Richard Bargoil
@landusematters.bsky.social
Advocating connecting neighborhoods, public places, greenways & bike lanes. #TownofDavidson NC is adopted home after 50+ years in Charlotte. #CaminoDeSantiago #WestHighlandWay #Hadrian'sWall #ActiveTransportation
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Can I recommend this great study on how the more detached people are from streets (esp. when they're in a car), the more frightening those streets feel - which is plausibly a self-reinforcing effect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On a bike, you’re not hidden behind metal and glass, you’re a part of the world around you. This visibility fosters human connection, whether through a nod, a glance, or just being seen. It’s a reminder of shared spaces and shared humanity.
Walking or cycling is the only way to truly know and understand a town or city’s soul! Yes, it takes time but driving will never supplant active transportation for understanding how communities are connected or not!
www.wfae.org/energy-envir... - Will these mega data centers end up being nothing more than land use resource disruptions? There seems to be very limited transparency in transactions between local governments and private corporations.
Proposed Edgecombe County data center draws criticism during county meeting
North Carolina’s rural communities are at the epicenter of a new wave of data center development. Many residents have expressed uncertainty — or even hostility — about their energy-hungry incoming nei...
www.wfae.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
www.wfae.org/energy-envir... - Will these mega data centers end up being nothing more than land use resource disruptions? There seems to be very limited transparency in transactions between local governments and private corporations.
So what are effective options for addressing affordable in any high growth city or region?
In just five years, the income needed to afford the median-priced home nearly doubled—from $68k to $131k. Getting payments back to 2020 levels would require interest rates to be nearly zero, per @harvard-jchs.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/lower-i...
#FigureFriday #housing #affordability
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/lower-i...
#FigureFriday #housing #affordability
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So what are effective options for addressing affordable in any high growth city or region?
Ended Cotswold Way walk 9/13 with wife and realized Bath was celebrating Jane Austen Festival on her 250th anniversary of her birthday. Came across dad with two kids on cargo bike. Check out dad’s creative rigging for transporting kid’s bikes.
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ended Cotswold Way walk 9/13 with wife and realized Bath was celebrating Jane Austen Festival on her 250th anniversary of her birthday. Came across dad with two kids on cargo bike. Check out dad’s creative rigging for transporting kid’s bikes.
Surprised by Cardiff, Wales’ extensive pedestrian zone that is further connected by 7+ historic 19th century arcades in center-city. Businesses seem to thrive and rain did not discourage vibrant activities. Three universities totaling 90K+ students out of total population of 370K big influence.
September 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Surprised by Cardiff, Wales’ extensive pedestrian zone that is further connected by 7+ historic 19th century arcades in center-city. Businesses seem to thrive and rain did not discourage vibrant activities. Three universities totaling 90K+ students out of total population of 370K big influence.
Definitely a worthy read that asks some serious questions. Cities cannot build their way out of traffic congestion! Transit must be an integral part of the solution for many reasons including environmental sustainability.
Great read from @humantransit.bsky.social
"Car dependence costs us in the time lost in congestion, in the harm from pollution and accidents, and in countless other ways that we don’t consider."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Car dependence costs us in the time lost in congestion, in the harm from pollution and accidents, and in countless other ways that we don’t consider."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Definitely a worthy read that asks some serious questions. Cities cannot build their way out of traffic congestion! Transit must be an integral part of the solution for many reasons including environmental sustainability.
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LOL. Guys. We don’t register to protest. We just show up.
Nearly three million Americans donated to Kamala Harris on ActBlue last year. That statement of public support is the perfect antidote to autocratic oppression. You should definitely sign up for a No Kings protest on October 18, and invite your family and friends to carpool with you. nokings.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
LOL. Guys. We don’t register to protest. We just show up.
I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to Charlotte cyclists are calling for a mindset shift from Local News on my WFAE App! - great article! GLT government and City Council is where the cultural shift has to start. Look for best safety practices in the region and nation is a good starting point.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to Charlotte cyclists are calling for a mindset shift from Local News on my WFAE App! - great article! GLT government and City Council is where the cultural shift has to start. Look for best safety practices in the region and nation is a good starting point.
On Driverless Cars, New York Should Remember the Lessons From Uber www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o... - (“In New York, though, 48 percent of workers rely on public transportation. If they didn’t, permanent gridlock would ensue, because we cannot fit more cars on the roads.” NYT). Key fact to know!
