chrysocyon

i spent all summer organizing for dedicated transit lanes against typical toronto nimbys who claimed that "emergency vehicles would get stuck in traffic and more people would die"

anyways, here's real life:

"seize the blood moon!"

gift art for a friend, happy birthday bestie!
#furryart

A four panel comic strip. Panel one: text reads “I love drawing my scrungly guys at the computer.” A coyote is shown looking at the viewer over his shoulder whilst typing at a computer. Panel two: text reads “But what are they computing?” A close of view of a badge on the computer reading “CBM- Coyote Business Machines.” Panel three: text reads “Making a game? Drawing up a budget? Home automation?” The coyote says, “I use the computer to communicate!” Panel four: a close view of the computer screen, showing a simple program written in Basic: “10 print “yip” 20 goto 10” Run Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip

Watercolor artwork depicting wormbo going down a slide.

Worm Slide
[ #art #oc #watercolor ]

that’s true

Made a little comic about the joys of riding the train, even for just a little while.

Detroit

Thinking about how the worst people you know moved to Texas for cheap gas and no income tax, but once there complain about expensive utilities, a property tax rate like 2x that of California, the complete lack of public spaces, and pay $65 a week in tolls to drive an hour to work.

B. Kilban

B. Kilban

There's a national media event unveiling our new Amtrak Cascades trains in DC today. Here are some photos for you to enjoy! The Cafe Car is even stocked with our PNW favorites.

Air to Ground Message:

HEY GIRL HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Type: Boeing 737-800
A: #af53d0831ac
F: #f8011848b68

#acars #vdlm2

A scanned image of a sketchbook with drawings on it. At top, a quadrupedal wolf is shown sniffing the ground behind a sedan with a small wolf in the back seat. The quadrupedal wolf has thought bubbles above his head, showing that he recognizes the smell of a road atlas and a wilderness parking pass. In the second drawing, the quadrupedal wolf is shown seated next to the smaller wolf in the car, both wearing three-point seatbelts, telling him what it is like to run free in grassy fields. In the third image, the small wolf gazes out the window, imagining himself as quadrupedal, running through the same grasses and flowers.

scenery experiment

greenbean + green n blue kissing (blue was made by and belongs to @fritzhirsch.bsky.social)

help

missing egg club like a bitch rn

These data (precise location, sexual orientation) were previously not allowed to be tracked under China's PIPL (modelled after GDPR) but the US has no such privacy provisions.

If you are in the US please be careful about how you use Tiktok as it has lost its privacy advantage.

Clearing The Tracks

Completely different framing in Le Devoir, highlighting the drop in funding for BIXI (~$10 million a year to $5 million).

Also less money for expansion of the bike network, from $20–30 million to $18–20 million.

While retaining the budget for maintenance of the bike network.

i feel so faggy riding my folding bike

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

Damage calculator output: https://roaddamagecalculator.com/?vehicle_one=longtail-cargo-bike&vehicle_two=small-suv

When mad drivers tell you that you, a cyclist, don't belong on roads because you don't pay registration and the gas tax, show them the Road Damage Calculator. Compare, for example, the damage made by a small SUV and a longtail cargo e-bike. Very different orders of magnitude roaddamagecalculator.com

江ノ電が僕の顔の上を通過しました。
がんぼるぞい

translation:
The Enoshima Electric Railway ran over my face.

Not just TSP ! — new motion brought late today at TTC Board to look at stop spacing, vehicle speeds, and parking and turning changes. Let’s go!

Line 6 replacement bus scheduled runtime

Line 6 replacement bus sample on-street runtime

Line 6 late evening maintenance replacement bus is scheduled for a 34 min runtime, about 26% faster than the train (46 mins). Kinda bad.

In reality, the replacement bus can make the trip in ~24 mins, about 54% faster than the on-street runtime I experienced on the train (~53 mins). Really bad.

A New Tramway and a New Leaf. Canada’s newest urban rail line open to the public.

I rode the Finch light rail today. It’s slow, but it has potential, and it brings with it a lot of good things. Read my latest article now:

open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...