wp-content/u...
July 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is the School Lane Trail in New Castle. It got its start when the City of New Castle applied for, and won, a small Bikeway Innovation Grant.
What about where you live? The deadline to apply for one of these tiny - but mighty - grants is next month. www.bikede.org/wp-content/u...
What about where you live? The deadline to apply for one of these tiny - but mighty - grants is next month. www.bikede.org/wp-content/u...
Have you biked Chicago's Lakefront Trail? It is beautiful & is one of the busiest trails in the United States, with more than 30,000 (that's THIRTY THOUSAND) people accessing the trail every single day on its busiest sections (i.e. busier than all but a handful of Chicago's very busiest streets).
July 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Have you biked Chicago's Lakefront Trail? It is beautiful & is one of the busiest trails in the United States, with more than 30,000 (that's THIRTY THOUSAND) people accessing the trail every single day on its busiest sections (i.e. busier than all but a handful of Chicago's very busiest streets).
We cherish the conservative sentiment of living frugally.
July 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We cherish the conservative sentiment of living frugally.
This is what the Delaware Driver Manual says about a driver's responsibilities are when interacting with cyclists. (Note the very welcome absence of archaic and confusing "Share The Road" language.)
July 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is what the Delaware Driver Manual says about a driver's responsibilities are when interacting with cyclists. (Note the very welcome absence of archaic and confusing "Share The Road" language.)
"Bad Boys for Life" was number one at the U.S. box office on February 2, 2020.
July 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Bad Boys for Life" was number one at the U.S. box office on February 2, 2020.
Our favorite bus ad.
July 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our favorite bus ad.
Some inspiration from Minnesota. (We'd skip the electric fleet part to just be laser-focused on better service.)
July 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Some inspiration from Minnesota. (We'd skip the electric fleet part to just be laser-focused on better service.)
9 out of 10 mathematicians agree: multimodal streets are more efficient.
July 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
9 out of 10 mathematicians agree: multimodal streets are more efficient.
Happy Birthday, Bill Watterson! (Born today in 1958.)
July 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy Birthday, Bill Watterson! (Born today in 1958.)
Yesterday the United States Congress approved more than $30 billion in new tax subsidies for going into debt to buy a new car.
What could we have done with that $30 billion to reduce car dependency?
Car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What could we have done with that $30 billion to reduce car dependency?
Car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yesterday the United States Congress approved more than $30 billion in new tax subsidies for going into debt to buy a new car.
What could we have done with that $30 billion to reduce car dependency?
Car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What could we have done with that $30 billion to reduce car dependency?
Car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
Why reach all the way across the country to compliment the State of Washington when you've got a much closer example!
June 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why reach all the way across the country to compliment the State of Washington when you've got a much closer example!
Vehicle design as a significant driver of higher pedestrian fatalities is also inconsistent with the gigantic (~10X) difference in pedestrian fatality rates between different areas in the U.S. (Huge SUVs are everywhere, not just concentrated in west and south Phoenix and Las Vegas and its suburbs.)
June 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Vehicle design as a significant driver of higher pedestrian fatalities is also inconsistent with the gigantic (~10X) difference in pedestrian fatality rates between different areas in the U.S. (Huge SUVs are everywhere, not just concentrated in west and south Phoenix and Las Vegas and its suburbs.)