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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5d

This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.

AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 5d

The deference we give to drivers is astonishing: speeding, blowing through red lights, crashing without a whisper; yet we jump on non-drivers the moment they step out of line.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 26d

"Ginning up a moral panic over public transportation is a thinly veiled pretext to starve it of the resources that could make it even safer." @via @katearonoff.bsky.social

Republicans Want to Scare You off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.

A fatal stabbing on Charlotte Light Rail set off a panic about the risks of public transportation. There’s just one thing: It’s worlds safer than cars.

newrepublic.com

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DKleinfelter @dkleinfelter.bsky.social · 26d

Today's bike lane blockages. 2706 Natchez Trace, 971 Church, and same company, same truck as last week at 947 Church. @nashvilledot.bsky.social can save money by installing concrete protection instead of flexiposts that drivers ignore & sending "enforcement" personnel where violations have ended.

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · 26d

Or better yet @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social let’s get some parklets going!!

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · 26d

@nashvilledot.bsky.social y’all got any more of them giant concrete balls? Demonbruen hill could use them so that drivers won’t drive through the bike lane or over the concrete, damaging it, in order to park for free along the curb.

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · 28d

All 3 of my Hub requests from this week regarding vehicles in the Church St bike lane also resulted in GOA responses. It’s honestly insulting to continue urging us to report this stuff when really it’s just a big waste of time.

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeah I’ve still never gotten anyone ticketed despite all my hub requests, and that includes the times I’ve called the hub phone number in addition to putting it in the app. We are not a real city.

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Nashville’s hottest parking lot is the Church St bike lane. @nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social

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carey rogers @careyrogers.bsky.social · Aug 18

How about it? @nashvilledot.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social

www.seattle.gov/transportati...

Even Better Bike Lanes - Transportation | seattle.gov

Upgrading protected bike lanes across Seattle

www.seattle.gov

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Aug 19

That’s $360k worth of lawsuits right there 😅

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Cities are facing a two-wheeled traffic jam."

Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.

From E-Bikes to Scooters, Roads Are Getting More Crowded and Confusing

Cities are trying to figure out how to accommodate the boom in two-wheelers that threaten safety for pedestrians and riders.

www.wsj.com

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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hey @jkupin4d19.bsky.social didn’t my government just rip out some bike lanes around the corner from this to put in some loading zones? Why are we letting box trucks load in the Church St bike lanes? And how can we get some concrete protection for these lanes?

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Aug 7

I would welcome a publicly funded bike share system in Nashville! Unfortunately, that ship has sailed. That said, not all for profit companies are created equal.

chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/u...

Uber and the road construction lobby just killed Illinois' transit funding bill, and your lawmakers let them - Streetsblog Chicago

Update 6/17/25, 10:30 PM: Today the statehouse news website Capitol Fax ran a blog post supposedly debunking this guest op-ed . After publishing his piece, Capitol Fax Editor Rich Miller stated in his...

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Aug 7

Fair point. That way Lime can spend less on employees and pocket even more profit. Love it!

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Aug 7

There has to be a way to keep a nice park at the end of our main tourist strip looking a little more put together than this. Moving and re organizing dockless mobility devices should not fall on BCycle and NDP workers. @hubnashville.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social @limebike.bsky.social

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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · Jul 31

On gridded neighborhood streets with no sidewalks like this, we should just make them either one way or two way shared no parking. Take a lane and make a protected multi use path

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Jul 20

@nashvilledot.bsky.social @hubnashville.bsky.social While I do appreciate the long awaited addition of any kind of delineators on Church St, flex posts are hardly a silver bullet here. Enforcement HAS to be utilized in tandem with infrastructure if people are ever going to learn.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Jun 22

e-bikes > cars for most trips

and they won't bankrupt you

great inflation and resiliency hack given... everything

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

High Costs Have Ended America’s Love Affair With Cars

You love them, you want them, you can’t live without them…and they’re costing you a fortune in repairs, insurance and shockingly expensive replacement parts. Dan Neil on why our national obsession wit...

www.wsj.com

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Jun 15

Calling that number has yet to help me unfortunately. Both times I called after submitting tickets they still responded hours later and hit me with “GOA.”

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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · Jun 15

Improperly parked vehicle requests should probably just expire after some amount of time (maybe 4-8 hours?). Sending someone out days later does not seem like the best use of resources of @hubnashville.bsky.social & @nashvilledot.bsky.social

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”

@cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · Jun 11

Wow y'all looks like the extra lane didn't fix the traffic

Cars backed up through the roundabout on Demonbreun Hill

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Rachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · Jun 11

Don't. Subsidize. Parking for privately-owned autos.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Jun 11

Commuter benefits shape travel habits.

New study finds Denverites are:
🔹 195% more likely to drive to work if they get free/subsidized parking
🔹 789% more likely to bike if secure bike parking is offered
🔹 56% more likely to use transit if they get a subsidized pass

ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · Jun 11

If they were really serious they would raise the crosswalk and put in a HAWK signal. Those little crosswalk signs often disappear because drivers hit them.

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