What I do when I'm not doing transpo policy? Improv, baby! Next show May 6 at Wild Child, family-friendly venue in downtown Olympia. Come laugh at/with my friends and me! www.improvoly.com/public-calen... #ImprovOly #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #WhoseLine

Tom Flood, Grant Ennis and Brent Toderian of the Urban Truth Collective discuss pushing back on falsehoods and conspiracies through positive messaging around cities.

Join us TOMORROW to learn about how your community can leverage this year's round of funding to advance #VisionZero. We'll cover important, new elements of the program & strategies for crafting strong proposals. Register now: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web...

What I do when I'm not doing transpo policy? Improv, baby! Next show May 6 at Wild Child, family-friendly venue in downtown Olympia. Come laugh at/with my friends and me! www.improvoly.com/public-calen... #ImprovOly #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #WhoseLine

1st WE-bike rebate selections are MONDAY APRIL 13 so if you, your friends or family are thinking of applying the sooner you submit your pre-application the more selection rounds you will be entered into. Monthly drawings! #WSDOTActive #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #WABikes #BikeWA #Bikes4Climate

Love seeing mentions of #WSDOTActive @cascade.org Let's Go program in the wild! 2025 legislative report has stats pg. 22 in wsdot.wa.gov/sites/defaul.... This year's report (December) will have even bigger numbers. #BicyclesChangeLives #KidsBike #KidsDeserveIt #SafeRoutesNow #BikeEverywhere

Fun quiz from @bikeleague.org. I fit into multiple types; luckily you can take it more than once. test-test-o.my.canva.site/what-kind-of... Ref to zompoc in text at the end takes me back to my blog post bikestylelife.com/2018/10/28/1.... #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeEverywhere #BikeLife

IT’S BACK! Applications are NOW OPEN for e-bike rebates through WE-Bike, Washington’s statewide e-bike rebate program. ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com Apply any time 3/30/26-3/29/27. Monthly drawings. #WSDOTActive #BicyclesChangeLives #EBikes #BikeLove #BikeEverywhere #Bicycles #Cycling #BikeShops

Chaucer: "Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licóur Of which vertú engendred is the flour" T.S. Eliot: "April is the cruelest month" Poetry nerds: FIGHTT!!!!!!

EXPLORE & SHARE OUR POSTERS! As we get closer to releasing our first BIG campaign, we’ll keep releasing our “quick hit” posters, and we hope you’ll help us make them viral. Repost/quote-post our posts sharing them, or include them in your OWN posts and ping us! www.urbantruthcollective.com/content

"The right to safe, free, and joyful movement in the world": Dr. Destiny Thomas at the Bike Walk Roll Summit gives us a vision of what designing for the future we want (conference theme) must include, and a history lesson on trauma embedded in pavement.

The CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) did a study from 2017-2023. They found 193 fatalities and 87,400 injuries related to ebikes. In the same period, there were roughly 280,000 traffic fatalities and 15 million injuries on our roads. But yeah, let's make more laws about bicycles. 1/

IT’S BACK! Applications are NOW OPEN for e-bike rebates through WE-Bike, Washington’s statewide e-bike rebate program. ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com Apply any time 3/30/26-3/29/27. Monthly drawings. #WSDOTActive #BicyclesChangeLives #EBikes #BikeLove #BikeEverywhere #Bicycles #Cycling #BikeShops

As a long-time (now former) Spokane resident, I have to vote for the Spokane River Centennial Trail in the USA Today contest. Love this trail! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/spoka... #trails #RailTrails #BikeSPO

I love Amtrak Cascades! Just edited 30 pages of a document and drank my good coffee from home while heading to Seattle for the Safe Mobility Conference. I have my folding bike Tessa in the baggage car. Train+bike travel is the best! #trains #BicyclesChangeLives

The e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS is available for just $1.99 on @bookshop.org for a limited time! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...

As a long-time (now former) Spokane resident, I have to vote for the Spokane River Centennial Trail in the USA Today contest. Love this trail! 10best.usatoday.com/awards/spoka... #trails #RailTrails #BikeSPO

Hoping to reach journalists/editors: - When you're writing about legislation, whether proposed or enacted, include a link to official info page on the bill. - When you're writing about research, include a link to the study. Why? I'll read your work before a piece by someone who doesn't do this.

Additional note: Our whole team teleworks, with quarterly in-person all-staff meetings. We have one cluster in Olympia, another in Seattle, so it's also possible to see people in person at other times. 😆 You can live anywhere in the state and be on the team. #WSDOTActive

Want to work with the awesome team at WSDOT Active Transportation Division? Now's your chance! Hiring for a nonpermanent position focused on advancing pedestrian access statewide. Apply by Wednesday, March 11. (Yes, tight turnaround) www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wash... #WSDOTActive #Accessibility

Really love this series of old transportation study covers @rmartincole.bsky.social shares in this thread. "The carless" have been with us forever--and yet we still haven't solved the problems of getting around without a vehicle. Maybe it's time we did that.

