Joan Liu
@joanliu.bsky.social
I walk and bike a lot. Product manager at the MBTA.
Thanks everyone for their 🚲 advice for my friend! ♥️
Joan Liu@joanliu.bsky.social · 2d agoHey chicago bicyclists! I have a friend who is moving to albany park neighborhood of chicago, near the end of the brown line and wants to start biking for daily errands, haven't biked in a while. What advice would you give? They want to stay anonymous at this time.
man this is another one where I have a blog post bubbling but haven't actually written it. will post a couple things in thread here
Joan Liu@joanliu.bsky.social · 2d agoHey chicago bicyclists! I have a friend who is moving to albany park neighborhood of chicago, near the end of the brown line and wants to start biking for daily errands, haven't biked in a while. What advice would you give? They want to stay anonymous at this time.
Hey chicago bicyclists! I have a friend who is moving to albany park neighborhood of chicago, near the end of the brown line and wants to start biking for daily errands, haven't biked in a while. What advice would you give? They want to stay anonymous at this time.
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
I've already seen people sitting at these new benches 🥰
City of Somerville@cityofsomerville.bsky.social · 3d agoCome celebrate the transformation of Tufts Street into Somerville’s newest “Neighborway”! 🧵
My husband is tired of being read into the discourse of the day. Me, I like Choosin' Texas, and it makes me want to go two-stepping. I don't think I've heard it end to end before, but definitely heard bits in public spaces.
My thoughts on the recent #mapoli political posturing: Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/susp...
Suspending the gas tax would be a shortsighted election year stunt
The state gas tax is the price we pay to ensure that we have safe and reliable ways to get where we need to go, with sufficient funding to build, operate, and maintain the essential transportation inf...
commonwealthbeacon.org
Speaking of reading my husband in, "Free 99" was so commonly said when I was a kid. Regional? Generational? I said that to my husband about something and he thought it was hilarious and used it with his childhood friend, who also had never heard it.
Decided to read my Gen-x, admirably non-ambitious, not chronically online, husband into the discourse du jour and he thinks the iced coffee at the interview is a bad look but not a deal-breaker. He did lol though. "I'd smack [disposable water bottle crinkler] out of the interview" though.
Cycling is a climate, transit, and public safety issue. I convened a roundtable with advocates to discuss how we can make our communities safer and more accessible for pedestrians, cyclist, & commuters across the #MA7.
I'm feeling so disappointed about something, but know it's ultimately better for me. ☹️
Really excited to do today's count and see how it compares to past years. New bike, bus, and pedestrian infrastructure!
[telling people what I work on] Wow that’s so interesting Not if I keep talking about it it’s not
Compare and contrast: $79M to build a bike and pedestrian bridge vs $120M for a gas tax cut mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/m... mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
MassDOT Board Approves $79 Million Contract to Start Building Mystic River Bike and Pedestrian Bridge - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT expects the construction project to last about three years.
mass.streetsblog.org
Bike/ped counting is interfering with my 5k training. Please donate so that if I don't hit my goal of 25 minutes, I at least hit my goal of $1000 raised ($500 from you lovely people and $500 from my match) 🤪
Joan Liu@joanliu.bsky.social · 2w agoOutdoor 5k in 30 minutes. Gotta pick up the pace if I want to be at 25 minutes by the SHC 5k October 3rd. Consider donating; I'm matching donations raised by race day!
MassDOT Board Approves $79 Million Contract to Start Building Mystic River Bike and Pedestrian Bridge mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/m...
MassDOT Board Approves $79 Million Contract to Start Building Mystic River Bike and Pedestrian Bridge - Streetsblog Massachusetts
MassDOT expects the construction project to last about three years.
mass.streetsblog.org
Morning count at the Holiday inn. It's a beautiful day to be biking and walking!
Ok, this "there are two separate brains" thing appears to be making the rounds, and I want to be absolutely clear: this is a press office overhyping some perfectly reasonable science that won't come as a surprise to most developmental biologists.
Gabatha@gabatha.bsky.social · last wk.So we are a two-brained species after all... Interesting. #urantia #UrantiaBook www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
nytimes.com
“When it comes to the choices my husband and I have made about public education, these days I feel that I failed both my values and my child.” A deeply personal piece from Nikole Hannah-Jones, 10 years after her landmark story about choosing her child’s elementary school, is your Sunday must-read
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
nytimes.com
I wonder if social media would be a happier or less on-edge place if it required dialup.
Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
edition.cnn.com
Outdoor 5k in 29 minutes, but included three red lights. But maybe the short breaks at the red lights allowed me to push harder? 🤷♀️
Joan Liu@joanliu.bsky.social · 2w agoOutdoor 5k in 30 minutes. Gotta pick up the pace if I want to be at 25 minutes by the SHC 5k October 3rd. Consider donating; I'm matching donations raised by race day!
It's this @tomflood.bsky.social joint come to life, but with a school board instead of a cop.
Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · 2w agoMy kid's school board is giving all students reflective bands so they don't get murdered by distracted and aggressive drivers 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
