Haha, I wish I had it in me to write a book, but definitely not when my kids are this young. It's all I can do to get work done and keep up with reading, much less writing.
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Haha, I wish I had it in me to write a book, but definitely not when my kids are this young. It's all I can do to get work done and keep up with reading, much less writing.
"Dashcam Nation" is actually a good book title about the rise in hit and run crashes and lack of community trust on the roadways.
Truer words were never spoken.
Like Russia, I fear we are becoming a dashcam nation.
Oh yeah, should have tagged you!
I believe you are mistaken.
bsky.app/profile/warr...
You can see that they are in the process of relocating the crosswalk further to the right (south, I believe). Look at the receiving curb ramp on the far side.
The idea is that the bike path of travel is to the left of the crosswalk.
I'm talking about the fact that there is a sloped curb (effectively a ramp) vs a vertical one, so the unidirection vs bidirectional question is not really relevant.
I will note that where intersections are larger, the design can be done in such a way that the bicyclist does not need to deviate so sharply from a straight line (this is Adeline and Grand).
I have benefitted from this exact configuration before, but I do see the potential drawbacks to the exact design of the corners on the 14th St project.
What is interesting to me is that OakDOT has gone from designing protected corners like they did here at Harrison and Lakeside (where riding straight will not cause an endo) to a vertical curb in the path of travel.
And then I rode the new bike 40 miles home, which was definitely the equivalent of going to the gym!
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It's a good question! It should be 90 days, contra Claude, though.
Indeed! My productive time on this trip was mostly limited to writing the above thread, but your point is well taken!
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Table showing minority, low income, and non-english speakers on Marin Transit
Just to put that cost savings in perspective, per Marin Transit's Short Range Transit Plan, nearly half (46%) of is riders are had household incomes below $50k in 2018, and 71% of riders had HH incomes below $75k.
marintransit.gov/sites/defaul...
I didn't bug him about the front-end system being broken. I assume that only 30 day history will be visible for the foreseeable future.
I guess I've gotta do my expense reports more frequently.
Thanks Clipper 2.0!
I just spoke to Robby, who was very polite and helpful, and opened a ticket for me to share my 90 trip history.
He did caution me that it might be a while given the "sheer volume" of requests they are getting.
I'll update when I hear back.
Legendary.
In the 20 minutes I have been on the Clipper help line, my wait time has gone from an estimated 27 minutes to an estimated 23 minutes.
It took me 1h 15m longer than driving would have, but saved me $24, equivalent to an hourly rate of $19.60 (i.e. the wage of someone who makes ~$40k/year).
Depending on the value of your time, that savings could really matter!
A quick coda to this thread.
Someone asked me what the full cost was, now that we get interagency transfer discounts.
I checked and it was $5.70 total for BART and 3 buses!
That's just $0.18 per mile, or 1/5th the cost of driving (31 miles @ $0.70/mile IRS rate + $8.50 bridge toll = $30.20)
The calls to the database are *super* slow, which makes me think they still have not clustered their SQL server.
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Screenshot of Clipper Trip history showing 12/5/2025 - 3/5/2026 but the earliest ride is 2/13/2025
The latest Clipper 2.0 insult is that, even if you request your last 90 days of trips, the system can only provide the last 30 days.
They did not. The crash that killed the husband happened just a few days ago.
Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh
I used to live in one of these rowhouses in Baltimore with 4 other guys. These are all 4/5BR homes and you can see that they are wide another to fit exactly one car in front.
*Some* of them have room for parking in the rear.
At best, there is room for 2 cars per building, hardly 1 per person!
The Denver story is like this tragedy in reverse, in which a young mom was killed riding a bike with her toddler just weeks after her husband had pleaded with the city council for safer streets.
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/w...
Honestly this meme isn't even relevant to the situation, because basically every DOT in the nation is just repeatedly jamming button #2.