Opinion | On Driverless Cars, New York Should Remember the Lessons From Uber
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
On Driverless Cars, New York Should Remember the Lessons From Uber www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o... - (“In New York, though, 48 percent of workers rely on public transportation. If they didn’t, permanent gridlock would ensue, because we cannot fit more cars on the roads.” NYT). Key fact to know!
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... - BUT the Supreme Court seems inclined to “rubber stamp” Trump’s dictates regardless of Constitutional authority.
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... - BUT the Supreme Court seems inclined to “rubber stamp” Trump’s dictates regardless of Constitutional authority.
www.google.com/search?q=what is the state of the U.K.%27s council housing programs%3F - this sounds like I’m reading about the U.S. state of affordable housing. How long will it be before the disenfranchised rise up? History will repeat itself!
Google Search
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August 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
www.google.com/search?q=what is the state of the U.K.%27s council housing programs%3F - this sounds like I’m reading about the U.S. state of affordable housing. How long will it be before the disenfranchised rise up? History will repeat itself!
And most Americans did not flinch or recognize it!
It happened.
And yet, "I challenge you to find even a moderately tepid and clear-eyed statement from any national Democrat. National Democrats seem all invisible as the military takes over policing the streets of the capital and prosecuting its crimes."
And yet, "I challenge you to find even a moderately tepid and clear-eyed statement from any national Democrat. National Democrats seem all invisible as the military takes over policing the streets of the capital and prosecuting its crimes."
Goed gedocumenteerde analyse met conclusie: Fascism has come to America.
“The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed.”
“The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed.”
August 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
And most Americans did not flinch or recognize it!
Wake up America! The damages being inflicted will go far beyond this administration reprehensible policies that are nothing less than an assault on our democracy.
Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — China hasn’t purchased any U.S. soybeans for the months ahead, after Trump's tariffs on its exports.
fortune.com/2025/08/30/r...
fortune.com/2025/08/30/r...
Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'
"Prices continue to drop and at the same time our farmers are paying significantly more for inputs and equipment."
fortune.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Wake up America! The damages being inflicted will go far beyond this administration reprehensible policies that are nothing less than an assault on our democracy.
Correcting’s this administration’s policies will take decades and there will be preventable deaths on both sides of the Atlantic. All driven by greed ! Nothing more, nothing less.
Director of European Transport Safety Council: "Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated US pick-up trucks and SUVs – heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
August 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Correcting’s this administration’s policies will take decades and there will be preventable deaths on both sides of the Atlantic. All driven by greed ! Nothing more, nothing less.
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o... - the U.S. has become the laughing stock for the world! Children and seniors are likely to die as a direct consequence of #RobertKennedy’s archaic policies that reject medical & scientific knowledge. Yet we as citizens sit idly by!
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o... - the U.S. has become the laughing stock for the world! Children and seniors are likely to die as a direct consequence of #RobertKennedy’s archaic policies that reject medical & scientific knowledge. Yet we as citizens sit idly by!
Those who use these bike lanes, pedestrian paths and sidewalks need to establish friends of the active pathways and bring your own shears if the local government fails to maintain proper and safe clearances. The would for roadways. Why are cycle and pedestrian paths any less important?
wow yeah. hides the deadly steel knife plates too
I remember when the waterfront planters along the bike paths were going in and a number of us publicly wondered about the landscaping and maintenance and well…
August 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Those who use these bike lanes, pedestrian paths and sidewalks need to establish friends of the active pathways and bring your own shears if the local government fails to maintain proper and safe clearances. The would for roadways. Why are cycle and pedestrian paths any less important?
I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras from Local News on my WFAE App! - the U.S. will look back at this moment in history and note these actions contributed to our nation’s beginning of an economic crisis!
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August 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras from Local News on my WFAE App! - the U.S. will look back at this moment in history and note these actions contributed to our nation’s beginning of an economic crisis!
There are many older generations who’ve witnessed this playbook in other parts of the world. The risks of doing nothing is far too great. This is not about political ideology, it’s about one man wanting to destroy democracy!
South Park HUMILIATES Trump amid DC takeover
OMG: South Park DEMOLISHES Trump over his military deployment
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There are many older generations who’ve witnessed this playbook in other parts of the world. The risks of doing nothing is far too great. This is not about political ideology, it’s about one man wanting to destroy democracy!
