Literally Apple and Android could end the majority of distracted driving tomorrow simply by locking out all but a handful of apps when it detects the phone moving at a certain speed and held at a certain orientation.

Dan Keshet@dankeshet.bsky.social · 3d ago

What solutions are out there for getting drivers off their phone? (non-rhetorical)

In/near Olympia? We have a great speed mentoring workshop for WTS Aug. 4. Still room if you want to register! www.wtsinternational.org/events/wts-s... #WomenInTransport #WomenLead #transportation #OlympiaWA

Equal rights for others doesn't mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie. -- Seen on a sticker

Riding to the farmer's market, having an enjoyable face to face interaction with your baby, and enjoying the beautiful weather. Cars don't deliver this freedom.

How many of my fellow transpo nerds also love poetry? How many of my fellow poetry lovers can go for some transportation-themed poems? One of my round-ups: bikestylelife.com/2023/03/18/s...

“Safe passage through countless intersections”: A Baker’s Dozen of Transportation Poems

Transportation, in my daily work, is a means to an end. It isn’t usually a thing done for its own sake—it’s how we get where we need to go. “Travel” might be a better word f…

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You need this thread. Thank you @bethsawin.bsky.social. #multisolving

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin@bethsawin.bsky.social · last mo.

A few thoughts on the emerging future that is already here even as more folks, closer to the center of the current dominant system begin to deepen in alarm. As the end of this road becomes ever more looming.

well that was quick

Lauri Donahue@lauridonahue.bsky.social · last mo.

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

The Dutch lead the world in residential bike parking, and it's not by accident. Municipalities have spent 20+ years building programs that put certified, secure bike hangars on residential streets at scale. How the model works, and why cities everywhere are looking to replicate it: buff.ly/EFkQaiX

My vacationing self appreciates this piece from the NeuroLeadership Institute. Why not take a REAL lunch break today? www.neuroleadership.com/articles/wer...

Learn from the past. Respect the law of consequences. Be aware of your perspective. Count on the surprises. --Octavia Butler, "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" commongood.cc/reader/a-few...

A Few Rules For Predicting The Future by Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler Octavia Butler was an author of moving and prophetic science fiction novels. She wrote an essay in 2000 for Essence Magazine that teaches us the capacity we have to understand the fu...

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Happy Solstice! Some poetry for you: biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/06/summ...

Summer Solstice Readings

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

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Another tragedy www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0.... And yet another story in which a vehicle did things all by itself. It struck him, it fled the scene, it continued traveling north without stopping. Do better, reporters. #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #ZeroTrafficDeaths #media #WordsMatter

Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run in Columbia River Gorge

The crash happened on the Washington side of the gorge, near Maryhill.

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I just got to show the Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle to someone who had never seen it before. What treat! You know the rules. youtu.be/SgxEnEzJhBA?...

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland 'Ride Wit Me' & more...

YouTube video by Lip Sync Battle

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Cool Pedestrian Dignity Civic Action Zine project with @jonathonstalls.bsky.social, deadline June 19 docs.google.com/forms/d/1iLM.... #PedestrianDignity #walking #walkability #accessibility #transportation

What I do when I'm not doing transpo policy? Improv, baby! Next show May 6 at Wild Child, family-friendly venue in downtown Olympia. Come laugh at/with my friends and me! www.improvoly.com/public-calen... #ImprovOly #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #WhoseLine

improvOly Show — Improv Oly

Show at Wild Child on Wednesday, November 5. Doors at 6:30, show 7-8:30. All ages, content is PG-13.

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Tom Flood, Grant Ennis and Brent Toderian of the Urban Truth Collective discuss pushing back on falsehoods and conspiracies through positive messaging around cities.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Urban Truth Collective — Streetsblog USA

Tom Flood, Grant Ennis and Brent Toderian of the Urban Truth Collective discuss pushing back on falsehoods and conspiracies.

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Join us TOMORROW to learn about how your community can leverage this year's round of funding to advance #VisionZero. We'll cover important, new elements of the program & strategies for crafting strong proposals. Register now: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web...

Vision Zero Network@visionzeronet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us 4/15 @ 1pm ET to learn about important, new elements of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program, which can support on-the-ground work for Vision Zero planning, demonstration projects and implementation. Register now: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web...

