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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 6h

How you know you need more bike parking

A bicycle locked to a fence on top of a wall

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · 11h

Car-free streets? Bus lanes? Yes please!

We’re excited about the pilot projects bringing people-first street design to Broadway this month.

These are promising solutions on our city’s most visible street, and we hope they lead to long-term improvements and similar efforts around the city!

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Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · 1d

Aftyn Behn will be the Democratic nominee for the 7th District special election to replace Mark Green.

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 1d

This was the other side of the street 🙃

Police vehicles parked opposite a lot of cars illegally parked in the bike lane

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 1d

And the inevitable hub response

A hub Nashville request closed with "gone on arrival"

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 1d

Thought we were supposed to have some kind of plan for loading and unloading downtown that wasn't just...park a ton of cars in the bike lane all day

Cars illegally parked in the Demonbreun bike lane

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Pete @pete-nash.bsky.social · 1d

I think we all intuitively know that long commutes mean less sleep and poorer health outcomes. Researchers in Japan measured it, and a commute longer than 52 minutes is as bad as insomnia.

Building our city for long commutes is literally hazardous to our health.

scitechdaily.com/scientists-e...

Scientists Expose How Housing and Commutes Steal Sleep

City living’s hidden cost: long commutes and small homes are quietly stealing your sleep.

scitechdaily.com

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 2d

Got to try out our new accessory today

A tern cargo bike with a rain shield and a happy child inside

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much to everyone who came out for our cargo bike event yesterday!

Turns out people in Nashville do ride bikes, and they do it with babies and toddlers and big kids and dogs and groceries and lots and lots of joy. ❤️

People hanging out at the cargo bike show and tell

Lots of people and bikes at the cargo bike show and tell

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. And there are two lanes for general traffic and only one for bikes. Plus tons of street parking and a whole parking lot right next door. Instead they always somehow manage to block the tiny bit of space that's *not* for cars

Google street view showing lots of space for cars and very little for bikes

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning to everyone except the NDOT truck parked in the Music Row bike lane

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 3d

@jspencersharpe.bsky.social trying out a new ride

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P @pwgarner.bsky.social · 3d

like moths to a light

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 3d

@currylee.bsky.social is having some complex emotions here

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful morning for a cargo bike party!

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 4d

We got kids and live music at @currylee.bsky.social's fall fest

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 5d

Come finish the week out strong and learn how to make every week #WeekWithoutDriving!

A flyer for the cargo bike show and tell on October 5th

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East Nashville Urban Design @urbaneastnash.bsky.social · 5d

Year 3 of raising $ for Napier Fall Festival. A community in South Nashville.

Giving kids a Happy Halloween.
$ goes to:
pumpkins, cider, donuts, & face paint.

If we raise more it will go to other community needs like field trips for the kids.

gofund.me/385e89877

Donate to Support Napier Community Fall Festival, organized by DJ Sullivan

We are raising funds for The Fall Festival in the Napier Community in South Nashvil… DJ Sullivan needs your support for Support Napier Community Fall Festival

gofund.me

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 6d

On the 7 en route to a work dinner. Because no one should have to drive to Green Hills.

View from a bus window looking out on a lot of traffic

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East Nashville Urban Design @urbaneastnash.bsky.social · 6d

Cargo bike meet-up in East Nashville this SUNDAY. 👇

You don't need a cargo bike to attend.

Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 22d

New flyer just dropped - come join us!

A flyer for a cargo bike show and tell event

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 6d

We often assume seniors rely on driving and can't use active transportation for their daily needs, but often it's the reverse: many people become unable to drive as they age. This #WeekWithoutDriving, I'm thinking of my great aunt and others like her who get around without a car.

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 6d

Who are non drivers?

@nrdc.org repport finds:

-34 million disabled people
-47 million young people (over 10 who don't own cars)
-5.6 million people who are 75+
-Millions of others who don't own their own vehicle

#WeekWithoutDriving

www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...

Who Doesn’t Have a Car?

A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

www.nrdc.org

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks man! It's Sunday 🙂

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 7d

So they just...took away the cars and everything got better?

A screenshot from a Nashville Banner article about parking at the Titans stadium https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/30/tennessee-titans-parking-east-bank-nissan-stadium/

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 7d

Every time.

We are constantly told how important community input is.

Until that input questions car dominance, then it's conveniently ignored.

Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 7d

City planners did all the overdone outreach process, got told everyone supports bus lanes, didn’t like that outcome so they opted for a closed door private meeting with the 4 people who didn’t like bus lanes and said we must cancel them

This is called reverse engineering

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 7d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

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