Ben Keith
@benlk.com
Bike advocate and urbanist, North Linden Area Commissioner + Zoning Cmte Chair. He. Trains pls. Senior Web Engineer at Fueled.
This article could do a better job distinguishing between Class-1/2/3 e-bikes and unregulated electric motorcycles. It's not until the end that you learn the headline crash was on a Class-2 e-bike, but most of the concerns expressed in the article are about e-motos.
This New York Times piece on super-fast e-bikes and how dangerous they are is well done. It is nuanced, not hysterical and very much doesn't damn all e-bikes. But it does properly show how incredibly bad the illegal/unregulated throttle-driven ones are: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...
The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This article could do a better job distinguishing between Class-1/2/3 e-bikes and unregulated electric motorcycles. It's not until the end that you learn the headline crash was on a Class-2 e-bike, but most of the concerns expressed in the article are about e-motos.
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Why does Amtrak not list a station's train schedules on each station's page? www.amtrak.com/stations/chi
Chicago, IL - Union Station (CHI) | Amtrak
Amtrak Train Station Chicago, IL has an enclosed waiting area, with Wi-Fi, with parking, with accessible platform and wheelchair available.
www.amtrak.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Why does Amtrak not list a station's train schedules on each station's page? www.amtrak.com/stations/chi
The first reading of the Columbus Growth Strategy in @cbuscitycouncil.bsky.social will be on December 8: zone-in-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/events/counc...
Plan your comments now!
Plan your comments now!
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The first reading of the Columbus Growth Strategy in @cbuscitycouncil.bsky.social will be on December 8: zone-in-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/events/counc...
Plan your comments now!
Plan your comments now!
What's the latest recommendation for a static-site build tool that handles inclusions of HTML from other files?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What's the latest recommendation for a static-site build tool that handles inclusions of HTML from other files?
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using this as an excuse to shout out the turkey porchetta, which is imo the ideal turkey dish for thanksgiving
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
using this as an excuse to shout out the turkey porchetta, which is imo the ideal turkey dish for thanksgiving
The advantage of driving on the holidays is that you can reschedule your travel plans to avoid the weather.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The advantage of driving on the holidays is that you can reschedule your travel plans to avoid the weather.
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
That's one (1) inbox down to less than 10 emails.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
That's one (1) inbox down to less than 10 emails.
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Bravo to @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social, among like maybe three US city transpo agencies committed enough to safety to try a raised crossing across a minor arterial.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Bravo to @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social, among like maybe three US city transpo agencies committed enough to safety to try a raised crossing across a minor arterial.
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Thanksgiving traffic is always a nightmare. Imagine being able to hop on the train instead. 🚂
Sitting in a car on a drive between Cleveland and Cincinnati and CURSING 2010s REPUBLICANS for cancelling the 3C Amtrak
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thanksgiving traffic is always a nightmare. Imagine being able to hop on the train instead. 🚂
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Today in marine invertebrates and safe streets
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today in marine invertebrates and safe streets
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The code changes passed last night, pushed through by Otto Beatty, who will be leaving council at the end of the year.
columbusunderground.com/city-council...
columbusunderground.com/city-council...
City Council Legalizes Accessory Dwelling Units in Residential Districts - Columbus Underground
Columbus City Council voted last night to legalize Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in all residential districts. Also known as carriage houses or mother-in-law suites, ADUs are smaller housing units b...
columbusunderground.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The code changes passed last night, pushed through by Otto Beatty, who will be leaving council at the end of the year.
columbusunderground.com/city-council...
columbusunderground.com/city-council...
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Council approved Councilmember Otto Beatty’s Columbus Forward initiative to streamline accessory dwelling units, expanding housing options and supporting multigenerational families. MORE: columbusforward.us
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Council approved Councilmember Otto Beatty’s Columbus Forward initiative to streamline accessory dwelling units, expanding housing options and supporting multigenerational families. MORE: columbusforward.us
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Stardust. The Israeli-U.S. company with a strange and totally real plan to block out the sun and reverse global warming.
Reporting this story involved a complete relearning of what I thought I knew about the climate future.
w/@corbinhiar.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Reporting this story involved a complete relearning of what I thought I knew about the climate future.
w/@corbinhiar.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Stardust. The Israeli-U.S. company with a strange and totally real plan to block out the sun and reverse global warming.
Reporting this story involved a complete relearning of what I thought I knew about the climate future.
w/@corbinhiar.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Reporting this story involved a complete relearning of what I thought I knew about the climate future.
w/@corbinhiar.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Shout-out to the old man carrying a Senegal parrot in the rest stop bathroom, who described the bird thusly: "He's my GPS."
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Shout-out to the old man carrying a Senegal parrot in the rest stop bathroom, who described the bird thusly: "He's my GPS."
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osgiliath is the kind of dense, wadable urbanism that's illegal in most american cities
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
osgiliath is the kind of dense, wadable urbanism that's illegal in most american cities
I love that RSS exists, because it means we can pipe @cota.com Bluesky and website posts, their YouTube videos, and github.com/benlk/cota-r... into a single aggregation channel in the @transitcolumbus.org Slack.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I love that RSS exists, because it means we can pipe @cota.com Bluesky and website posts, their YouTube videos, and github.com/benlk/cota-r... into a single aggregation channel in the @transitcolumbus.org Slack.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
One home for all your local transit operator news.
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The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Transit Columbus and Spin are pleased to announce a special live event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars podcast. They will discuss their new book, Life After Cars and answer questions.
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Transit Columbus and Spin are pleased to announce a special live event with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon from The War on Cars podcast. They will discuss their new book, Life After Cars and answer questions.
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
cura.osu.edu/events/life-...
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Where are the affordable apartments past Columbus levies supported? I mapped it.
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Columbus OK'd $500M for affordable housing. How was that money used before?
Columbus voters just OK'd way more affordable housing bonds. Where have past levies built, preserved apartments? How will the city use this new money?
www.dispatch.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Where are the affordable apartments past Columbus levies supported? I mapped it.
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
It’s important because voters just OK’d $500M more in housing bonds.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Excuse me, but what the fuck?
!["The (Leading Pedestrian Interval) LPI wasn't implemented because it wasn't aligned with the city's traffic safety standards," said Kerry Francis, a spokesperson for the city's Recreation and Parks Department, adding that those standards
"follow national best practices, and [the crossing design] mirrors the crossing at Bethel Road that has operated safely for years."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:emgxm5ws2ixjza5msqfkd7qz/bafkreicje4xmby64kllrptowwp4v5h7ydyq4jjshsbswtaqc6b4p5kzvau@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Excuse me, but what the fuck?
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.