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Tony C
@cherolis.bsky.social
Here's to hope. All we've got left.
The nonprofit industrial complex is also great at sending the big salaries to folks who live outside the neighborhood and city.

Grantors should ask where the directors and program managers live.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Not parking a car on the street in Hartford meant that I avoided much of the low level thefts in my neighborhood. That and having a fence between my front door and the street.

Loved that my postman had my cell phone number and would occasionally call me about important looking deliveries.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Corner bodega economy is one of the great mysteries.

Does your local bodega have a resident cat?
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
That's what he said.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
From that article, it seems that Consumer Safety isn't a federal priority.
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I have, but they are the most reasonable conservative folks one could imagine.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Confirmed. No young folks in our FB network.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Can't have this with parking minimums. Sorry. None for you.
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Burning that gas and wasting time in an expensive transport mode. Hmmm. Not the sharpest carving knives.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As a B'rippp resident that walks (or bikes) everywhere, including groceries. This only applies to the folks who drive everywhere. Folks who live in apartments in the village center area don't get in their cars to cross the street.

We just need to build more multistory condos and apartments.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
B'rippp parking garage is almost always empty. Folks want to park right in front of the businesses, but that literally doesn't work. Can't fit in enough street parking.

We need planners to ignore the parking whiners. Build a few more apartment buildings. They'll walk to support local businesses.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Could we get them deployed to do winter bike lane shoveling and maintenance?
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
All good. Teasing in response. His book wasn't that interesting. It could have been a good first book if he didn't stop thinking.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Really, it's not.

He also left out the significant intentionally segregated Black neighborhood from his little book.

It is a stinky town, with a paper mill and steel mill. The Greater Miami River is pretty though.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Erp. My hometown is Middletown, OH. And yikes. The current VP. True horror.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The state legislators limited state funding for Indy so they can mostly just do repaving projects. Yeah. This is now what they have funding for.

The mayor refused to raise the wheel tax or consider other revenue sources, like a commercial surface lot annual fee.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Such is my direct experience when bike + bike trailer traveling with my 4-year-old niece. The kid loves it. We engage and talk about where we're going and practice signaling turns and ringing bells.

She gets to see her neighborhood and wave at neighbors. It is so much better than a car or van ride.
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We can't do much about federal corruption, but more folks should be talking about local corruption (and incompetence) for the economic development funds sloshing about in Indy.

For decent street level design, they really missed the mark by not including at least one apartment or condo tower.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
US DOT and NHTSA really haven't been doing much re: public safety. The slow walking (probably stopped dead now) for front end crash safety ratings for pedestrians was under Biden & Buttegieg. www.iihs.org/ratings/abou...
Front crash prevention: pedestrian
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle cra...
www.iihs.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
They're just getting involved now, with some thoughtful articles and recommended legislation. www.peopleforbikes.org/news/solutio...
Solutions to the E-moto Problem | PeopleForBikes
www.peopleforbikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A few years ago I was in regular coorination with People for Bikes, including their effort across several states to get model language into state law for Class 1, 2, and 3 e-bikes.

I recommended that they get ahead of the e-moto and e-moped issue, but they slept on it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Interestingly, it looks like the ordinance (primarily about e-motos and e-mopeds) makes it legal to safely ride Class 3 e-bikes on Carmel greenways... Journalists sadly don't know the difference between motorcycles and bicycles.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM