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tobsyrss_s
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Geography | GIS | Transportation planning
Transit enthusiast & cycling advocate 🗺️ 🚲 🏳️‍🌈
i need to make this account more anonymous
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Digital footprint.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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it should be a felony to have a bachelorette party at a gay bar during pride month
June 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Back on this site for a bit
June 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Small business owners are not experts on transportation policy.
Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car.

In fact, it was 4%.

And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
March 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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An e-bike.
Here’s a question: what’s the ‘buy it instead’ for a Tesla if you’re trying to get someone to do this? Gotta check the following boxes:

-roughly equivalent price point

-equivalent infrastructure in terms of chargers, etc

-same aesthetic appeal

-same status symbol cache/‘coolness’
Protests are great, but keep your eyes on the prize: Convincing more people not to buy a Tesla.

Tanking Tesla sales will sink the company's inflated stock price and strike the very foundation of Elon Musk's wealth.
February 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My filter before posting to this account is, “do you want someone with the title ‘AICP’ to read this?”

and then I usually delete.
February 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trying my best to follow news & stay sane but I’m having a really difficult time despite this only being 2 weeks in..

Some irl liberal friends have tuned out completely & I’ve had to make the argument that avoiding the entire shit show is somehow worse
February 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I occasionally wander around Palm Springs and—this is strange—I've noticed striking similarities between their mailboxes and Katy Perry fashion choices. Let me know if you see it too. 🧵
January 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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“Going out in public, riding the train, these are activities that build social confidence, which so many kids lack these days,” said Wu. “Knowing how to take a train or a bus or a ferry is a big step in growing up.”
January 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I've seen these talking points being repeated by even nominally liberal friends. These are just unprecedented times; we really do need a long term approach for tackling misinformation (and national press isn't up to the task)
January 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Advertise your account using one (1) Simpsons image
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s 9:30pm & I’m already starting to feel tired
January 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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“While having a car is better than not for overall life satisfaction, having to drive for more than 50% of the time for out-of-home activities is linked to a decrease in life satisfaction.”

Why I bike/ebike for more than half my trips (it’s also good exercise).
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Local news editorial boards choosing opinions to print.
December 29, 2024 at 7:56 PM
My Build-Back content likely contributed to my followers’ growing interest in high-speed rail 🤭
December 29, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Was not expecting my score to be that low…
December 28, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Little retrofit elevator in our building, big enough for two people standing with luggage (or, I think, one person seated in a manual wheelchair, although there were other barriers in the building to that). A million reasons ways the US regulatory system forbids this – no acceptance of global…
December 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Juxtastat 476 5/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

juxtastat.org
December 21, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Went to a dog bar and everyone was lesbian except for me and another gay dude
December 19, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Not participating in any “twink throwback” photos bc the last time I had that body, point-and-shoot cameras were in a battle over who had the most megapixels
December 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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The lack of imagination and ambition when it comes to transit in America crushes my soul from time to time. Why am I in this profession again? Let's at at least try for the best and buck the status quo.
December 18, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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Strava users
i ve purchased a highly expensive device to monitor my semen flow and keep it below ≤~0.02 and above ~0.00555 by sucking & electrocuting me
December 14, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Track bike legs 🚴
December 12, 2024 at 7:05 AM