The Lexington Streetsweeper
@lexstreetsweeper.bsky.social
Urbanist and historian in Lexington Ky. Passionate for better urban development and quality urban growth. Mass transit, both inter-city and intra-city proponent.
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Rental cargo bike dropoff service - courtesy of fantastic Bunch Dad Shelby and the Mockins hitch rack we now sell on our website! #bunchfam #cargobike #access
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Rental cargo bike dropoff service - courtesy of fantastic Bunch Dad Shelby and the Mockins hitch rack we now sell on our website! #bunchfam #cargobike #access
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“For the first time since 1959, it is now legal to build new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods across Toronto.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“For the first time since 1959, it is now legal to build new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods across Toronto.”
Linde’s electricity use in 2024 exceeded that of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Electronics Co. as well as oil giant TotalEnergies SE, while the power use of Air Liquide and Air Products was comparable to that of Shell PLC. and Microsoft Corp.
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight
There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Linde’s electricity use in 2024 exceeded that of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Electronics Co. as well as oil giant TotalEnergies SE, while the power use of Air Liquide and Air Products was comparable to that of Shell PLC. and Microsoft Corp.
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases. Three companies — Linde PLC, Air Liquide SA and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. — control 70% of the $120 billion global market for industrial gases.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases. Three companies — Linde PLC, Air Liquide SA and Air Products and Chemicals Inc. — control 70% of the $120 billion global market for industrial gases.
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@xkcd.com, welcome to The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@xkcd.com, welcome to The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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🚶♀️🚦 New paper!
How income disparity shapes pedestrian safety in Florida:
📊 Pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries disproportionately affect lower-income neighbourhoods.
🏙️ Call for equity-focused safety design
🔗 bit.ly/3L3Hqam
#UrbanPlanning #TransportEquity #PedestrianSafety #UrbanMobility
How income disparity shapes pedestrian safety in Florida:
📊 Pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries disproportionately affect lower-income neighbourhoods.
🏙️ Call for equity-focused safety design
🔗 bit.ly/3L3Hqam
#UrbanPlanning #TransportEquity #PedestrianSafety #UrbanMobility
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🚶♀️🚦 New paper!
How income disparity shapes pedestrian safety in Florida:
📊 Pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries disproportionately affect lower-income neighbourhoods.
🏙️ Call for equity-focused safety design
🔗 bit.ly/3L3Hqam
#UrbanPlanning #TransportEquity #PedestrianSafety #UrbanMobility
How income disparity shapes pedestrian safety in Florida:
📊 Pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries disproportionately affect lower-income neighbourhoods.
🏙️ Call for equity-focused safety design
🔗 bit.ly/3L3Hqam
#UrbanPlanning #TransportEquity #PedestrianSafety #UrbanMobility
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This is a COPY & PASTE Moment #TOpoli
"@lauragmitchell.com says getting a cargo bike was a "game changer" for her family. So, earlier this year, she started the @mplscargobikelibrary.com, where residents can check out a bike for free, to test it out, or for the occasional trip to a big box store."
"@lauragmitchell.com says getting a cargo bike was a "game changer" for her family. So, earlier this year, she started the @mplscargobikelibrary.com, where residents can check out a bike for free, to test it out, or for the occasional trip to a big box store."
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9
Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is a COPY & PASTE Moment #TOpoli
"@lauragmitchell.com says getting a cargo bike was a "game changer" for her family. So, earlier this year, she started the @mplscargobikelibrary.com, where residents can check out a bike for free, to test it out, or for the occasional trip to a big box store."
"@lauragmitchell.com says getting a cargo bike was a "game changer" for her family. So, earlier this year, she started the @mplscargobikelibrary.com, where residents can check out a bike for free, to test it out, or for the occasional trip to a big box store."
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This sort of petty nonsense from the lawless goon we have as a president is why I believe we need to find a way to withhold funds from the federal government until there is more fiscal accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...
Trump to Withhold $18 Billion for New York-Area Transit Projects
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This sort of petty nonsense from the lawless goon we have as a president is why I believe we need to find a way to withhold funds from the federal government until there is more fiscal accountability.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...
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@chrismoise.ca,
Rather than disabling quote posts, consider why you were ratioed and reflect on the underlying issue.
Acknowledging the mistake and exploring actual, equitable solutions like protected bike infrastructure would address the root cause of this sidewalk symptom.
Rather than disabling quote posts, consider why you were ratioed and reflect on the underlying issue.
Acknowledging the mistake and exploring actual, equitable solutions like protected bike infrastructure would address the root cause of this sidewalk symptom.
July 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
@chrismoise.ca,
Rather than disabling quote posts, consider why you were ratioed and reflect on the underlying issue.
Acknowledging the mistake and exploring actual, equitable solutions like protected bike infrastructure would address the root cause of this sidewalk symptom.
Rather than disabling quote posts, consider why you were ratioed and reflect on the underlying issue.
Acknowledging the mistake and exploring actual, equitable solutions like protected bike infrastructure would address the root cause of this sidewalk symptom.
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The best way for my councillor @chrismoise.ca to discourage folks riding a bike or scooter from doing so on our sidewalks is to do more to install an expansive and well-connected bike network throughout our ward and beyond.
These decals, like blocking replies and quote posts, are not a good look.
These decals, like blocking replies and quote posts, are not a good look.
