David Schleef
@trafficfurnitur.bsky.social
Cycling, kayaking, woodworking, software engineering management, urban planning, transit planning, maps, OpenStreetMap, discovery, physics, California, Mendocino coast, bay area, #GilligGang.
Amusing myself by watching my watch altimeter while on an airplane. It's wrong of course, since it's air pressure based, and the cabin is thankfully pressurized. Apparently to the same pressure as 1731 m altitude (5700 ft).
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amusing myself by watching my watch altimeter while on an airplane. It's wrong of course, since it's air pressure based, and the cabin is thankfully pressurized. Apparently to the same pressure as 1731 m altitude (5700 ft).
Only half-jokingly suggest the 8 track crossing of the malibar yard in Vernon, even though it's not a passenger line. IYKYK.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Only half-jokingly suggest the 8 track crossing of the malibar yard in Vernon, even though it's not a passenger line. IYKYK.
What a specimen out in the forest today
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What a specimen out in the forest today
Mendocino Land Trust @mendocinolandtrust.bsky.social set a goal to build 30 miles of trails in the next 3 years, at least 15 of which will be part of the Great Redwood Trail.
Mendocino county is full of great hiking and biking trails, but there are lots of gaps.
Mendocino county is full of great hiking and biking trails, but there are lots of gaps.
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mendocino Land Trust @mendocinolandtrust.bsky.social set a goal to build 30 miles of trails in the next 3 years, at least 15 of which will be part of the Great Redwood Trail.
Mendocino county is full of great hiking and biking trails, but there are lots of gaps.
Mendocino county is full of great hiking and biking trails, but there are lots of gaps.
Always time for some doloricious cookie ipsum!
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Always time for some doloricious cookie ipsum!
The sun, setting bisexually
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The sun, setting bisexually
Richmond San Rafael bike path 6th Anniversary ride. Beautiful day, lots of people out!
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Richmond San Rafael bike path 6th Anniversary ride. Beautiful day, lots of people out!
In separate news, I then got stuck at the Rio Vista bridge on CA 12 because it's closed for repairs. So I rode to Stockton and caught a Gold Runner back to Oakland.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In separate news, I then got stuck at the Rio Vista bridge on CA 12 because it's closed for repairs. So I rode to Stockton and caught a Gold Runner back to Oakland.
Screenshot of Caltrans district 1 bicycle map showing bicycles are permitted. (Northern half is in another district.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Screenshot of Caltrans district 1 bicycle map showing bicycles are permitted. (Northern half is in another district.)
New-ish sign prohibiting bicycles at the southern end of the Antioch bridge on CA 160. This sign conflicts with all other information I've found, and the bridge has been historically open to bicycles. There's even a conflicting sign a mile earlier at the on ramp.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
New-ish sign prohibiting bicycles at the southern end of the Antioch bridge on CA 160. This sign conflicts with all other information I've found, and the bridge has been historically open to bicycles. There's even a conflicting sign a mile earlier at the on ramp.
Golden hour on the Gold Runner
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Golden hour on the Gold Runner
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains
Hello! What are you doing there?
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hello! What are you doing there?
28 km ride to Orinda BART. The prettiest ugly station in the system. 5th lowest ridership and 2nd lowest population in the walkshed. Has a transit-oriented movie theater. 3/12 for low stress biking. #bikeallthebarts
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
28 km ride to Orinda BART. The prettiest ugly station in the system. 5th lowest ridership and 2nd lowest population in the walkshed. Has a transit-oriented movie theater. 3/12 for low stress biking. #bikeallthebarts
Impeccable NIMBY logic. /s
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Impeccable NIMBY logic. /s
Good place for an infill BART station. Albany between Solano and Marin.
October 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Good place for an infill BART station. Albany between Solano and Marin.
Mental health ride to Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART. Planned to stop at Martinez, but I missed the train by 2 minutes, and it was a 2 hour gap for the next. #bikeallthebarts
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Mental health ride to Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART. Planned to stop at Martinez, but I missed the train by 2 minutes, and it was a 2 hour gap for the next. #bikeallthebarts
Fun times. This crossing goes directly through the Malabar yard, which is where the proposed storage track would go. There's no way CPUC would approve this (rightfully!), so the crossing would need to be closed, requiring a permit and agreement from the city of Vernon.
October 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fun times. This crossing goes directly through the Malabar yard, which is where the proposed storage track would go. There's no way CPUC would approve this (rightfully!), so the crossing would need to be closed, requiring a permit and agreement from the city of Vernon.
The Final SEIR has 8 through tracks that narrow down to 4 for the viaduct, with half of those for CAHSR. It seems like some of the platforms are shorter, but it could be that the super-long (1445 ft) platform is just moved around.
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Final SEIR has 8 through tracks that narrow down to 4 for the viaduct, with half of those for CAHSR. It seems like some of the platforms are shorter, but it could be that the super-long (1445 ft) platform is just moved around.
There is STILL a wine NFT billboard along 101 between Ukiah and Hopland. I keep forgetting to get a photo, so this screenshot will have to do.
I can only imagine they paid 5 years in advance.
I can only imagine they paid 5 years in advance.
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
There is STILL a wine NFT billboard along 101 between Ukiah and Hopland. I keep forgetting to get a photo, so this screenshot will have to do.
I can only imagine they paid 5 years in advance.
I can only imagine they paid 5 years in advance.
What ever happened to BART express buses?
October 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What ever happened to BART express buses?
I don't see either waste treatment facilities, electrical facilities, or really, anything industrial. So I can only assume they don't know how to civil engineer.
Also, there are big power transmission corridors through here that have... opinions.
Also, there are big power transmission corridors through here that have... opinions.
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I don't see either waste treatment facilities, electrical facilities, or really, anything industrial. So I can only assume they don't know how to civil engineer.
Also, there are big power transmission corridors through here that have... opinions.
Also, there are big power transmission corridors through here that have... opinions.
Sure, but I'm talking about this definition, which everything else depends on
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sure, but I'm talking about this definition, which everything else depends on
GPC is a global setting that all web sites are supposed to respect in order to comply with CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act).
October 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
GPC is a global setting that all web sites are supposed to respect in order to comply with CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act).