Warren Wells, AICP
@warrenjwells.bsky.social
Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter.
📍Berkeley, CA
📍Berkeley, CA
I love baking pies as a hobby.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I love baking pies as a hobby.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
Fall colors in the East Bay.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Fall colors in the East Bay.
Goodness gracious. What century is it?
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Goodness gracious. What century is it?
The link is right there.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The link is right there.
Here is me discussing the topic with LADOT's Principal Transportation engineer.
A discussion which includes me mentioning *exactly* the intersection where I watched a jogger get run into last night.
A discussion which includes me mentioning *exactly* the intersection where I watched a jogger get run into last night.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here is me discussing the topic with LADOT's Principal Transportation engineer.
A discussion which includes me mentioning *exactly* the intersection where I watched a jogger get run into last night.
A discussion which includes me mentioning *exactly* the intersection where I watched a jogger get run into last night.
That's the Wutang logo.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
That's the Wutang logo.
At the very least, the "cross traffic does not stop" signs should be mandated in these instances.
In reality, I find that they are installed rather sporadically.
In reality, I find that they are installed rather sporadically.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
At the very least, the "cross traffic does not stop" signs should be mandated in these instances.
In reality, I find that they are installed rather sporadically.
In reality, I find that they are installed rather sporadically.
Is it really too much to ask that @rideact.bsky.social not run their buses ahead of schedule?
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Is it really too much to ask that @rideact.bsky.social not run their buses ahead of schedule?
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
5 ebikes and a stroller for a 9-kid youth soccer class with a very normie crowd.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
5 ebikes and a stroller for a 9-kid youth soccer class with a very normie crowd.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
Very into this gothy ironwork.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Very into this gothy ironwork.
Wait, am I reading this right? This is the "decent chunk?"
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wait, am I reading this right? This is the "decent chunk?"
I am getting close to 80% compliance on the gates if I put my card flat on the reader and hold it for about 3 seconds.
Obviously that puts the gates well outside international standards and makes the purported 40 px/minute impossible, but it's what I have found to work.
Obviously that puts the gates well outside international standards and makes the purported 40 px/minute impossible, but it's what I have found to work.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I am getting close to 80% compliance on the gates if I put my card flat on the reader and hold it for about 3 seconds.
Obviously that puts the gates well outside international standards and makes the purported 40 px/minute impossible, but it's what I have found to work.
Obviously that puts the gates well outside international standards and makes the purported 40 px/minute impossible, but it's what I have found to work.
I really wish that BART would acknowledge this is a problem that needs fixing.
Just watch any faregate at rush hour and you will see people attempting to tap their card/phone 3, 4 times before it actually goes through.
Whether or not it's a BART or Cubic problem, it is frustrating and broken.
Just watch any faregate at rush hour and you will see people attempting to tap their card/phone 3, 4 times before it actually goes through.
Whether or not it's a BART or Cubic problem, it is frustrating and broken.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I really wish that BART would acknowledge this is a problem that needs fixing.
Just watch any faregate at rush hour and you will see people attempting to tap their card/phone 3, 4 times before it actually goes through.
Whether or not it's a BART or Cubic problem, it is frustrating and broken.
Just watch any faregate at rush hour and you will see people attempting to tap their card/phone 3, 4 times before it actually goes through.
Whether or not it's a BART or Cubic problem, it is frustrating and broken.
This is a great example of the "curb cut effect," by which making the world more accessible for disabled people improves it for able bodied people.
If BART had put readers on both sides of the faregates, it would have been much easier for bicycle users, who walk their bikes on the right, to tap on.
If BART had put readers on both sides of the faregates, it would have been much easier for bicycle users, who walk their bikes on the right, to tap on.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is a great example of the "curb cut effect," by which making the world more accessible for disabled people improves it for able bodied people.
If BART had put readers on both sides of the faregates, it would have been much easier for bicycle users, who walk their bikes on the right, to tap on.
If BART had put readers on both sides of the faregates, it would have been much easier for bicycle users, who walk their bikes on the right, to tap on.
Also, people calling San Rafael a "small quiet community" really sends me.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also, people calling San Rafael a "small quiet community" really sends me.
To Duffy, "safety" means ripping out rainbow crosswalks.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To Duffy, "safety" means ripping out rainbow crosswalks.
Apparently the Great Redwood Trail, the planned 320-mile multiuse trail between Marin and Humboldt Bay in Arcata, has been taking some local blowback.
Their board meeting is running right now, and if you want to Zoom in and speak in support of the project, it would be appreciated!
Their board meeting is running right now, and if you want to Zoom in and speak in support of the project, it would be appreciated!
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Apparently the Great Redwood Trail, the planned 320-mile multiuse trail between Marin and Humboldt Bay in Arcata, has been taking some local blowback.
Their board meeting is running right now, and if you want to Zoom in and speak in support of the project, it would be appreciated!
