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Two Wheels Good ☑️
@twgood.bsky.social
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Better cycling in NYC (mostly, sometimes Montréal, NH, MA) #cyclopathe YouTube: https://youtube.com/@twgood5882?si=SHESjurGoQwkp9-- xTwitter: @twowheelsg
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · Aug 17
Stopping for red lights light might be out of style.
Now we stop for green lights.
Thank you MUTCD DOT.
34thAve Jackson Heights #bikeQNS #bikeNYC
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 1d
Audiophiles and hifi snobs will love that one change. The acoustics of a raw glass roof detract from an otherwise smooth and quiet car.
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Don Incognito @shuadc.bsky.social · 7d
Ha ha ha ha what the hell, this is the dumbest possible change
The most interesting change to the interior by far is the glass roof, which only exists on the outside of the car. Yes, you read that correctly; Tesla installed a proper headliner and a bunch of sound-absorbing material behind it, pulling a Cask of Amontillado and sealing occupants off from the panoramic glass above. The company claimed this was more cost-efficient than designing and installing a fixed metal roof.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 1d
They deserve a height bonus, a tax break, and relief from other burdens, as their impact on neighbourhoods and neighbours is so much less than that of many other, less thoughtfully designed buildings.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 1d
The #porte_cochere gateway building design provides an off-street loading and standing zone, minimizing disruption to bike lanes, sidewalks, and other local traffic. This example 45th St to 44th St on the north side of Northern Blvd, Astoria, NYC in the new Hearthstone Apartments.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 1d
1 Empire State Trail, Midtown Manhattan under to-parking ramp
2 RandallWards island under HellGate railway
3 Central Park Manhattan pedestrian crossing under Strave cycling ́loop designed by Olmstead
4 Manhattan direct access to Queensboro Bridge cycling path under auto ramp.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 2d
The best intersection is no intersection. Threading the bike lane relative straight through but grade separated is ideal. Pic coming soon: Empire State Trail two-way bikelane runs from the WTC (NYC) to Quebec. Locally known as Hudson Greenway Westside Highway.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 2d
Why This “Anti-Car Labyrinth” Is Actually Brilliant youtu.be/WAhlfWt25sA
Why This “Anti-Car Labyrinth” Is Actually Brilliant
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 2d
Related: The case for toll supported express thru lanes, presented by #RoadGuyRob. "It's not tearing a neighbourhood apart if it’s adjacent to an existing freeway. "
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 2d
Pandering to #bikeNYC is the way forward. Zohran Mandami is going to win.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 3d
A nice story. Getting on and off at each stop (and only doing about two stops a day) is a unique twist on this... www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Floral Park man on a quest to visit all 126 LIRR stations
He has made it to 110 of the LIRR's 126 stations, most recently crossing Deer Park and Brentwood off his list.
www.newsday.com
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
Eliminating value of 10 ride #LIRR passes by reducing their validity period is shrinkflation. From 1 year to 6 months to ́nothing.
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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 4d
Average LIRR fares to/from Long Island are up 10% just in the last 5 years, and are going way higher in January. So MTA lecturing about others' fare hikes is the very personification of throwing stones in glass houses... www.thelirrtoday.com/2025/08/2024...
LIRR ridership recovery tells two very different stories
While the MTA and the Governor's office have been highlighting  LIRR's top-line, overall ridership inching back closer to pre-pandemic level...
www.thelirrtoday.com
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
#blueskyUI: Footer for thread. Does deleting posts 5 of 5 while editing delete the whole, as-yet-unposted thread?
Discard what, this post or the whole thread of posts ?
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
Conta: investment 'improving' bus service for non-driving population made bus riders walk further, increased their need to cross busy wide avenues to reach nearest bus stop.
In some cases, contested bus stops were retained for some bus routes while deleted for others (SBS).
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
14th Street Bus Stops removed Manhattan Disability Advocates Sue to Bring them Back NYC
They say it negatively impacts commuters with disabilities.
ny1.com
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
Bus priority lanes would reduce the cost of each bus stop by, depending on the design
(1) Making it easier for the bus to merge back into traffic or
(2) Keeping the bus curbside, thereby eliminating entirely the need to pull over for a stop.
Bus for winter, chain gang. Bus delivers cleaners to dirty bike lane. #bikeNYC
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
A notable counter trend has been the removal of bus stops when introducing bus priority lanes, such as on Manhattan's crosstown 14th Street, which displaces general automobile traffic.

Such a bus is meant to be a living advertisement for bus-dependent life.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news....
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 4d
Drive there park once do everything power lifestyle centers.

www.infinitee.com/insights/ope...
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 6d
Is this a case of "Cannot die in a new apartment building if there are no new apartment buildings." ?

No. New buildings are really safer per capita.
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 7d
From the report:

"Among the roughly 8.3 million Americans who lived in apartments built since 2010, just four died in a residential fire in 2023. Far more people—at least 20—died in homelessness-related fires than in fires in apartments built since 2010."
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
Why is the final marking giving a narrower #bikelane lane than the provisional lane marking ?
Bike lane tacked up and delineated.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
Tools/simonWilison render of( SVG XML produced by ChatGPT)
Direct rendering of SVG code.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
No " < ...img or image/png" in the SVG code.

Note that my first 'draw pelican on bike' prompt generated SVG XML, but no image; I needed a second 'make image' applied in context after the SVG to render it.
SVG, img from ChatGPT.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
If cards were personalized and fare gates had biometric ID, unlimited ride cards could allow such < 18 min sidequests for free.

Pro tip hack: System blocks only same-station entrances, so walk or use #bikeshare to a nearby station on same line to re-enter transit system within 18min lockout time.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
Same everywhere, but only unlimited use cards. Pay per ride cards have lockout no problem to re-enter at any time (your second entrance will be billed as a second ride).

18 minute lockout solves problem of multiple unlimited people riding all on only one fare via re-using same card.
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 7d
TIL that CTA cards won't let you hop off to grab coffee and go back on until 18 minutes have passed since you got off the train. Your card won't be accepted.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 7d
Is the "me" in "Generate me ..." a prompt hack ?

GhatGPT5 (not pro) tells me it thought for 5 seconds (then spent 2 minutes to scroll though its thoughts).
Pélican on bike SVG generation log.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 8d
This @bsky.app thing is sentient.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d
Are you paying us? Where?
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 9d
Bicycle on snow and ice with studded #Bixi
Studs on ice
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 9d
Architect Le Corbusier riding with his Secretariat building in Chandigarh, India under construction behind him

#BicycleBirthday Le Corbusier
October 6 (1887-1965)
Photo of a man in a hat riding a bicycle in front of an under-construction building.
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Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · 9d
The correct neologism is #numismaticide.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 9d
imagining a guy who objects to the elimination of the penny from our currency in circulation because that would be genocide