July 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The best way for my councillor @chrismoise.ca to discourage folks riding a bike or scooter from doing so on our sidewalks is to do more to install an expansive and well-connected bike network throughout our ward and beyond.
These decals, like blocking replies and quote posts, are not a good look.
These decals, like blocking replies and quote posts, are not a good look.
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When very well used bus lanes are asphalt and not reinforced concrete, the wheels of buses over time will destroy them. (Fifth ave)
July 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
When very well used bus lanes are asphalt and not reinforced concrete, the wheels of buses over time will destroy them. (Fifth ave)
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While the Department of Justice is meeting in secret with Ghislaine Maxwell to coach her on testimony, it is hiding from us three discs containing court-authorized recordings of her phone calls. [Source: ABC News] That is the REAL evidence. And this is a cover-up.
July 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While the Department of Justice is meeting in secret with Ghislaine Maxwell to coach her on testimony, it is hiding from us three discs containing court-authorized recordings of her phone calls. [Source: ABC News] That is the REAL evidence. And this is a cover-up.
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So it's somehow a major transportation project to add a bike lane but not one to remove it ?????
BREAKING: Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo has ruled that modification of the Bedford Avenue Bike Lane is "not a major transportation project" and has cleared the way for the removal of three blocks of protected bike lane.
July 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So it's somehow a major transportation project to add a bike lane but not one to remove it ?????
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Felon Don replaces the rose garden at the White House with a concrete slab. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
June 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Felon Don replaces the rose garden at the White House with a concrete slab. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
Whatever works!!
Saw a family on cargo bikes on LOI parkway yesterday causing multiple drivers behind them to actually do the speed limit. I love this so much 😊
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Whatever works!!
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"...doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work."
FACT: The more people choosing to walk, bike & take public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for EVERYONE, including DRIVERS.
Anyone claiming that less car dependency is a “war on cars” doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work.
It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.
Anyone claiming that less car dependency is a “war on cars” doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work.
It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"...doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work."
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We are now edging on two hours late. I have no idea how we will ever convince Oregonians, anyone in the U.S. to get out of their cars if this is what mass transit is like.
2nd time taking #Amtrak Portland-Salem and back to cover #orleg. Again trip delayed by an hour+ due to mechanical issues. Friend just took 30 mph train Seattle-Portland bc of mechanical issues. We are in dark ages while rest of world blows past us on mass transit.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/u...
Amtrak Pays Executives Six-Figure Bonuses as Losses Continue (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We are now edging on two hours late. I have no idea how we will ever convince Oregonians, anyone in the U.S. to get out of their cars if this is what mass transit is like.
Lexington Ky needs to have a cargo bike rental facility.
Rentals should really come with a serious parental hazard alert! WARNING: Your child will become an avid cargo bike advocate and will drive you crazy until you get a cargo bike
We’ll be here support you at pick up to make sure you get acquainted with the bike before you roll away.
Warning: so far every child that’s been on one of our bikes has had rave reviews.
We’ll need to get you the @bunchbike.com sometime soon!
Warning: so far every child that’s been on one of our bikes has had rave reviews.
We’ll need to get you the @bunchbike.com sometime soon!
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lexington Ky needs to have a cargo bike rental facility.
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Trump is trying to manufacture a crisis in LA County — deploying troops not for order, but to create chaos.
Don’t take the bait. Never use violence or harm law enforcement.
Don’t take the bait. Never use violence or harm law enforcement.
June 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump is trying to manufacture a crisis in LA County — deploying troops not for order, but to create chaos.
Don’t take the bait. Never use violence or harm law enforcement.
Don’t take the bait. Never use violence or harm law enforcement.
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America’s gas pipeline buildout is mainly for exports—not energy independence
America’s gas pipeline buildout is mainly for exports—not energy independence
These projects, meanwhile, will "extend our dependency on natural gas for decades."
www.motherjones.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
America’s gas pipeline buildout is mainly for exports—not energy independence
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My story and feelings are very similar to this author. More people should have the option of (and ability to afford) a walkable neighborhood, and it's why I got into my work with @moreneighbors.org
My new column at Governing is on my family's choice to take the convenience of an urban neighborhood over a larger home and yard.
Not everyone wants to raise kids in this environment, but more families should be able to make this choice if they want to: www.governing.com/urban/high-d...
Not everyone wants to raise kids in this environment, but more families should be able to make this choice if they want to: www.governing.com/urban/high-d...
High-Density Housing Is for Families, Too — and We Need More of It
Not everyone who wants to live in a dense walkable neighborhood is able to do so. A morass of regulations stands in the way.
www.governing.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My story and feelings are very similar to this author. More people should have the option of (and ability to afford) a walkable neighborhood, and it's why I got into my work with @moreneighbors.org
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"Restrictive zoning doesn't protect the character of our communities, in fact, by driving young people & working families out... we're sacrificing the very fabric of our communities.
For all that MA gets right... we're failing our residents when it comes to housing." @juliancyr.bsky.social
For all that MA gets right... we're failing our residents when it comes to housing." @juliancyr.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Restrictive zoning doesn't protect the character of our communities, in fact, by driving young people & working families out... we're sacrificing the very fabric of our communities.
For all that MA gets right... we're failing our residents when it comes to housing." @juliancyr.bsky.social
For all that MA gets right... we're failing our residents when it comes to housing." @juliancyr.bsky.social