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Familiar Soulmates
Painting by DMP
Acrylic, 12x16 canvas
#paintingsbydmp #selftaught
#fineart #acrylic #ArtistOfBlueSky
#handpainting #womanpainter
#paintingsonbluesky #ArtYear
#acrylicpaintings #dmponbluesky #countryvibe
#expressionism #oldcouple
#blackart #manandwoman
#soulmates
Painting by DMP
Acrylic, 12x16 canvas
#paintingsbydmp #selftaught
#fineart #acrylic #ArtistOfBlueSky
#handpainting #womanpainter
#paintingsonbluesky #ArtYear
#acrylicpaintings #dmponbluesky #countryvibe
#expressionism #oldcouple
#blackart #manandwoman
#soulmates
January 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Familiar Soulmates
Painting by DMP
Acrylic, 12x16 canvas
#paintingsbydmp #selftaught
#fineart #acrylic #ArtistOfBlueSky
#handpainting #womanpainter
#paintingsonbluesky #ArtYear
#acrylicpaintings #dmponbluesky #countryvibe
#expressionism #oldcouple
#blackart #manandwoman
#soulmates
Painting by DMP
Acrylic, 12x16 canvas
#paintingsbydmp #selftaught
#fineart #acrylic #ArtistOfBlueSky
#handpainting #womanpainter
#paintingsonbluesky #ArtYear
#acrylicpaintings #dmponbluesky #countryvibe
#expressionism #oldcouple
#blackart #manandwoman
#soulmates
Reposted by Richard Bargoil
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916)
'Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams', 1900
oil on canvas
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting
'Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams', 1900
oil on canvas
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting
December 18, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916)
'Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams', 1900
oil on canvas
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting
'Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams', 1900
oil on canvas
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting
We must begin having more discussions on how bike are used. Cities must act on policies that lower traffic speeds, eliminate right turns on red, add mid-block standardized hybrid beacon pedestrian crossings and enforce traffic speed.
"But underneath the frustration lies a more complex — and potentially transformative — truth about who our streets are really built for."
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momentummag.com/are-electric...
Bike Lanes are Used for Everything from Scooters to Delivery Cargo Bikes and Change is Needed
The presence of electric scooters, e-bikes, cargo bikes, delivery mopeds, and adaptive mobility devices in these same lanes have made the small spaces more and more crowded.
momentummag.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We must begin having more discussions on how bike are used. Cities must act on policies that lower traffic speeds, eliminate right turns on red, add mid-block standardized hybrid beacon pedestrian crossings and enforce traffic speed.
This guys obviously does not spend any time on cycling!
NYC police treating the bike lanes as their personal parking space
August 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This guys obviously does not spend any time on cycling!
Buy in must include utilities, otherwise you get new/replacement poles in the sidewalks where utilities remain above ground!
Indianapolis Vision Zero won't fail due to a lack of funding, it will fail due to a lack of initiative and buy-in. Here's a temporary protected bike lane that DPW implemented, now completely blocked by some signs that they needed to store somewhere. Zero cost to not do shit like this.
August 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Buy in must include utilities, otherwise you get new/replacement poles in the sidewalks where utilities remain above ground!
U.S. towns and cities along the east coast need to act now, investing in flood mitigation measures that will require state and national resources. Continuing to rebuild in coastal areas prone to flooding as though doing so only compounds the risk. Cities like #CharlestonSC must act now!
“World’s first full-fledged “sponge city, combines nature-based surface features, like wetlands and parks, with large underground structures, like storage pipes and retention basins. Expected to fortify city against cloudbursts and sea level rise for 100 yrs” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/15/n...
How Copenhagen is adapting to a wetter future
Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-base...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
U.S. towns and cities along the east coast need to act now, investing in flood mitigation measures that will require state and national resources. Continuing to rebuild in coastal areas prone to flooding as though doing so only compounds the risk. Cities like #CharlestonSC must act now!
Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w... - this is a clear cut example of ignoring the importance and risk of repeating history’s mistakes or is it?
Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w... - this is a clear cut example of ignoring the importance and risk of repeating history’s mistakes or is it?
Questions worth our asking ourselves more often. The more time we allow ourselves to spend outside in nature, whether rural or urban, the less time we want to spend inside the confinement of vehicles. Explore active transportation.
August 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Questions worth our asking ourselves more often. The more time we allow ourselves to spend outside in nature, whether rural or urban, the less time we want to spend inside the confinement of vehicles. Explore active transportation.