Their board meeting is running right now, and if you want to Zoom in and speak in support of the project, it would be appreciated!
I should note that this development was approved (if somewhat grudgingly) by the Planning Commission, and it will now head to the City Council.
I expect it will be approved there as well.
I expect it will be approved there as well.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I should note that this development was approved (if somewhat grudgingly) by the Planning Commission, and it will now head to the City Council.
I expect it will be approved there as well.
I expect it will be approved there as well.
Props to the Chamber of Commerce for coming out in support of these developments.
They know what their businesses need - more customers, not traffic blasting through to the Ross Valley.
They know what their businesses need - more customers, not traffic blasting through to the Ross Valley.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Props to the Chamber of Commerce for coming out in support of these developments.
They know what their businesses need - more customers, not traffic blasting through to the Ross Valley.
They know what their businesses need - more customers, not traffic blasting through to the Ross Valley.
In Marin, Golden Gate Transit has advocated for the retention of stops accessed by free on/off-ramps, despite documented instances of people being killed accessing them.
This is because, in their words, bus operations would suffer if they had to go through a signalized intersection.
This is because, in their words, bus operations would suffer if they had to go through a signalized intersection.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In Marin, Golden Gate Transit has advocated for the retention of stops accessed by free on/off-ramps, despite documented instances of people being killed accessing them.
This is because, in their words, bus operations would suffer if they had to go through a signalized intersection.
This is because, in their words, bus operations would suffer if they had to go through a signalized intersection.
Particularly at night, this is a *very* difficult judgment to make on foot, particularly when you're looking to both your left and your right.
With half of drivers staring at their phones, and no street lighting at this intersection(!), you can see how the circumstances lead to fatal crashes.
With half of drivers staring at their phones, and no street lighting at this intersection(!), you can see how the circumstances lead to fatal crashes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Particularly at night, this is a *very* difficult judgment to make on foot, particularly when you're looking to both your left and your right.
With half of drivers staring at their phones, and no street lighting at this intersection(!), you can see how the circumstances lead to fatal crashes.
With half of drivers staring at their phones, and no street lighting at this intersection(!), you can see how the circumstances lead to fatal crashes.
Let's talk about why crossing these roads is so dangerous.
At a quick walk (5'/second), a pedestrian would be in the roadway for 13 seconds.
In those 13 seconds, a driver going 45 mph (the road is signed at 40) will travel 860', nearly three football fields.
At a quick walk (5'/second), a pedestrian would be in the roadway for 13 seconds.
In those 13 seconds, a driver going 45 mph (the road is signed at 40) will travel 860', nearly three football fields.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let's talk about why crossing these roads is so dangerous.
At a quick walk (5'/second), a pedestrian would be in the roadway for 13 seconds.
In those 13 seconds, a driver going 45 mph (the road is signed at 40) will travel 860', nearly three football fields.
At a quick walk (5'/second), a pedestrian would be in the roadway for 13 seconds.
In those 13 seconds, a driver going 45 mph (the road is signed at 40) will travel 860', nearly three football fields.
While this is a legal (unmarked) crosswalk, to cross at the nearest signal would require walking a quarter mile, roughly 6 minutes (300 seconds of walking plus 45" waiting at the signal).
If the bus only comes every half hour, and you see it approaching, you may take the risk to cross the road.
If the bus only comes every half hour, and you see it approaching, you may take the risk to cross the road.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
While this is a legal (unmarked) crosswalk, to cross at the nearest signal would require walking a quarter mile, roughly 6 minutes (300 seconds of walking plus 45" waiting at the signal).
If the bus only comes every half hour, and you see it approaching, you may take the risk to cross the road.
If the bus only comes every half hour, and you see it approaching, you may take the risk to cross the road.
This is an absolutely typical intersection for a pedestrian fatality, and where two people have been killed in a year.
-5 lane arterial
-No marked crosswalk or crossing signal
-No median refuge
-Long distances to signalized crosswalks (600' to E, 850't to W)
-Critically, bus stops on both sides
-5 lane arterial
-No marked crosswalk or crossing signal
-No median refuge
-Long distances to signalized crosswalks (600' to E, 850't to W)
-Critically, bus stops on both sides
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is an absolutely typical intersection for a pedestrian fatality, and where two people have been killed in a year.
-5 lane arterial
-No marked crosswalk or crossing signal
-No median refuge
-Long distances to signalized crosswalks (600' to E, 850't to W)
-Critically, bus stops on both sides
-5 lane arterial
-No marked crosswalk or crossing signal
-No median refuge
-Long distances to signalized crosswalks (600' to E, 850't to W)
-Critically, bus stops on both sides
San Rafael residents reacting to the proposal for a 188-unit building in a city of ~60,000.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
San Rafael residents reacting to the proposal for a 188-unit building in a city of ~60,000.