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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · Apr 7

It's official. San Diego has the most obstructed bike lanes in the country. With only 8 streets in the urban core with bike lanes, the city should be able to quickly solve this problem with just a few miles of concrete barriers.
#safestreets #bikesky

Map from Bike Lane Uprising of the bike lane obstructions in San Diego.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 2h

"Sentencing him, a judge said: "You could very easily have moved to the outside lane to overtake her as other drivers had."

News4Tri @news4tri.com · 2h

Triathlete / cyclist death - nice to see how seriously the police took this including recreating the scene of the crash.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cyclist Rebecca Comins' death investigated by Crash Detectives

Rebecca Comins, described as a "fierce competitor", had reached speeds of up to 30mph.

www.bbc.com

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Sordan Jnodgrass @jsnod.bsky.social · 4h

Strollers too. Used to love wheeling my newborn child into oncoming traffic to get around selfish assholes like this

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 12h

If it fits, I sits.

Pedestrians & wheelchair users can simply *deal* bc this driver has decided to use the sidewalk illegally & unsafely as their VIP parking space.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5h

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year.

(The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k)

All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

Average U.S. New Car Prices Top $50,000 For The First Time Ever

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 12h

If it fits, I sits.

Pedestrians & wheelchair users can simply *deal* bc this driver has decided to use the sidewalk illegally & unsafely as their VIP parking space.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 8h

Gov signed SB 71, making permanent @scottwiener.bsky.social's CEQA exemptions. For much of our transit priority, protected bikeway, Slow Street, etc work, CEQA process would have taken longer and cost more than project itself, and done nothing for environment.🙏
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/01/24/w...

Wiener Introduces Legislation to Continue CEQA Exemption for Sustainable Transportation - Streetsblog California

“We’re excited to see Senator Wiener continue his leadership on active transportation with SB 71, which makes permanent a bill he authored to exempt biking, walking, and public transit plans and proje...

cal.streetsblog.org

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C Tomaszkiewicz @ctomaszkiewicz.bsky.social · 7h

Congestion on the bike lanes, good problem to have! (though folks could also stop two abreast) #BikeChi

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 7h

This chart doesn't say "don't wear PPE", it says PPE is the least effective control in a system of more effective safety controls and a culture of safety.

OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 14h

Don't make us tap the sign.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 7h

Your reminder that the risk of serious injury or death increases quadratically with speed.

pedestrian fatality risk as a function of collision speed

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 7h

🤦‍♂️

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 8h

I really enjoyed Life After Cars, written by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the podcast hosts of The War on Cars. It’s a must-read!

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Dr Compact Housedwarf @cpthousedwarf.bsky.social · 9h

OMG a car almost hit me in a crosswalk, like close enough for me to scream and now I am shaking. Almost ran over my toes. 16th and J. I was there first.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 8h

I'm sorry that happened to you!

OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 10h

I blocked him, so it's showing as blocked. My *favorite* type of accounts, fake progressive whose profile is otherwise wall to wall virtue signaling, but they have no problem telling everyone how they hate us for being on bikes.

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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss out on the San Diego celebration of SB 79 tomorrow, 6-8 pm at Coronado Brewing off Morena!

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 13h

drivers are the ones killing pedestrians, buddy

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 14h

a feeling of convenience being considered more important than pollution or people dying is basically what the *entire* car-centric design of the modern world is based on

not just dodging emissions standards!

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 16h

Car manufacturers "took a conscious decision that customer convenience, which helped the industry sell more cars, was more important than reducing pollutants causing death”, court told

#dieselgate #airpollution
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn

www.theguardian.com

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Lilac the Destroyer @lilacthedestroyer.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen two cars in the past 3 months high-speed veer into the bike lane on eastbound Dearborn avenue under I5 so they could run the light and get on the freeway. 1st one was Right in front of me and I was ‹ 10 Seconds away from being in that area. The flappy things are a pointless waste of money

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 14h

💯, sorry that happened to you!

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Tony Firulli @tonyfirulli.bsky.social · 14h

if you post about wearing bright colors and don’t tell people to get of their Fing phones you also are not advocating for safety. Was almost hit on Sunday by a lady coming at me in the opposite lane deciding that the parking space she needed was the one 4 ft in front of me so turn and scream she did

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Britney Alyse @britneyalyse.bsky.social · 16h

Except when an e-bike loses power, it can keep going and not murder or significantly injure anyone since it isn’t tons of metal that NEEDS an engine to keep going. (This is from experience of city e-bikes dying on me mid-ride).

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 14h

💯, it would also signify that driving is a dangerous activity, which is in fact reality.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 14h

If you post about bike helmets, but you've never posted about banning right turn on red you aren't "advocating for safety".

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 14h

Don't make us tap the sign.

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 16h

drivers are the ones killing pedestrians

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 17h

There are almost 200k CitiBike rides a day in NYC and I warrant 95% of these were without helmets, and the safety record of CitiBike is pretty darn good.

If you mandated every rider needed a helmet, you would kill off CitiBike overnight because carrying a helmet around is a PITA.

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