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Picture of a social/supportive housing project in the Yaletown community in downtown Vancouver. Text says “if we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.” Logo of the urban truth collective in the corner.

If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

Americans are addicted to cars, but in many ways it's a forced addiction. Decades of policy have made cars the dominant mode of travel at the expense of others, and marketing reinforces the car as the "best" choice. This isn't to excuse individual choices, but car dependency is a systemic issue.

@bikemaryland.org has made it extremely to submit a comment about the Bay Crossing Study via their form here: ujoin.co/campaigns/42...

MPBPAC’s previous letter supporting bike/ped infrastructure on the Bay Crossing via Alternative C: mdot.maryland.gov/OPCP/MBPAC-2...

Note: public comments are due by March 9, see here www.baycrossingstudy.com

Earlier today, the Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Committee (MBPAC) approved a statement to be sent to the MTA & FHA regarding the Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

#bikeMD

Read the entire letter at the following link mdot.maryland.gov/OPCP/MBPAC/M...

Bike Lane Uprising sticker and post card which points persons to download their app. Part of a paper plate which had delicious pizza too.

Hanging out with @waba.org , @bikemaryland.org , & friends at a neat advocates meetup in Prince George County. @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social is here chatting about their latest work too

Until we move away from sedentary lifestyles and travel and recognise that active travel is key to health.

Any ‘strategy’ is doomed to fail.

Screenshot of text from the “About Us” section of our website. “The Urban Truth Collective is a collaboration between leading practitioners with persuasive communication, marketing and branding expertise applied specifically to solving the difficult challenges of better cities. This collective was started by three people but is designed to grow with diverse perspectives and experience experiences that reflect who and what make our cities great.”

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“The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.”

Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING.

We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth

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ROVÉLO CREATIVE'S GUIDE TO Cyclist Visibility BIke stencil Visible bike stencil behind a dash - invisible invisible unless rolling through a stop sign

Quick Reference.

There's a public input opportunity on this bridge open through March 9th: www.baycrossingstudy.com/public-engag...

There are very few safe crossings of the Chesapeake Bay and a bike/ped path could be a key piece of regional and national routes

Let them know you support a safe bike/ped crossing!

I knew it was for lease reasons, but the macro pointed here makes more sense. Ain't got no one to blame but ourselves for this... and can certainly understand @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social's stance. Stability over a lot of things... and looking 5 years out, there's quite a bit of questions here.

Some cities are ditching license plate readers over immigration surveillance concerns Cities around the country are debating whether to keep their automatic license plate readers. Concerns about privacy and federal immigration agents can access local data are driving these debates.

Another example of why I hate so much the folks who tell us this stuff is inevitable.

It doesn’t have to be this way!

Often when communities see the stakes, they reject ubiquitous surveillance.

Bike Maryland on Twitch

@bikemaryland.org Symposium 2026 is on Twitch

www.twitch.tv/bikemaryland...

Bike Maryland on display behind the MC and Welcoming messenger

Dennis Sykes welcoming to the 2026 Bike Maryland Symposium

Bike Symposium members attentive to breakfast and the welcome message

Now hanging with several Maryland bike advocates, legislators, and supporters of sufficient bike infrastructure at the @bikemaryland.org 2026 Symposium

Parking As Access, Or Urbanist Ideals Meet Real Life What should you think when urbanism really does make your life harder?

Caught me off guard as I chose to drive vs ride to the cafe…

“…because, in suburbia, the car is inseparable from access, and driving is impossible without parking, businesses which don’t provide ample parking are engaging in a kind of discrimination.”

www.thedeletedscenes.com/p/parking-as...

Yep… and while am very much looking at the report data with 🧐🕵🏽‍♂️ feelings I don’t see this falling false. In fact, I think it might grow to two in five within the next 15 years

From the comics community on Reddit: I love my stupid Ebike. Explore this post and more from the comics community

Adorable eBike comic www.reddit.com/r/comics/com...

Your Job Isn't Disappearing. It's Shrinking Around You in Real Time AI isn't taking your job. It's making your expertise worthless while you watch. The three things everyone tries that fail, and the one strategy that actually works.

Great piece for many folks newsletter.jantegze.com/p/your-job-i...

If I had the time & budget for it, this and a few others would be hella fun cards to have for folks to collect at the upcoming @bikemaryland.org Symposium...

...thinking wider, wonder if folks like @cardsagainsthumanity.com do such niche themes 🤔

Amen

It's sarcasm... But for a few of us who've been around 👓 for a bit, this is a skilled retelling of history without Chaucer's iambic pentameter

Little Fish Eat Big Fish This weekend, you may have learned that social media and relentless footage of atrocities do not, in fact, desensitize us. We are all—those of us with moral and ethical fibers left in our bodies, I me...

People often look to tech for solutions, or to leadership for sweeping changes, but change also comes from us—individuals in difficult situations, working locally, dealing with real friction that a silver bullet can't solve. I wrote about that this week.

www.leahreich.com/little-fish-...

#PlowSidewalksToo

Thanks for the reminder… I’ve also got to get new rotors soon (bah… things I forget till I don’t)

Speak up for a separated bicycling and walking path across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge replacement! The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has recommended an optional separated bicycle and pedestrian shared-use path on one of the spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge r…

Friends in Anne Arundel County doing great work on speaking u about bike/ped access across the Bay Bridge. As a neighboring county, this would be a benefit and a draw to travel bikeaaa.org/2026/01/29/s...

I just got done watching a truly horrible movie at Sundance ("The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"). It was introduced by the Sundance programming rep as having "a strong sense of informational integrity", but it's hard to imagine a characterization more off the mark.

A long thread 🧵>>

Watching what was cleared for snow in my complex… there’s just too much room given to autos

…and there seems to be some better, self regulated traffic control with the tighter spaces for movement of autos

This is probably what I’d want to change 2nd most with zoning reform

One of the things which is happening with me and biking is how my home will need to have me be more of a teacher than just a cyclist.

Not just routes, but personalizing and legal bits as well.

It’s the kind of orientation which makes the @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social as a primary kinda smart

There’s bicycle parking, and there’s Brompton Bicycle parking.

Kind of post that invites getting back into the homework of running one’s own PDS… appreciate this clarity in just this aspect of things. It’s hard to make such a technical & governance grounded thing this simply stated.