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Ben Keith
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Bike advocate and urbanist, North Linden Area Commissioner + Zoning Cmte Chair. He. Trains pls. Senior Web Engineer at Fueled.
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The only bike lanes in my city are on ≥35mph roads (for now) and many are without any physical protection.

What's your city like?

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December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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I have a Class 2; it lives in the lowest pedal-assist mode, and the throttle is only really used at times where I need to accelerate like a car does. Preventing right hooks at stoplights, keeping stop-sign turn order, that sort of thing.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Or the prior book in the Susan Sto Helit timeline, Soul Music?

Also:
- Redwall (and associated cookbooks)
- Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles
- Yokohama Shopping Log
- Rice Boy, Vattu
- Anne McCaffrey's Planet Pirates
- the Honor Harrington novels
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Read the article, please. The headline crash was on a Class-2 e-bike. It's a weird choice of subject for an article that mostly focuses on non-Class electric motorcycles.
In May 2024, John Maa, who had been following both Amelia’s progress and that of A.B. 1778, asked the Staffords if she could testify before the State Legislature. At first they said no, believing that Amelia had already been through a sufficient ordeal. “But when she heard about the opportunity, she surprised us,” Monica says. “She said she wanted to do it.” On the Tuesday after Memorial Day, Amelia traveled to Sacramento with her family and her friend Coral. After thanking “five teams at five hospitals” for enabling her to be there, she told the Senate’s transportation committee that her accident showed how devastating a fall from a Class 2 e-bike can be. “To a teenager,” she said, “these bikes seem like normal bikes. Twenty miles per hour doesn’t faze us. It doesn’t sound fast or dangerous. But the reality is far different.” Echoing the findings by Maa, Alfrey and other surgeons around the country, she testified that falls from e-bikes are more like violent falls from motorcycles. “Because of what I’ve learned,” she said, “I’m here to speak out to protect teenagers like me.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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It's not 'til the end of the article that you learn that the headline crash was on a regular Class-2 e-bike.
In May 2024, John Maa, who had been following both Amelia’s progress and that of A.B. 1778, asked the Staffords if she could testify before the State Legislature. At first they said no, believing that Amelia had already been through a sufficient ordeal. “But when she heard about the opportunity, she surprised us,” Monica says. “She said she wanted to do it.” On the Tuesday after Memorial Day, Amelia traveled to Sacramento with her family and her friend Coral. After thanking “five teams at five hospitals” for enabling her to be there, she told the Senate’s transportation committee that her accident showed how devastating a fall from a Class 2 e-bike can be. “To a teenager,” she said, “these bikes seem like normal bikes. Twenty miles per hour doesn’t faze us. It doesn’t sound fast or dangerous. But the reality is far different.” Echoing the findings by Maa, Alfrey and other surgeons around the country, she testified that falls from e-bikes are more like violent falls from motorcycles. “Because of what I’ve learned,” she said, “I’m here to speak out to protect teenagers like me.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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The only difference between the Class-2 e-bike in the article's featured crash and your Class-1 is the throttle. Same 20mph speed limit.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Well, I suppose that explains why the City of Columbus refuses to paint crosswalks and bike lanes.
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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How does green compare to other colors?
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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How does one join?
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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!?
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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But will you go to bed on time?
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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That's the brand-new University Hospital inpatient tower at the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University.
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM