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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. But, aren't peripheral garages a long-standing New Urbanist wish?

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 11h

Isn't that an older CNU idea?

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 18h

Nice. I just did the same with the road wheel swap. There may be some debate within the household as to whether it can be said that money was "saved" as such on the 2nd set of wheels and tires.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 19h

What else do you ride?

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting. Surely this doesn't make the hotel tax-exempt, right? www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/10/14/b...

UC investment unit buys big East Bay hotel for more than $170 million

The University of California’s investment arm has bought an East Bay hotel for well under its appraised value.

www.eastbaytimes.com

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

Only the oldest people born in the 90s are now 35 ... so there are fewer N in that data point than in the points to the left of it?

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Ryan Radia @ryanradia.com · 1d

Homeownership rate by decade of birth by current age (United States)
www.datawrapper.de/_/27AUY/

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

Daily print circulation seems like a weird detail on which to fixate. 100k is historically terrible but now exceptionally good print circulation, better than any other paper save the NYT and WSJ, which enjoy NY's unusual papers-on-desks work culture.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

Update on this. CHP says car was going 65+ (in a 40 zone) www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

CHP identifies cause of Marin crash that killed 4 teens, finds no support for survivor’s account

The driver of an SUV that slammed into a redwood tree and burst into flames in Marin County lost control of the vehicle while speeding, according to a CHP report obtained by the Chronicle.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

I am intrigued by how close these are to being letter-of-the-law BRT stops. Since the 6 and 51 have all-door boarding, the only aspect lacking is signal priority.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

This guy probably started out smart but COVID knocked .1 standard deviations off his cognitive abilities every time and he had COVID 11 times so you do the math 🤷‍♀️

Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

The glow stick bike assumes its fearsome rainy season training aspect. I'm actually going to put it away and wait for it to be dark and rainy so I can ride around with my lights and fenders, cackling.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure that's the right way to read it. If SB79 authors intended to incorporate every paragraph of the definition of "bus rapid transit" from 21060.2(a) PRC, they would not have later in the same sentence incorporated 21060.2(a)(1) alone. I think that the "or" is more operative than you think.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 2d

Do I need to install it first, then delete it?

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 2d

In that case, there's a dedicated busway on Bancroft from Piedmont to Shattuck serving these stops along Bancroft with qualifying headways, and a busway the other way on Durant from Shattuck to College. These would project SB 79 influence zones east and south of Downtown Berkeley BART.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 2d

Do y'all want feedback on the map? I think there's a pair of bus lines in Berkeley that qualify.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 3d

Evidently, cross is here.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 3d

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 3d

This year's peak was 11GW I think. That doesn't include residential stuff. I don't think the federal agencies are even trying to estimate residential storage yet.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

Kinda makes it sound like it's the leftover byproduct. A neutron star of ground nuts.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

Helpful. Thanks.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

So, not a good reason

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting geographic bias

Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

Gee he's right these buildings are just wood! smh

Even the airport in Portland is made out of wood, after Antifa burned it down again.

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 4d

Is there a good reason why the stripe painting crew doesn't drive up immediately behind the paving crew? Or, is the 90-day delay for stripes on new roads just another aspect of civic dysfunction?

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