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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · 16h

What I did all day yesterday. And by all day I mean I started at 9:30am and finally sat down at 8:15pm, with one short break to make and eat a sandwich somewhere around 2-ish.

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#FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking

When Life Hands You a Defrosted Freezer, Make Jam

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 3d

Labu-BOO! Remember that the scariest thing on the road tonight should be a child dressed as a pop culture reference you’re too old to understand.

Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · 2d

Good God. Someone stop them. NOW. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas

Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny

The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.

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America Walks @americawalks.bsky.social · 3d

‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First

Nov. 4, 12pm EST

Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.

Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · 3d

My husband's nickname for me, which he thinks of as my superpower and possibly my Halloween costume, is Supermodal. Today: Walk to bus stop. Take 2 Rapid Rides. Amtrak Cascades to Olympia. Car passenger home. Not the most modes I've ever used in one day, though. How many modes will you use today?

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 9d

Just an incredible stat from @brooklynspoke.bsky.social:

In 1971, the Netherlands had a 20% higher vehicle death rate than the US

Today, their vehicle death rate is 60% lower than ours

Unnecessary early deaths are a policy choice

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 12d

We were so excited to talk with @chrislhayes.bsky.social on his podcast "Why Is This Happening?" about our new book, "Life After Cars." We covered the politics of cars, the impact cars have on children, the planet and more. Give it a listen!

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Red and white graphic that says "Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast, This Week: Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon," Wherever you get your podcasts #WITHpod" over a black and white illustration of Chris Hayes.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8d

Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC

A graph of ridership growth, 2025 vs 2024, in the 10 largest US Metro Areas by Transit Use

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Sep 26

A collection of poems about September to rest your mind from all the rest of the things. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-ye...

A Year of Poems: September

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Sep 13

🍫 🍪 Amidst all that's bad, at least we still have International Chocolate Day. 🍫 🍪

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Sep 6

Vertigo attack sidelined my plans for the day, which made me think of a couple of my blog posts on biking, time, and being in the moment.
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#BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives

Biking as Downtime and other Musings on Overproductivity

Like many people I know, I have a slight tendency to overdo. The world offers up lots of kudos for this. In fact, I once won an award you might attribute to overdoing, in a way (the 2010 YWCA …

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Sep 3

A back-to-school post: some homework if you're interested in working for better biking and waking in your state. bikestylelife.com/2024/12/01/a...
#AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature

Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Homework

Being an advocate or activist can feel so, so exhausting. You phone and email and call. You show up for the events. You donate and volunteer. Change is slow, progress incremental, sometimes you fee…

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 16

Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment

Home - Washington Climate Partnership

The Washington Climate Partnership facilitates collaborative climate action planning by tribes, territories, and jurisdictions in Washington. The program is funded through the USEPA's Climate Pollutio...

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 31

Some of what I'm doing to turn apples into delicious preserved foods, and some lessons learned about overdoing on the food repurposing front biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-c....

#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #jelly #preserves #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe #recipes #canning

My Circular Economy of Apples

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 31

It is! So great with some white cheddar on crackers, or on muffins or toast or.... just so good.

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 30

We're entering the season for these recipes or others like them. What are your favorite ways to use or preserve apples and pears?
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#FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe

Apples, Apples, Apples!

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 30

I did a triathlon today! Well, my version of one anyway. bikestylelife.com/2023/06/11/c...

#triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure

Choose Your Own Adventure: Creating your Version of an Athlon

You know the word as a suffix after some prefix telling you how many events are included (if you remember your ancient Greek prefixes, that is) or something else about the competition: biathlon, du…

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 22

E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive

Walk and Roll: WSDOT Active Transportation - Special Edition - August 22, 2025 - Web Version

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 22

E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD...
#WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive

Walk and Roll: WSDOT Active Transportation - Special Edition - August 22, 2025 - Web Version

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Grist @grist.org · Aug 21

Great journalism needs great readers.

Want to stay sharp on climate, justice, and solutions? Follow our reporters directly here on Bluesky — and be sure to follow us too.

✨ Support our reporting by hitting “follow” — it matters.

#Climate #Politics #Conservation #GreenSky

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 16

Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics.
#WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment

Home - Washington Climate Partnership

The Washington Climate Partnership facilitates collaborative climate action planning by tribes, territories, and jurisdictions in Washington. The program is funded through the USEPA's Climate Pollutio...

waclimatepartnership.org

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you yet again, Wayback Machine, for access to federal resources. This time: web.archive.org/web/20241128...
Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it?
#transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety

Expand and Improve Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure

Expanding and improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure means ensuring that a network of infrastructure is in place to make bicycling or walking viable modes of travel. It also means ensuring th...

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · Aug 14

Seville: "Cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes?"

Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.

How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe

Spain remains far from a paradise for bikes – yet cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitio...

www.theguardian.com

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oslo: 0 people walking or biking were killed in 2019. "Oslo has implemented 50 kilometers of bike lanes, removed parking spaces equivalent to 4,250 cars from its streets, installed around 500 speed humps, and lowered speed limits"

Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.

How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked |

Oslo's City Ring Road after multimodal safety improvements. Photo courtesy of City of Oslo, Norway In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to...

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Vlad @vmois.dev · Aug 14

The primary reason for road wear is weight.

Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier.

Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.

American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Aug 14

This wouldn't be such an unsustainable, recurring problem with fewer lane miles and more options in efficient, safe, affordable, and accessible transportation options for people in a city.

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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · Aug 12

Peak August: Forecast for 96 at our house today. Cooling trend starts tomorrow, thankfully. Good day to revisit my roundup of August poems biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-ye....

A Year of Poems: August

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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