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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 13h

Throw regular bicycles on there for a chuckle 😊

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Car Lite San Mateo @carlitesanmateo.bsky.social · 13h

Updated this chart because it was missing an important option. You don't need to use an e-bike for all trips for it to save you a lot of money!

$0.70/100 miles is also a worst-case scenario. Your cost is likely much cheaper than this.

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 23h

Goals

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

Probably! 🥴

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

How much you think the sign cost?

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

You have to laugh: the scope of this "micromobility hub project" is re-poured curb cuts at a couple of crosswalks & some painted bicycle logos in the street. Total cost $350k. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am--how's that for "micromobility"?! 😂

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

You have to laugh: the scope of this "micromobility hub project" is re-poured curb cuts at a couple of crosswalks & some painted bicycle logos in the street. Total cost $350k. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am--how's that for "micromobility"?! 😂

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

No time to commute!

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 1d

For those without enough home space to comfortably work from home it is a reprieve. Otherwise they’re paying more (rent or buy) for more residential WFH space that they pay out of pocket, post-tax. Office mandates are not a fringe benefit, but having a paid-for office you can optionally visit is

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile I have coworkers who jokingly say that they only come to the office to take advantage of free charging for their EVs. I myself go to the office irregularly (my boss and boss's boss both work fully remotely ex-California, where my employer's based)--I am speaking only on my own behalf.

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 2d

To me, the pronounced divergence in commercial vs. residential property prices will be felt for a century to come. Laboring requires space--not for children. Offices are an untaxed employee fringe benefit--but employees have to pay to live and commute there to obtain the benefit!

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 2d

The COVID shelter-in-place guidance and resulting work-from-home boom has resulted in a massive shift in land use (and property values). What are some the most interesting changes, in your eyes?

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

"Well, you know"

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent timing for this content—this is an economic and public health moment

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a banger 🔥

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Just picked up a new read from @carterlavin.bsky.social & @islandpress.bsky.social !

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Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Some nice Tour de France photos

mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Please post to /r/SanMateo!

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Car Lite San Mateo @carlitesanmateo.bsky.social · 4d

From 2007 to 2023 the number of cars in San Mateo went up by 20% while the area needed to store them jumped by 30%. How car bloat contributes to our city feeling full of cars: www.carlitesanmateo.com/blog/sm-car-...

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Driver nowhere to be seen, requiring me to walk into the roadway to pass this portion of sidewalk

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

#WeekWithoutDriving riding my bike behind a cute tourist couple, riding e-scooters down Market Street in San Francisco. Then came across a friend group of 3 headed to dinner together

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 4d

Check out the Kwiggle

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

If this is military training, what is he training them for?

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mmautner @mmautner.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks

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