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David Schleef

@trafficfurnitur.bsky.social

98 followers 150 following 900 posts

Cycling, kayaking, woodworking, software engineering management, urban planning, transit planning, maps, OpenStreetMap, discovery, physics, California, Mendocino coast, bay area, #GilligGang.

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 25m

Trees don't burn nearly hot or bright enough for this brilliance.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 18h

48 trains per day if MASCOTS goes ahead.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 19h

Is your bike lane buffered?
Would you like us to assign someone to buffer your bike lane?

- Wet Leg, or Mean Girls, or something

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe they just owned a shitty toilet. Which is sad because decent new toilets cost about $200 and are easy (although messy) to replace yourself.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 1d

This is Forrest. Forrest is home alone for a few days and starved for attention. He got some attention, and I got one non-blurry photo.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 1d

He must have heard wrong, it's supposed to be taco trucks on every corner.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

"I knew people born in the 1800s" sounds so odd now, but it was normal when I was a kid. They were just the old people.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

But then, sometimes you just fly under the radar

Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 3d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way. Happens at SFO too.

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

I'm now the proud owner of 100 shares of the Market Street Railway Company. That and a MUNI token will get me a ride on the F Market.

Excellent antique store find.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

I was just reminded that CalTrans is doing exactly this on the Yolo causeway

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 2d

Oddly, the Novato Creek bridge in this rendering has much narrower shoulders (on both sides) than the cross-section.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 3d

That's about $100 per driver per day for 50 years, at current levels of traffic.

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 3d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 3d

oh look MTC's SSL certificate expired.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 3d

How many people are accidentally tagging a credit card instead of their clipper card?

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 3d

I lived in fear of this day, and it’s here. I finally got called out by The Onion

The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Passenger Glued To Airplane Window Like It Fucking 1956 https://theonion.com/passenger-glued-to-airplane-window-like-it-fucking-1956-1832728158/

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 3d

This is what we hope to do in El Cerrito - build a new library at Plaza BART, along with 743 homes.

This is our best opportunity for a new library, as there’s not space to rebuild on current site and the lease for the BART site will be $1.

A citizens measure is circulating now to fund the library.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 4d

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 3d

For those who never experienced this wonder, this was definitely as crazy as it looks.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 4d

The bay bridge and golden gate bridge both originally had 6 travel lanes and no shoulder, because that's how you designed roads in the 30's.

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David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 4d

Where's the space for the rail line? 😁

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 5d

That roundabout is intense

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 7d

I still occasionally call it the Transbay Terminal.

David Schleef @trafficfurnitur.bsky.social · 7d

Perhaps you might like the "SF Transit Center".

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