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Key reminder that 85th percentile requirements are really dangerous.
This article shows that the city needs better ways to slow down speeding!
Look at how tiny the sidewalk is in the image. Let's double that, or add grass strips!
And give us the modal filters! Tree boxes! Chicanes!
This article shows that the city needs better ways to slow down speeding!
Look at how tiny the sidewalk is in the image. Let's double that, or add grass strips!
And give us the modal filters! Tree boxes! Chicanes!
Sacramento has committed to better road safety, but it’s still tough to get a speed bump on your street.
They wanted speed bumps to fight Sacramento traffic. They got red tape instead
Sacramento has committed to better road safety, but it’s still tough to get a speed bump on your street.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Key reminder that 85th percentile requirements are really dangerous.
This article shows that the city needs better ways to slow down speeding!
Look at how tiny the sidewalk is in the image. Let's double that, or add grass strips!
And give us the modal filters! Tree boxes! Chicanes!
This article shows that the city needs better ways to slow down speeding!
Look at how tiny the sidewalk is in the image. Let's double that, or add grass strips!
And give us the modal filters! Tree boxes! Chicanes!
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
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It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
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Look how many people biked to the OHSU tram in the rain! It's not a big deal. Just add a layer! 🧥🧤🥾 This is the largest bike valet in the North America! And it is FREE! www.gobybikepdx.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Look how many people biked to the OHSU tram in the rain! It's not a big deal. Just add a layer! 🧥🧤🥾 This is the largest bike valet in the North America! And it is FREE! www.gobybikepdx.com
Love to make roads less safe and less fun at the same time
Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love to make roads less safe and less fun at the same time
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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Wrote about Sacramento's new plan to improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists (and, by extension, drivers). The city has a lot of ambitious transportation plans like this one. Will this one be followed by decisive action? www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Sacramento council OKs plan for better pedestrian safety — will it get funded?
The city lists 612 intersections where safety fixes are needed under a new active transportation plan.
www.sacbee.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wrote about Sacramento's new plan to improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists (and, by extension, drivers). The city has a lot of ambitious transportation plans like this one. Will this one be followed by decisive action? www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
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The 217 widening project is finished. Let's see how congestion looks tonight. 👀
@nomorefreewayspdx.com
www.kgw.com/article/traf...
@nomorefreewayspdx.com
www.kgw.com/article/traf...
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The 217 widening project is finished. Let's see how congestion looks tonight. 👀
@nomorefreewayspdx.com
www.kgw.com/article/traf...
@nomorefreewayspdx.com
www.kgw.com/article/traf...
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This is such a GREAT bicycle safety page. h/t @bikemonterey
#BikeTooter #safety #bicycle
https://bicyclesafe.com/
#BikeTooter #safety #bicycle
https://bicyclesafe.com/
Bicycle Safety: How to Not Get Hit by Cars
Ten ways you can get hit by cars (with pictures) and meaningful ways to avoid them. Not your typical lame Bike Safety page.
bicyclesafe.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is such a GREAT bicycle safety page. h/t @bikemonterey
#BikeTooter #safety #bicycle
https://bicyclesafe.com/
#BikeTooter #safety #bicycle
https://bicyclesafe.com/
Putting all the other reasons not to do this side, no way they do this for under $200 million
The decade-old plan would build a new on- and off-ramp between Hazel Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard.
Rancho Cordova moves forward on $182M Highway 50 interchange plan
The decade-old plan would build a new on- and off-ramp between Hazel Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Putting all the other reasons not to do this side, no way they do this for under $200 million
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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What a sweet-looking family! This is heartbreaking.
Sacramento family launches GoFundMe after father of 5 fatally struck at Marysville and Del Paso boulevards Sunday night
Father of 5 fatally struck in North Sacramento ID’d; family launches GoFundMe
Sacramento family launches GoFundMe after father of 5 fatally struck at Marysville and Del Paso boulevards Sunday night
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What a sweet-looking family! This is heartbreaking.
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The 61st death in my spreadsheet since Jan. 1, 2024. Less than two years of tracking Sacramento traffic deaths.
The unidentified man was struck just before 6:30 p.m. Monday at Sheldon Road and Butterscotch Way, the Sacramento Police Department said.
Pedestrian fatally struck in south Sacramento intersection, police say
The unidentified man was struck just before 6:30 p.m. Monday at Sheldon Road and Butterscotch Way, the Sacramento Police Department said.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The 61st death in my spreadsheet since Jan. 1, 2024. Less than two years of tracking Sacramento traffic deaths.
Incredible stuff
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Incredible stuff
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dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
deadline.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
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Mill Valley closes down a significant amount of its Sycamore Park neighborhood streets to cars on Halloween to improve safety for trick or treaters.
More cities should do this.
More cities should do this.
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mill Valley closes down a significant amount of its Sycamore Park neighborhood streets to cars on Halloween to improve safety for trick or treaters.
More cities should do this.
More cities should do this.
I am once again asking why I have to line up at a gate to board an Amtrak train
October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I am once again asking why I have to line up at a gate to board an Amtrak train
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No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
October 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
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Elite chyron work here
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Elite chyron work here
Boarding an Alaska flight with utter chaos of ill-defined "groups" just reinforces how much better the Southwest sequence is.
October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Boarding an Alaska flight with utter chaos of ill-defined "groups" just reinforces how much better the Southwest sequence is.
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This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw