Interesting piece of bus infrastructure I came across tonight. This street has two lanes in direction: one bus lane in the left lane, general purpose traffic in the right lane & 1 lane in the other direction. But widens to four lanes with these bus stop platforms in the middle.

October is LGBTQ+ History Month. The month celebrates the achievements, history and civil rights movements of the LGBTQ+ community. Today, it is the story of John Damien.

Had an amazing day biking around Stockholm for 4 and a half hours. Really good bike infrastructure. Some gaps here and there, but you can tell they’ve made some really nice recent improvements. They really try to keep bike lanes open during construction.

We are SO THRILLED that New York City has passed the Romanch's Law banning horse-drawn carriage rides! These horses were living in deplorable conditions and made to work hours upon hours a day, and had very little vet care. We are so excited to finally see them be free!

My ranking for the three principal cities of Scandinavia: Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm And this is only based on these stupid motor scooters. They’re everywhere in Stockholm and they’re really loud and stinky. I didn’t seem to encounter them in Oslo, seems like most deliveries are done via ebike.

Prob took Waymo >20 min to clear their robot. The location was ~mile from Waymo's main and best staffed SF depot, so ~walking speed time to repair. This kind of incident should be regulated to the level of near prohibition, imo, but few regulators require reporting. Over trust and don't verify.

The greatest moment in baseball history

Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d ago

On this day in 1993, Joe Carter hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to win the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays at Skydome. They defeated the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two. It was the second-straight World Series title for the team. 📸 Hans Deryk

This was so crazy. This bus stop on the E18. I mean I guess we have bus stops on motorways in NJ, but this is like an interstate highway in a sense. I saw there was a Tunnelbana station right next to it, so of course I had to get off.

My mother would have loved Sweden. They use HP Sauce here!

I gave up my seat for a couple with a pram and some guy ended up taking it.

I cannae except any DM’s because Bluesky thinks I am in Britain. And just remember these policies exist because of Labour!

It’s too bad they ended this pilot. Almost everyone admits double parking is a problem, but the mayor said “it was confusing”. Just say “it’s unfair to luxury SUV drivers”. Meanwhile, the 4th most popular bus line in NJ is delayed by these persecuted luxury SUV drivers.

Bus-priority 🚌🚍@bus-priority.bsky.social · 3d ago

There was a camera-based enforcement initiative that was incredibly popular, but it was “confusing”. These confused people double park on Washington and slow down the 126 and other Hoboken buses so they ended it in December. 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.hobokennj.gov/resources/au...

There were these people trying to interview people with a camera, and I literally walked past them two times hoping they would ask me. But they totally ignored me! 😭

Okay but Stockholm is building a lot of bike infrastruttura. Check out this bike parking island used for traffic calming.

Bye New Jersey! 👋🏽 One more ride on NJ Transit Route 320 to NYC! Highly recommend looking into hotels in Secaucus if the ones in NYC are too expensive. This route operates every 10-15 mins. and it connects several chained-brand hotels, a park & ride lot & the Port Authority Bus Terminal. 🚌

No te gusta when someone insists in getting in front of you, and then takes forever to order? When really all you want is a bloody coffee. Or when they insist on getting ahead of you, then walk slowly looking at their mobile phone?

Stockholm has a few different modes of rail transport. The Roslagsbanan (signs in English say light rail) terminate with 3 lines at Stockholm östra station in the NE corner of the city centre. The older trains are so cute.

Imagine if instead these were failing Republican business owners who owned diners. Democrats in Trenton would have handed them $25k in tax credits.

Colleen Wilson@colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 3d ago

The “fix-it” bill bike advocates have been waiting for to repair the flawed e-bike law was introduced this week by Sen. Raj Mukherji. But it’s too late for some. Three dozen bike shops have closed in NJ since the new e-bike law was passed, and more are expected to close.

Stockholm is very carbrained. This plaza goes on for a few blocks and is filled with parked cars. Very disappointing. Worst out of all the three principal Scandinavian cities. Reminds me of Italy.

I really admired these bus stops near my hotel is Oslo (both on either side of the street). With a very frequent bus.

Metro broke ground today on the Vermont Bus Rapid Transit project btwn Sunset Blvd in Hollywood & 120th St in South LA 🚌 The project adds 12.4 miles of dedicated bus lanes for faster, more reliable trips (more)

The subway system here in Stockholm is crazy. All the lines meet at the central station. It’s total chaos transferring between lines. I would have yelled at two people who were walking slowly down the left side of the stairs as they were looking at their phones, if I were in NY. But I’m a guest so..

Spent the day on a 7 hour FlixBus ride from Oslo to Stockholm. Really wasn’t that bad. It was pretty spacious and nobody sat next to me. I have no idea why there doesn’t seem to be direct train service between these two cities.

The driver of the semi is honking his horn at a legally parked car.

SafeStreetsJC@safestreetsjerseycity.org · 4d ago

On Monday, a BJ's 53' tractor trailer drove down 2nd & Coles + got stuck. This is not a legal truck route. Trucks are large, have blindspots + kill at more than 2X the rate of other vehicles. Jersey City needs to enforce existing truck laws and increase fines on trucks not traveling on truck routes.

I did not think I would have so much fun biking here in Oslo. It doesn’t have the caliber of bike lanes that Copenhagen has, but there doesn’t seem like there is as much car traffic. Lots of hills though, that makes it fun.

Today I took metro line 4 & 69 bus out to this lake. This was wee bit more dodgy than yesterday’s trip. Apple Maps said it was a 20 minute worked, which turned out to be an hour of confusing treacherous forest trails where I nearly slipped, tripped and twisted my ankle. But it was all worth it.

Really interesting. The 320 bus stops at a bunch of hotels in Secaucus, then the North Bergen P&R then heads into the Port Authority. Hope NJ Transit is making money off of this.

Kenny Uong@kennyuong.bsky.social · 5d ago

It was my first time riding on an NJ Transit express bus last night! It was packed when we left Port Authority Bus Terminal in NYC since it serves multiple hotels in Secaucus. My hotel was near the end of the line so I was the only one left 😅🚌

Here’s a video of my bike ride from Odense to the fishing town of Kerteminde in Funen(Fyn), Denmark. Gives you an idea of the type of bike infrastructure I encountered youtube.com/shorts/UkP36...

Biking from Odense to Kerteminde, Denmark #bicycletravel #bikelanes #travel #bikelanes #bikes #fyn

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#JCcrashes 😡 Montgomery & Merseles. This morning a high schooler crossing Montgomery was hit by a motorcycle. This is an important school route, but Montgomery & Merseles is a wide, fast, and dangerous intersection, and the crossing guard often tells students to run when crossing. /

SafeStreetsJC@safestreetsjerseycity.org · last yr.

#JCcrashes Yet another crash tonight. Two-car crash at Summit and Montgomery. We don't know details, but we know that one-ways reduce crash danger by eliminating dangerous conflicted left-turns, the most common danger at intersections.

Meeting tonight in Bayonne for the JFK BRT study 6pm-8pm at the Bayonne Public Library on 697 Ave C (at 31st). You can take the 119, 10, 81L or X or a short walk from the 34th St HBLR station.