15 seconds of peace. The waterfall is courtesy of UPS, in Seattle's Pioneer Square.

New on my blog: A collection of poems you may need as you experience pain and yet still find beauty in this broken world. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-ro...

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are. — C.S. Lewis

Thoughts on the 15-minute city--by bike. bikestylelife.com/2024/12/07/h...

For the folks in Olympia, WA: Tonight #ImprovOly has an open rehearsal 6:30-8 at Wild Child. An open rehearsal is interactive if you want to try improv, or you can just come and laugh at other people trying improv with our troupe. www.improvoly.com/calendar #ImprovOly #LaughOutLoud #Improv

WSDOT Walk + Roll gives you a look back at some great completed Safe Routes to School projects, bills in #WAleg related to active transportation, training, research. Subscribe! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD... #WSDOTActive #transportation #SafeRoutesNow #KidsDeserveIt

Example of the critical thinking we need to place crash types and devices into the larger context of traffic safety. The biggest issues on our streets are the biggest things on our streets, period. #RoadSafety #VisionZero #CrashNotAccident #SafetyOverSpeed #CarCulture #CarBloat #motornormativity

WTS Puget Sound South Sound event Feb. 5: Transportation policy discussion in the state capital during the legislative session. What could be more timely? Get your ticket before they're all gone. www.eventbrite.com/e/wts-south-... #WALeg #WATransport #transportation

What a gorgeous bridge! With room for everyone to travel in comfort.

Hi! Did you receive an e-bike rebate last year (provided thru @wsdot.wa.gov) and use it to purchase a bike? I’d love to chat with you about how e-bike access affected your travel habits and options, for the WSDOT Blog! Please DM me here or contact Hannah dot Weinberger at WSDOT dot WA dot gov.

WTS Puget Sound South Sound event Feb. 5: Transportation policy discussion in the state capital during the legislative session. What could be more timely? Get your ticket before they're all gone. www.eventbrite.com/e/wts-south-... #WALeg #WATransport #transportation

“There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don’t speak, they have changed you.” --Mary Quinn, 2010

Last January's review of posts I've written in the month of January biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/01/reru.... #BikeTooter #cycling #BicyclesChangeLives #kindness #resolutions #intentions #NewYear #recipes

My post for Winter Solstice, with links to poems and essays. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/12/wint... We're always turning toward the light as long as we keep going. #solstice #WinterSolstice #darkness #light #seasons #poetry #poem #poems #PoemADay #TodaysPoem

Reading through posts I wrote for Winter Solstice the past few years with collections of poetry, readings, and other links. 2024: biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/12/wint... 2023: biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/12/wint... 2022: biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2022/12/wint...

Just give me a world where we can walk/roll to most things. That’s it.

Not one but two very nice bus drivers for Intercity Transit helped me make a tight connection this morning. I heart bus drivers! 🚌🥳

It is literally life and death if you speed

Happy Black Friday, the day for: - appreciating the silky softness of my cat's fur as he snoozes on my lap - reading poetry - sipping hot coffee - looking at trees - looking at the sky - leisurely cooking - doing some gentle yoga - possibly napping

“It’s cold today—so much for global warming!” Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!

Thanks + Giving: A poetry collection I rounded up last year and some thoughts about Native American Heritage Day biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/11/than.... Hat tip to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for the fabulous graphic, which she posted here last year.

Wrote this 3 years ago. Would love to update if you know of bike/walk work by/with Indigenous people in the Americas. bikestylelife.com/2022/11/27/w... #NDN #Indigenous #cycling #BikeSky #BicyclesChangeLives #PedestrianDignity #RoadSafety #SafeRoutesNow #walking #walkability #VisionZero #trails

AASHTO annual meeting Council on Active Transportation. Toks Omashakin, former chair of the CAT and now head of CalSTA, sharing his thoughts. "We're in the mobility business--not the infrastructure business. When we change that prism, priority becomes people first." #transportation #AASHTO

Civic Participant To-Do List: - Check local election results. ✔️ - Feel good about being a regular voter, especially when turnout is low. ✔️ - Donate to my local food bank. ✔️ (setting up a recurring donation) What's on your list? Don't stop after Election Day.

Where I'll be Wed. night: On stage with ImprovOly at Wild Child in downtown Olympia. Love performing with my friends! www.improvoly.com/public-calen... #OlympiaWA #OlympiaEvents #OlyWA #ImprovComedy #Improv #Comedy #LaughOutLoud #WhoseLineIsItAnyway

What I did all day yesterday. And by all day I mean I started at 9:30am and finally sat down at 8:15pm, with one short break to make and eat a sandwich somewhere around 2-ish. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/11/when... #FoodInJars #FoodPreservation #Canning #recipes #food #jam #jelly #cooking

Labu-BOO! Remember that the scariest thing on the road tonight should be a child dressed as a pop culture reference you’re too old to understand. Be extra cautious driving today, and keep an eye out for trick-or-treaters. Happy Halloween!