Ohio BMV Removed the Ability to Update License and state ID Gender Markers without an Updated Birth Certificate - No notice was given - The Gender Designation form has been removed from their website & the new policy has been confirmed with branches
Beachrave
@beachrave.bsky.social
#datascience and #urbanism in Akron, Ohio. Hire me! Running VisionZeroAkron.org and keeping the city accountable. Quotes without "quotation marks" are paraphrased. Email: beachrave at yahoo dot com
It's Monday, back to using America's premier mass transportation system, fare-free school buses. Eventually, with dense infill and reduced driving, most kids could walk, bike, or ride transit to school like in countries with better transit systems. But for now, more taxes to pay for buses are good.
I've biked and driven this many times. I thought it would be a minor win. It is a HUGE win. Cars are going slower and staying in their lane. I'm guessing it cost under $5,000. Akron is saving drivers from car crashes, and it pays for itself by avoiding crashes. We asked for this for 17 months.
Beachrave@beachrave.bsky.social · 3w agoVision Zero Akron announces another win for safe streets If you're in the media, and want to join the press release list, let me know! We do about one per quarter. More: visionzeroakron.org
just want to note that this church is fine but not amazing, celebs got interested in "saving it" but not interesting in paying for any maintenance and it's basically in "must go" state due to that and the very small group who worship there are who is trying to sell bc they can't maintain!!!!!!
Vivek Ramaswamy paid $10,000 to fly his private jet from Cleveland to Cleveland and save 15 minutes.
Vivek's Jet Tracker@vivekjet.bsky.social · 3d agoLanded near Cleveland, Ohio, US. Apx. flt. time 14 min.
Guy just took a jet from one side of Cleveland to the other, lol
Vivek's Jet Tracker@vivekjet.bsky.social · 3d agoLanded near Cleveland, Ohio, US. Apx. flt. time 14 min.
Porchrokr in Highland Square was lit. Sad that the worst part is still cars driving down streets with hundreds of people walking around.
Warning: Once you hear how loud cars are, you can’t unhear them. Be prepared for hikes, outdoor dining, and walks in the park to be ruined by an obnoxious rumble in the background.
Fietser@americanfietser.bsky.social · 5d agoTake a moment the next time you're outside, anywhere, and pay particular attention to the noise that cars are bringing to that environment. It'll likely surprise you once you acknowledge it.
@ianwalker.bsky.social: "Tell me what you care about and I’ll tell you how the answer is less cars." Public transit is often the more complicated and time consuming mode choice because of where and how we allocate and fund mode choices!
S.T. Bikes KC 🚶🚴 🚌 & 🚎@stbikeskc.bsky.social · 2w agoYou're invited to our Neighborhood Mobility Impact Session! Now that KC's zero-fare bus system has ended. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Swiss Study: On average, the researchers calculated external costs of 13.07 cents per person per kilometer driven. 5.73 cents for air pollution and noise 2.61 cents for traffic congestion 2.60 cents for climate damage 2.15 cents for the consequences of accidents www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/N...
Der Preis des Verkehrs – und was auf keiner Rechnung steht
Wie lassen sich Verkehrskosten fairer verteilen? Eine Basler Studie zeigt, wie Mobility Pricing Verhalten und Rückverteilung beeinflusst.
unibas.ch
It's bad that 36,000 Americans die every year from preventable car crashes.
There **is** clear evidence that speed cameras make roads safer. 4.7 miles per hour average reduction in speed. From 40 mph -> 35 that's 22% less energy. Energy follows a square law, cutting speed cuts energy drastically. Speed kills. This is literally scientifically true. Say it in the article.
NPR@npr.org · 5d agoMillions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer. n.pr/4gwT62D
also require pickups to be hot pink for uh, "visibility"
These two moves would save literally hundreds of billions on road wear repair
no actually nationwide CDL requirement for extant pickups, and also legalize these
I’ve been thinking that you should have to apply for a commercial licence or other compelling reason for pickup trucks specifically for a while now
They need the certificate of stupid investment but for cars. You can get a Toyota/Honda/Mazda minivan, a compact or a subcompact. If you want something else, you gotta fill out a form and that if you complain about the cost of car ownership you go to jail
the hype@thehyyyype.bsky.social · 6d agoToddler brains
"If you have followed the conversation about street safety lately, you would think the greatest threat to our community is a teenager on an e-bike. It isn’t. In 2023, drivers killed more than 1,100 pedestrians on California streets."
Car Drivers Crashed through the Storefronts, Not E-Bikers
If a motorized two-wheeler is too fast and too powerful to be a bicycle, it cannot be marketed or sold as one, says Senate Bill 1167, currently going through the California Legislature.
independent.com
DOTs, traffic "engineers", everyone in government will approve any trip hazard for pedestrians, crash hazard for cyclists, obstruction for other mobility devices in their rights of way yet absolutely refuse to use concrete and steel that might scratch the paint of drivers who leave their lane
Darren Buck@bikepedantic.bsky.social · 7d agoWant a new bike? Then take your old bike out at night, run it into these unreflective unmarked signs that were installed in the trail clearspace on the east span of the ABP bridge over the railroad, and sue DCR.
A good reminder that cities aren't loud. Cars are loud.
Miser@misernyc.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat a glorious day in NYC
Of course hospitals are better. They create large numbers of high paying full time jobs
Crosswalk beg buttons, but instead of turning on flashing lights, they activate tire-puncturing spike strips
PSA: Sports are not effective urban revitalization programs. How an N.F.L.-Backed Plan to Revitalize Canton, Ohio, Faltered www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/b...
How an N.F.L.-Backed Plan to Revitalize Canton, Ohio, Faltered (Gift Article)
The “Hall of Fame Village” was pitched in 2014 as a boon to the city. But hundreds of millions were spent, the N.F.L. backed out, and the project is unfinished.
nytimes.com
Great news: Akron's Bus Rapid Transit program is continuing. Baby steps in the works: signal priority, "superstops", others? Bad news: They are doing a 14 month Locally Preferred Alternative study, long before any Buses get Rapid. This may be required to get Federal Transit Administration grants.
Happy primary day! We're officially launching Nondriver Action, a c4 that works at the intersections of transportation, housing & climate justice. Tomorrow, we'll send out questionnaires for our general election endorsements to all city and county council candidates on the ballot in WA ndaction.org
Doing research about the USA Today affiliated Akron Beacon Journal, I found that just last year they published climate change denial in the opinion section.
Climate is always changing, with or without humans burning fossil fuels | Letter
A Beacon Journal reader writes about climate cycles.
beaconjournal.com
Stunning display of motornormativity here from the BBC. No, they are not "closing down streets" - if they were doing that they would be shut off from everyone. Rather, they are changing who is using the space. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
bbc.co.uk