@vladimir.theatl.social

Metro Atlanta dad. MARTA bus rider. Born 75 ppm co2 ago. Want to make Sandy Springs' streets safe for kids to be outside.

A little something for all you LaneSaber and bicycle safety fans! This video shows how easy it is to reach and deploy when you need additional safety. BONUS: Included are some driver “testimonials” showing I’m not blocking them, just slowing down and lowering road stress.

on our way to a MARTA bus stop, a driver blew through a slip lane without slowing down even as I stood right alongside in the crosswalk GDOT categorically fails at controlling its users or maintaining safety on its right of ways

morning debate about whether mermaids are fish. Clearly their tails move up and down like aquatic mammals, not side to side like fish.

Tragic story. "Besides Sophie, four other Lakeside students were killed in vehicle crashes that year" and it ends “This could be you.” This is a policy choice. There are countries with less driving and fewer deaths per mile driven. This doesn't have to be us. www.ajc.com/news/2026/06...

A winding road, a bottle of wine and a crash that keeps punishing Oak Grove

Ananya Rao of Lakeside High School was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend was killed in Atlanta. But her parents might go to prison in an unusual legal case.

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"Indeed, it is both common and appropriate for ABI’s team to meet with industry leaders," Which industry's leaders? What city relies on these AVs to move as many passengers as a streetcar line? Seems @atlantabeltline.org is lying about their actual motivations. www.ajc.com/news/2026/06...

Atlanta Beltline study biased toward autonomous shuttles, complaint alleges

Mayor Andre Dickens cited the study when pulling support for starting light-rail on the Eastside trail.

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what are thoughts on the bus redesign so far? No bus cancellation this morning, but they did skip one departure and I'm 20 min late so

Sterigenics update "Kevin Wagner, vice president of the medical sterilizer company Sterigenics, messaged asking that nine facilities emitting the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide, including near Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Atlanta, be exempted." www.propublica.org/article/clea...

Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...

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The concerns about interchange details are fair but miss the irreconcilable difference. GDOT aims for greater traffic volume between neighboring municipalities along 285 and Roswell. #SandySprings benefits from less through-traffic on those state roads. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/04/09/g...

GDOT plan for I-285, Roswell Road interchange alarms Sandy Springs officials

There is no timeline when the I-285 bridge at Roswell Road will be replaced as part of the top-end express lane project, according to GDOT.

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