What I do when I'm not doing transpo policy? Improv, baby! Next show May 6 at Wild Child, family-friendly venue in downtown Olympia. Come laugh at/with my friends and me! www.improvoly.com/public-calen... #ImprovOly #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #WhoseLine

improvOly Show — Improv Oly

Show at Wild Child on Wednesday, November 5. Doors at 6:30, show 7-8:30. All ages, content is PG-13.

improvoly.com

1st WE-bike rebate selections are MONDAY APRIL 13 so if you, your friends or family are thinking of applying the sooner you submit your pre-application the more selection rounds you will be entered into. Monthly drawings! #WSDOTActive #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #WABikes #BikeWA #Bikes4Climate

Barb Chamberlain@barbchamberlain.bsky.social · 4mo ago

IT’S BACK! Applications are NOW OPEN for e-bike rebates through WE-Bike, Washington’s statewide e-bike rebate program. ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com Apply any time 3/30/26-3/29/27. Monthly drawings. #WSDOTActive #BicyclesChangeLives #EBikes #BikeLove #BikeEverywhere #Bicycles #Cycling #BikeShops

Love seeing mentions of #WSDOTActive @cascade.org Let's Go program in the wild! 2025 legislative report has stats pg. 22 in wsdot.wa.gov/sites/defaul.... This year's report (December) will have even bigger numbers. #BicyclesChangeLives #KidsBike #KidsDeserveIt #SafeRoutesNow #BikeEverywhere

Alyssa Long@measuredandslow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So like 3 weeks ago Kid 1 came home from school and said he learned to ride a bike in PE and we were like “sure ya did” but we got him a bigger bike, thinking we’d take the summer to practice. Imagine our surprise when the bike arrived and he could, indeed, ride it right outta the gate 😂😂😂

Fun quiz from @bikeleague.org. I fit into multiple types; luckily you can take it more than once. test-test-o.my.canva.site/what-kind-of... Ref to zompoc in text at the end takes me back to my blog post bikestylelife.com/2018/10/28/1.... #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeEverywhere #BikeLife

IT’S BACK! Applications are NOW OPEN for e-bike rebates through WE-Bike, Washington’s statewide e-bike rebate program. ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com Apply any time 3/30/26-3/29/27. Monthly drawings. #WSDOTActive #BicyclesChangeLives #EBikes #BikeLove #BikeEverywhere #Bicycles #Cycling #BikeShops

Chaucer: "Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licóur Of which vertú engendred is the flour" T.S. Eliot: "April is the cruelest month" Poetry nerds: FIGHTT!!!!!!

EXPLORE & SHARE OUR POSTERS! As we get closer to releasing our first BIG campaign, we’ll keep releasing our “quick hit” posters, and we hope you’ll help us make them viral. Repost/quote-post our posts sharing them, or include them in your OWN posts and ping us! www.urbantruthcollective.com/content

"The right to safe, free, and joyful movement in the world": Dr. Destiny Thomas at the Bike Walk Roll Summit gives us a vision of what designing for the future we want (conference theme) must include, and a history lesson on trauma embedded in pavement.

The CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) did a study from 2017-2023. They found 193 fatalities and 87,400 injuries related to ebikes. In the same period, there were roughly 280,000 traffic fatalities and 15 million injuries on our roads. But yeah, let's make more laws about bicycles. 1/

IT’S BACK! Applications are NOW OPEN for e-bike rebates through WE-Bike, Washington’s statewide e-bike rebate program. ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com Apply any time 3/30/26-3/29/27. Monthly drawings. #WSDOTActive #BicyclesChangeLives #EBikes #BikeLove #BikeEverywhere #Bicycles #Cycling #BikeShops

As a long-time (now former) Spokane resident, I have to vote for the Spokane River Centennial Trail in the USA Today contest. Love this trail! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/spoka... #trails #RailTrails #BikeSPO

Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail: 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards

Spokane River Centennial State Park Trail winds through eastern Washington and extends all the way to the Idaho border. You'll pass through urban areas and high desert ponderosa pine forests. Visitors...

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I love Amtrak Cascades! Just edited 30 pages of a document and drank my good coffee from home while heading to Seattle for the Safe Mobility Conference. I have my folding bike Tessa in the baggage car. Train+bike travel is the best! #trains #BicyclesChangeLives