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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 4h

How could they possibly see you?

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5h

Why don’t we just paint everything neon: People, clothes, pets, poles, buildings, trees , lakes, rocks, every goddamn inch of this planet neon.

Maryland Department of Transportation @marylanddot.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Marylanders! Darker evenings don’t mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — bright clothes, headlights on — can make a huge difference.

Let’s keep each other safe. Be the difference!

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 8h

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 8h

Mom was about to have a word

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 9h

Unfortunate. A lot of the avenues in this area raceways.

Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 9h

Also, the westbound lane of the traffic sewer known as 23rd Avenue is closed for cars at the moment and it is amazing

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 9h

Biked over to the zoo. The new lion cubs are out. That is all.

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 9h

Should have added a much larger rock. We are a broken society 😂

Entirely valid point about the remaining drivers @kylec.bsky.social

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The most dangerous rock in Aurora is gone

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 1d

1979...

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 1d

Denver!

Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 1d

So far in 2025, 11 cities have clearly signaled that the era of mandatory parking is coming to an end! 🎉

parkingreform.org/mandates-map/

A table titled "Cities That Abolished Parking Mandates in 2025". It lists cities and the dates they removed mandatory parking requirements. The cities are Toledo, OH (Sep 9); Oak Forest, IL (Aug 26); Shoreline, WA (Aug 11); Denver, CO (Aug 5); Boulder, CO (Jul 24); Botnell, WA (Jul 8); Bremerton, WA (Jun 4); Fairview, OR (Jun 4); Franklin, WI (May 6); Fitchburg, WI (Apr 8); and Sherbrooke, QC (Apr 8).

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

my goodness
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My book about a female cyclist was too radical for storytime - The Seattle Times

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 2d

Just before serving as director of the Albert Russel Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research, Miller McClintock wrote the Los Angeles Traffic Ordinance of 1925. This law, which I posted about this morning, prioritized drivers and restricted walking. It became a model for the USA.

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 1d

Read "Fighting Traffic", you should too.

Facts like this still blow me away.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 2d

Happy centennial!

It’s worth noting that originally this body, the first national traffic engineering institute, was funded 100% by one automobile manufacturer: Studebaker. It was named the Erskine Bureau after the company’s president. In 1935 the Automobile Manufacturers Association took it over.

UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @uclaits.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 Happy 100th birthday to transportation research at UCLA! 100 years ago today, the UC regents voted to establish the nation's first research center dedicated to street traffic issues. Learn more about our century-long tradition of transportation research www.its.ucla.edu/100...

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Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social · 2d

Last month at the DOTI Advisory Board meeting, Director Ford said on the record that the Alameda Road safety project was going ahead. Now, DOTI is flip flopping again and changing professionally designed safety improvements to accommodate a wealthy NIMBY that complained to the manager.

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 3d

LOL, Ai

Anyway, ride a bike

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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 3d

Trader Joe's lots are purposely small so then can have more floor space dedicated to actually selling products and not just dead car storage out front. They're often situated in denser places where walking and biking to them makes the lot frustration a non issue.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

Trader Joe's Exec1: we'll sell lots of really good stuff at good prices

Exec2: that doesn't sound at all evil. We're a big company, we're supposed to be evil

Founder1: we are going to have the most inadequate, cramped, badly designed parking lots in the fucking world

Founder2: ok that works