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Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
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Cargo Bike Dad and MARTA enthusiast

Proud resident of the D5 bubble

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Okay I didn't fully understand what they were doing at the Trolley Trail crossing over Moreland until I saw this diagram...and I don't think I like it
Plans showing a center median on Moreland Avenue. A crosswalk is shown connecting a path on either side
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I've been trying to fact check some of these claims and honestly they mostly smell of BS

The Georgia limitation of 2 single site PSH projects per year seems related to a tax credit that has to be applied for.

dca.georgia.gov/document/pub...
Georgia Department of Community Affairs limits the entire state to only 2 single-site PSH projects per year. This 55-unit development would consume 50% of Georgia's annual statewide PSH allocation in one Kirkwood neighborhood. Why does Georgia DCA impose such strict limits? Because state housing experts recognize the operational challenges and concentration risks of large single-site PSH facilities. National housing research consistently demonstrates: Tenants in mixed-income properties (fewer than 50% PSH units) have 65% higher odds of housing retention than majority-PSH developments (Minnesota Housing Finance Agency) Federal and state agencies now recommend maximum 25 units per PSH development with mixed-income integration Scattered-site approaches show better tenant outcomes than concentrated facilities
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
wesley.theatl.social
These are the kinds of people that make biking in this city so shit
So why couldn't they just make the bike lanes part of the section of the sidewalk instead of the street. This way they have to adhere to the pedestrian lights instead of the street lights. If a car turns right and the bike is on the right, the bike should be forced to stop so the right lane turns.
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Whoa look at this cool guy I found on Google Street view wonder who that could be
Screenshot of Google Street with a guy riding an urban Arrow cargo bike. There's a child sitting in the front obscured by the rain cover
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Lmao
Message from Atlanta Public schools saying that the 8th grade PSAT has been moved due to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Parenting a toddler is a lot of fun. Truly
Box of cheez its on the floor with the bag from inside the box upside down on the floor. Cheez its are spilling out on the floor but some are still inside the bag
October 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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People's faces when I say we can walk to a place and then I say "it's only half a mile"
Meme showing a black guy's face who initially looks happy then looks disappointed
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Mass of Lime scooters outside Piedmont Park (where Shaky Knees is happening)
Map showing giant blob of circles indicating the location of scooters outside
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
wesley.theatl.social
This is the perfect truck
A small Kei truck in a parking lot outside of a shopping area with some restaurants in the background.
August 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
wesley.theatl.social
I love how this poster doesn't just say vaping is prohibited on the train it says "vaping is never allowed"

It's so absolute
Picture of a no vaping sign with a closeup of a person's face with vape smoke blowing out of their mouth. It has a MARTA logo in one corner and says "Vaping is never allowed"
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
wesley.theatl.social
My 6yo son started a new job recently with an organization called the Decepticons.

He said he likes it, but the leader named Megatron is a bit overbearing and likes to call for daily status meetings.

He got a pretty sweet work computer though
Closed folder with a crudely drawn decepticon symbol in the moddle Open folder with lines drawn on to resemble a keyboard. A small circle on the other side to look like a camera.
July 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Just look at this post where they're referring to a thread that summarized reporting by Wired without attribution and now are claiming it as their own

And I can't find the image from X this post is referring to (I didn't look that hard since I don't have an account anymore tbf)
June 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
wesley.theatl.social
I'm kinda digging all the new ambient lighting at five points
Wall with new white paneling and blue lighting underneath it casting an ambient blue glow on the wall
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Hi MARTA I would like to go north please, thank you
Display with train arrivals. All scheduled trains are southbound with the earliest coming in 1 minute
June 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
wesley.theatl.social
So it seems the bone they're throwing at Edgewood, Kirkwood, and Candler Park for getting rid of all the buses is an on-demand zone.
MARTA on-demand zone around Kirkwood Edgewood and Candler Park.
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
wesley.theatl.social
The 24 isn't a great route and its awful frequency-wise whereas the 21 is a solid route albeit also lacking in frequency

What if we routed the existing 21 through Edgewood and Kirkwood via Whitefoord and Hosea and then it could merge back on Memorial on Warren St.
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Signs going up around Edgewood about the bus service being changes
sign taped to MARTA bus stop that says "MARTA plans to eliminate this stop". It includes details about the routes being eliminated through Edgewood and what the closest alternative routes would be
June 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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They really missed an opportunity to biild a giant highway through the middle of their city instead smh
Screenshot of Google Maps showing I-85/75 through downtown Atlanta. It is a wide highway that is packed with cars
May 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This was hand painted on the inside of a guitar based on a Renaissance painting called "The Garden of Earthly Delights"

www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guitar/...

#classicalguitar
Inside of guitar showing a painting with a lot of unusual things including the fish thing from the original post.
May 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Mood
Weird anthropomorphic fish person with a fish body and head and arms sitting in a chair with what looks like a human child half sticking out of its mouth. Also there are birds flying out of the child's butt hanging out
May 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The solution here is a protected intersection that slows turning cars and provides some physical protection to cyclists and pedestrians

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect...
Image of 4 way protected intersection. The protected intersection includes concrete bulb outs that make the turns for vehicles sharper and simultaneously reducing the distance cyclists and pedestrians need to cross in the conflict zone. Arrows show how cyclists and easily turn right, left, or continue straight with minimal conflict from vehicles.
May 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Hey they just took down a sign near me last week so maybe they're going to use that one to replace the one that got run over
Road with MARTA truck parked on the sidewalk. Man is walking next to the truck
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Sticker spotting in Atlanta @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Bollard on mixed use path beside a road with a lot of cars in the background. On the bollard is a sticker that says "Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud."
May 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Yes! I just figured this out last week. You tap your phone on the barcode that looks like this.

It works waaaay better than scanning the code. It even works if the barcode hasn't finished loading on your phone screen
April 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
wesley.theatl.social
Tap your phone here for a good time
Fare gate reader with a screen that says "Please Scan"
April 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM