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These green circles and blue dots are FLOCK security cameras #ALPR that ICE apparently uses without warrants. deflock.me/map#map=12/4...
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
These green circles and blue dots are FLOCK security cameras #ALPR that ICE apparently uses without warrants. deflock.me/map#map=12/4...
Check: www.404media.co/tag/flock/ who report on this consistently, and check your own city on deflock.me
Flock - 404 Media
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Check: www.404media.co/tag/flock/ who report on this consistently, and check your own city on deflock.me
I love this quote, "…Craft beer is at its best when it collapses differences between people."
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I love this quote, "…Craft beer is at its best when it collapses differences between people."
I argued against Pleasanton PD expanding their contract for Flock #ALPR cameras. 4th Amendment violation. "Thank you for your comment." (Passed unanimously)
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I argued against Pleasanton PD expanding their contract for Flock #ALPR cameras. 4th Amendment violation. "Thank you for your comment." (Passed unanimously)
Oops, that should be "can't" ...
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oops, that should be "can't" ...
The Mayor of our city just bought an e-cargo bike (I know, right!?!?). And now he looks at our city's bike racks like, "hmm, I can park here."
IYKYK is now If You Bike, You Know.
IYKYK is now If You Bike, You Know.
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Mayor of our city just bought an e-cargo bike (I know, right!?!?). And now he looks at our city's bike racks like, "hmm, I can park here."
IYKYK is now If You Bike, You Know.
IYKYK is now If You Bike, You Know.
For most people, the results are "negative". Is he saying his were "very positive"?
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For most people, the results are "negative". Is he saying his were "very positive"?
Here's the story: write.as/footsteps/my...
My First Century
It was 1989, my thoughts were short, my hair was long; caught somewhere between a boy and man. Oh wait, that’s not right. But I was hea...
write.as
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Here's the story: write.as/footsteps/my...
Reposted
READ MORE about the emerging field of “bikenomics” in this article Chris wrote on the @dutchcycling.nl website: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/ex...
DCE - Rethinking Transport Infrastructure Investment Through the Lens of Bikenomics
dutchcycling.nl
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
READ MORE about the emerging field of “bikenomics” in this article Chris wrote on the @dutchcycling.nl website: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/ex...
What public forum can be used to fight this? Is there a citizen watchdog mechanism? Who has enforcement authority over City staff? Asking for a friend...
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What public forum can be used to fight this? Is there a citizen watchdog mechanism? Who has enforcement authority over City staff? Asking for a friend...
I found that my city staff lied on a county form to get bike/ped money. "Yes" this project is in the Master Plan when it clearly wasn't. City manager didn't care. Administrator at the county level asked the same city staffer if it was a good project. Clearly collusion. Felony misuse of public funds.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I found that my city staff lied on a county form to get bike/ped money. "Yes" this project is in the Master Plan when it clearly wasn't. City manager didn't care. Administrator at the county level asked the same city staffer if it was a good project. Clearly collusion. Felony misuse of public funds.
IIRC, Hayward has one. They could work out a deal. Livermore offered theirs to Pleasanton. Either way, TDA Article 3 funds can be used for a mini street sweeper.
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
IIRC, Hayward has one. They could work out a deal. Livermore offered theirs to Pleasanton. Either way, TDA Article 3 funds can be used for a mini street sweeper.
Another is Level of Traffic Stress (LTS). That 1 - 4 rating should be replaced by something more meaningful and with more differentiation.
Related: Level of Service (LOS) seems inversely related to LTS.
Related: Level of Service (LOS) seems inversely related to LTS.
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Another is Level of Traffic Stress (LTS). That 1 - 4 rating should be replaced by something more meaningful and with more differentiation.
Related: Level of Service (LOS) seems inversely related to LTS.
Related: Level of Service (LOS) seems inversely related to LTS.
One of my complaints is when bollard-protected bike lanes end 100 yards before an intersection with multiple turn lanes. It's not protected unless it protects you all the way.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One of my complaints is when bollard-protected bike lanes end 100 yards before an intersection with multiple turn lanes. It's not protected unless it protects you all the way.
Reminds me of this: archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2019...
Best of 2019: Four Ways Traffic Engineers Thwart Public Will
Public officials trying to make their city’s street more humane are often thwarted by the professional engineers giving them advice. If that’s your city, it’s time to make a change.
archive.strongtowns.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Reminds me of this: archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2019...
"The Great Unraveling" is focused on systems thinking and "polycrisis". Many problems are interconnected and amplify problems. www.postcarbon.org/issue/the-gr...
The Great Unraveling - Post Carbon Institute
Navigating the polycrisis of environmental and social breakdown. During the 20th century, humanity’s increasing adoption of fossil fuels as sources of cheap and abundant energy enabled rapid industria...
www.postcarbon.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The Great Unraveling" is focused on systems thinking and "polycrisis". Many problems are interconnected and amplify problems. www.postcarbon.org/issue/the-gr...
I ask my city traffic engrs to quantify the existing situation, estimate what it'll be after the change, then measure it to see if it worked. <blank stares> That's what good engineers do; that's how things improve. Keep quantifying things, Robert!
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I ask my city traffic engrs to quantify the existing situation, estimate what it'll be after the change, then measure it to see if it worked. <blank stares> That's what good engineers do; that's how things improve. Keep quantifying things, Robert!
Probably stacked up in a bathroom somewhere?
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Probably stacked up in a bathroom somewhere?
Thank you for this! I have these "bike lane" projects here. Protection exists for some of the street, but disappears approaching the intersection. It serves as traffic calming in the high-speed sections and is unnecessary near intersections. Makes sense!
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Thank you for this! I have these "bike lane" projects here. Protection exists for some of the street, but disappears approaching the intersection. It serves as traffic calming in the high-speed sections and is unnecessary near intersections. Makes sense!
I tried to argue a TDA Article 3 application issue with MTC. The City of Pleasanton's application included false statements ("project is in the Master Plan" but it wasn't). MTC sided with traffic engr's bs instead of their own rules. Seems like collusion.
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I tried to argue a TDA Article 3 application issue with MTC. The City of Pleasanton's application included false statements ("project is in the Master Plan" but it wasn't). MTC sided with traffic engr's bs instead of their own rules. Seems like collusion.