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David Dolphin
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Building Citizen Radar: https://velocity.report
🚸 "If the speeds don't drop, the work can't stop"

My City Hall testimony on Clarendon Ave (25mph school zone)

After repaving, speeds increased:
‣ median: +8% (33 mph)
‣ p85: +5% (39mph)
‣ max: 54mph

Logged with my open-source project: velocity.report

Full report: banshee-data.com/velocity.rep...
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Ulloa St & Lenox Way transit stop this morning (2025-05-23)

Note: the only bollards present are protecting the library book return, not the people waiting for transit.
May 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I spoke at SF City Hall yesterday about street safety, something I care deeply about as a parent.

🚗 48% of cars speed on our block
😡 3 vehicles clocked over 50 mph
🚸 90% of pedestrians hit at 50 mph will be killed

More soon on how to set up a radar sensor on your street.

#fact #safety #activism
May 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I ran a test on 2023-04-16 which I recorded (below).

I saw one post from a friend and then **57** sponsored posts / ads before another post from a friend.

Facebook absolutely shows more ads than friends and family content, here’s a receipt:
May 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m gamify learning Golang by solving Project Euler puzzles.

The most painful part so far has been clearing my progress from 15 years ago when I went through the puzzles in Mathematica.

This is how far I got last time before moving on to other things:
May 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Over 25m miles Waymo insurance claims for property damage occur at a rate of 0.36 per million miles, versus 3.08 for human drivers.

Humans cause property damage at ~8.5x the rate of Waymos.

How long until insurance premiums reflect the added risk of having a human behind the wheel? Before 2030?
December 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM