Paul Lite
@paulite.bsky.social
Indianapolis west-sider, reader of books, rider of bicycles, explorer and tinkerer. Biochemist in another life. Joined Dec’23. 📚🚲🚸💡🧐🧪 x21c7
Banner: Skellig Michael Island off County Kerry. Portrait: Me holding a 🍀 in Galway.
Banner: Skellig Michael Island off County Kerry. Portrait: Me holding a 🍀 in Galway.
“Wer glaubt das Betonsperren Sicherheit bringen. Sicherheit wird nur ein Wandel im Geiste bewirken.”
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November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“Wer glaubt das Betonsperren Sicherheit bringen. Sicherheit wird nur ein Wandel im Geiste bewirken.”
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It’s a miracle! Well - it’s a *partial* miracle. Only 18 months after a driver crashed their car through the fence and after I reported the damage to Mayor’s office, #Indy DPW hustled out this week to make a partial repair of the wooden fencing along 56th street’s section of the Eagle Creek Trail.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It’s a miracle! Well - it’s a *partial* miracle. Only 18 months after a driver crashed their car through the fence and after I reported the damage to Mayor’s office, #Indy DPW hustled out this week to make a partial repair of the wooden fencing along 56th street’s section of the Eagle Creek Trail.
Seeing lots of good #Indy area aurora photos on BlueSky tonight. I just happen to be out in Hartford City tonight with a nice dark sky. Never saw the northern lights in my 66 years of life - just spectacular.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Seeing lots of good #Indy area aurora photos on BlueSky tonight. I just happen to be out in Hartford City tonight with a nice dark sky. Never saw the northern lights in my 66 years of life - just spectacular.
A photo I took today at the ‘Bear Overlook’ at Eagle Creek reservoir in Indianapolis. This Spring, park admins kindly added a restroom for trail users at this trailhead parking lot. Sadly, placing the Porta Potty right beside the signature sculpture was, aesthetically speaking, a truly crappy idea.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A photo I took today at the ‘Bear Overlook’ at Eagle Creek reservoir in Indianapolis. This Spring, park admins kindly added a restroom for trail users at this trailhead parking lot. Sadly, placing the Porta Potty right beside the signature sculpture was, aesthetically speaking, a truly crappy idea.
Today’s #Indy area #bike ride started from Eagle Creek Park area and included riding on the 71st Street Connector east to the Monon, North to Westfield, east on the Midland Trace, south on the Nickel Plate and back west to the Monon on 106th. A loop ride that wasn’t possible until very recently.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Showing my full 6 mile route to Eagle Creek Park. The trail's missing 1.3 mile gap (Phase 2B), a connection that will run S.E. along the levy to the B&O Trail's Speedway pedestrian bridge, is "scheduled" to finish in a year. Can't wait!
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November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Showing my full 6 mile route to Eagle Creek Park. The trail's missing 1.3 mile gap (Phase 2B), a connection that will run S.E. along the levy to the B&O Trail's Speedway pedestrian bridge, is "scheduled" to finish in a year. Can't wait!
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I thought I'd share some photos from my bike ride Friday (10/31) on the newest section of #Indy's Eagle Creek Trail. While @bikeindy.bsky.social's web sit lists this trail portion (Phase B1) as NOT OPEN until mid-2016, I'm here to tell you that this trail is fully rideable and in beautiful shape.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I thought I'd share some photos from my bike ride Friday (10/31) on the newest section of #Indy's Eagle Creek Trail. While @bikeindy.bsky.social's web sit lists this trail portion (Phase B1) as NOT OPEN until mid-2016, I'm here to tell you that this trail is fully rideable and in beautiful shape.
It was a great afternoon to #bike near my neighborhood with my spouse. A short 1.5 mile section of the Ronald Reagan Parkway near Brownsburg is finally about to open so we took advantage of the still-closed roadway to check it out. The trail connects N-S with both the B&O and Vandalia Trails.
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It was a great afternoon to #bike near my neighborhood with my spouse. A short 1.5 mile section of the Ronald Reagan Parkway near Brownsburg is finally about to open so we took advantage of the still-closed roadway to check it out. The trail connects N-S with both the B&O and Vandalia Trails.
