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I mean to be fair we did hit Carrboro and Chapel Hill. That's a tour!

always fun encountering evidence of a presumably out-of-control motor vehicle crashing into the refuge island I use twice a day

We have! I mean if one city counts as going on tour... 😃

Vision Zero has had a mixed record in U.S. cities. Perhaps it's time to ask more fundamental questions about the purpose of our public spaces. The latest Infrastructure and Its Discontents essay is up: sethlajeunesse.substack.com/p/what-and-w...

When you're only 15 pounds but you neeeeeed every inch of your 75-lb cousin's bed

Hiya new followers! Did somebody re-up a starter pack? If so, I'll try not to disappoint 😃

the middle schoolers at the private school my kid went to for pre-k tried out a chant when the waldorfers came for sportsball events 'we got vaccines yes we do, we got vaccines how 'bout you!' the admin shut them down, sadly

I'm so jealous. Bears are my favorite of the apex predators who actually mostly eat plants and trail mix.

erm, I don't think this is what ADA compliance means "To comply with ADA Title II digital accessibility requirements, Division Engineer Letters added to the website prior to April 2026 have been removed from this site and archived."

Thankfully a rainy breezy nothingburger here but I think it was pretty scary north and south of us

#chapelhillnc tornado Take cover people. Now

@drtcombs.bsky.social "Just act like cars" "okay!" *stares at phone, bikes directly into wall*

and interrupting the sentient cars having their own fun! how dare they

If you do encounter bone-headed infrastructure like this on your way to city hall, yes, follow these dashed lines, because your immediate safety requires it. But then keep going all the way to city hall like your life depends on it.

Seen some tutorials lately on the best place for a person on a bicycle at a multilane intersection like this, and friends, the actual best place to be is at city hall every day asking WTF we're still telling people on bikes to "just act like cars" rather than building safe infrastructure

I don't mind them as long as they're not having fun

Made a new friend at the bike rack yesterday: someone else who hates grocery shopping but will happily use it as an excuse to ride their cargo #ebike. E-bikes make everything better.

I mean, yeah, a lot of people do experience love at first ride, and they never actually want to get in a car again. But there's no rule that says you have to fall in love with clean, quiet, fun, rewarding, cheap transportation.

A lot of people share this fear that using a bicycle, even just once, means you can never ever ever get anywhere on any other mode of transportation again. But thankfully it's not true! You can ride a bike sometimes, and do other things other times!