Please read this! “When all the data centers in New Carlisle (Indiana) are built, they will demand more power than two Atlantas.”
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Please read this! “When all the data centers in New Carlisle (Indiana) are built, they will demand more power than two Atlantas.”
The phrase sounded familiar. I asked the question a bit differently and the sad robot thinks perhaps I am thinking of a line Dennis Hopper said in the movie Speed.
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The phrase sounded familiar. I asked the question a bit differently and the sad robot thinks perhaps I am thinking of a line Dennis Hopper said in the movie Speed.
Here is a freeze frame. Try it yourself. www.wthr.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here is a freeze frame. Try it yourself. www.wthr.com
So what’s up with the WTHR site on iPhone? It flashes the headline about Braun “… calling Special Session…” and then they immediately conceal it.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So what’s up with the WTHR site on iPhone? It flashes the headline about Braun “… calling Special Session…” and then they immediately conceal it.
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Amazing. It looks like he intends to ride every street in Indy...
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Amazing. It looks like he intends to ride every street in Indy...
Here is the feedback I provided to #IndyGreenwaysForAll
I'd love to see what others shared with the city. My perspective is based on my riding experience on NW side.
link>'https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/eee4987a084d4fcc989a4d3d12f110e6?portalUrl=https://gis.indy.gov/portal
I'd love to see what others shared with the city. My perspective is based on my riding experience on NW side.
link>'https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/eee4987a084d4fcc989a4d3d12f110e6?portalUrl=https://gis.indy.gov/portal
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here is the feedback I provided to #IndyGreenwaysForAll
I'd love to see what others shared with the city. My perspective is based on my riding experience on NW side.
link>'https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/eee4987a084d4fcc989a4d3d12f110e6?portalUrl=https://gis.indy.gov/portal
I'd love to see what others shared with the city. My perspective is based on my riding experience on NW side.
link>'https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/eee4987a084d4fcc989a4d3d12f110e6?portalUrl=https://gis.indy.gov/portal
A fantastic day to #bike! I took the B&O west from the Tilson Trailhead to the trail’s end then continued west to McCloud Nature Park, then north over a “closed” iron truss bridge, then on to North Salem, and finally back to the B&O. 34 miles.
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A fantastic day to #bike! I took the B&O west from the Tilson Trailhead to the trail’s end then continued west to McCloud Nature Park, then north over a “closed” iron truss bridge, then on to North Salem, and finally back to the B&O. 34 miles.
Yesterday saw quite the turnout for the B&O gap closure ribbon cutting ceremony.
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yesterday saw quite the turnout for the B&O gap closure ribbon cutting ceremony.
...cause this business really looks legit.
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
...cause this business really looks legit.
In addition, INDOT likes to post this under Indy’s viaducts. “You have no right to be here”.
September 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In addition, INDOT likes to post this under Indy’s viaducts. “You have no right to be here”.
This intersection is the junction between two bike/ped trails I assume the driver provided the speed estimate for the police report, which is likely to be an under-estimate. Anyway, the speed limit in this area appears to be 25mph, not 30-35mph. Trails, hospitals, apartments, schools - slow down!
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This intersection is the junction between two bike/ped trails I assume the driver provided the speed estimate for the police report, which is likely to be an under-estimate. Anyway, the speed limit in this area appears to be 25mph, not 30-35mph. Trails, hospitals, apartments, schools - slow down!
There was that tragic 10/7/23 pedestrian death that occurred at this cloverleaf - so sidewalks here are a great improvement (See photo & ALT).
Do you know if the ramp design was modified to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety for those crossing the ramps using those new sidewalks?
Do you know if the ramp design was modified to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety for those crossing the ramps using those new sidewalks?
September 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There was that tragic 10/7/23 pedestrian death that occurred at this cloverleaf - so sidewalks here are a great improvement (See photo & ALT).
Do you know if the ramp design was modified to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety for those crossing the ramps using those new sidewalks?
Do you know if the ramp design was modified to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety for those crossing the ramps using those new sidewalks?