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

the big mac.

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!

Good God. Someone stop them. NOW. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10... #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas

‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First Nov. 4, 12pm EST Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities. Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU

My husband's nickname for me, which he thinks of as my superpower and possibly my Halloween costume, is Supermodal. Today: Walk to bus stop. Take 2 Rapid Rides. Amtrak Cascades to Olympia. Car passenger home. Not the most modes I've ever used in one day, though. How many modes will you use today?

Given the Link light rail's rapid expansion, Seattle now has the fastest transit ridership growth of any major US metro area, beating out the continued recovery of DC

A collection of poems about September to rest your mind from all the rest of the things. biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-ye...

🍫 🍪 Amidst all that's bad, at least we still have International Chocolate Day. 🍫 🍪

Vertigo attack sidelined my plans for the day, which made me think of a couple of my blog posts on biking, time, and being in the moment. bikestylelife.com/2011/09/14/b... bikestylelife.com/2011/09/24/i... #BikeSky #productivity #mindfulness #BikeTime #attitude #BicyclesChangeLives

A back-to-school post: some homework if you're interested in working for better biking and waking in your state. bikestylelife.com/2024/12/01/a... #AdvocacyMatters #transportation #ActiveTransport #activism #MobilityJustice #BikeSky #walking #accessibility #legislature

Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics. #WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment

We're entering the season for these recipes or others like them. What are your favorite ways to use or preserve apples and pears? biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/appl... biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/pear... #FoodInJars #CanningSeason #PreservingFood #jam #RecipeOfTheDay #TodaysRecipe

I did a triathlon today! Well, my version of one anyway. bikestylelife.com/2023/06/11/c... #triathlon #walking #cycling #yoga #BikeEverywhere #ChooseAdventure

E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD... #WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive

E-bike lending libraries! Making walking/biking better on current/old highways! WSDOT Active Transportation Walk + Roll E-News Special Edition! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAD... #WABikes #WAWalks #ActiveTransport #infrastructure #EBikes #BicyclesChangeLives #BikeLibraries #WSDOTActive

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Public comment time! WA Comprehensive Climate Action Plan waclimatepartnership.org/en/. How well do you think it addresses opportunities for active transportation? Many topics. #WAClimate #ClimateResilience #Planning #ActiveTransport #cycling #walkability #CompleteStreets #EBikes #environment

Thank you yet again, Wayback Machine, for access to federal resources. This time: web.archive.org/web/20241128... Achieving stated federal goals for pedestrian safety suggests access to a page of information such as this, doesn't it? #transportation #infrastructure #cycling #walking #RoadSafety

Seville: "Cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes?" Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.

Oslo: 0 people walking or biking were killed in 2019. "Oslo has implemented 50 kilometers of bike lanes, removed parking spaces equivalent to 4,250 cars from its streets, installed around 500 speed humps, and lowered speed limits" Transformational change is possible with bold leadership.

The primary reason for road wear is weight. Modern cars weight much more. EVs are even heavier. Other modes of transportation (e.g. bicycles), smaller cars and less sprawl (less roads to maintain) will fix those issues.

Peak August: Forecast for 96 at our house today. Cooling trend starts tomorrow, thankfully. Good day to revisit my roundup of August poems biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-ye....

When you post only a video on your page you leave out everyone who can't watch it (you didn't provide an audio description of the visuals in the video, I bet, + no transcript). Plus everyone who would rather read than watch because it's faster [raises hand]. #MoveEquity #accessibility #ProTip

I just read that August 8 is Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day. This is the holiday we all need. Or is it just me? No, no, I'm sure it isn't.

If the idea of robot vehicles exempt from safety standards worries you Then you should also be worried that the safety standards do not include any standards for the safety of people outside of vehicles to begin with Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking will be a standard in 2029, hopefully

Delighted to read this news from my former hometown. Way to go, Spokane! Thanks, @lisaforprogress.bsky.social, Jon Snyder, Kitty Klitzke, Paul Dillon. Proud to know leaders doing this work to make streets work better for everyone. www.krem.com/article/news... #CompleteStreets #RoadSafety

THIS. Voice to text on my Samsung Android thinks I want to start a new sentence whenever I say "so". Right in line with @humantransit.bsky.social comment about not understanding use of the comma. Plus it doesn't add a space, phone thinks it's a weird nonexistent website that ends in .so, makes link.

As we leave July, my look back a year ago at some favorite posts from this month over the years biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/07/reru.... Surprise! I write a lot about riding my bike. #BikeSky #BikeEverywhere #BicyclesChangeLives

Requested from my library. Went through Dr. Deguzman's Dignity Institute in 2020 and she provided training for some of my colleagues. Love her approach.

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Let's talk instead about children who go to bed hungry. Children who don't have a bed to sleep in. Children killed just trying to walk to school in places with no sidewalks. So many issues that matter, that we can fix without hurting someone's ability to live their own life as who they are.

Before we leave July, my roundup of poetry about this month biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-ye.... Nothing about holidays--these are about the time of year, the season, what July feels like (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least).

'“Cyclists” are not a unique species of urban resident; they are simply people who decide to bike instead of using another mode.... magic happens when a city’s bike network is expansive enough to safely accommodate the bulk of regular trips.' [email protected] #WordsMatter #transportation

"The capacity of a community to tell the truth about their past is a test for how the future will be enacted." --Pádraig Ó Tuama, Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, writing about "Battlegrounds" by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo poets.org/poem/battleg... #truth #history #future #poetry

In a national research panel meeting and someone from another state DOT dropped a link to @seattlebikeblog.com on UW handlebar sensor research www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/05/19/u.... #RoadSafety #BikeSky #BikeData #cycling

"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available". Climate benefits PLUS congestion relief! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Bikes4Climate #EBikes #WhyWeRide #BikesHelpDrivers #BikeEverywhere #Traffic

Heading toward Disability Independence Day July 26 (ADA signed into law). Read about Easy Read abilitynet.org.uk/factsheets/w.... We can do even better at communicating clearly, making info accessible to more people. #accessibility #writing #DisabilityJustice #disability #ADA

Great to have so many people show up to talk about how we imagine a different transportation future that works for everyone. I lived in Spokane for many years and am happy every time I go back to see more and more good bike connections.

Absolutely! Takes me back to Alissa Walker's @awalkerinla.bsky.social writing about the 2018 LA fires. la.curbed.com/2018/12/13/1... #BikeEverywhere #EmergencyResponse #CarCulture

With the complete switch to e-mobility, Vienna will become “the first European metropolis where parcels, letters, brochures, newspapers and magazines are delivered entirely CO2-free on the last mile."

Shade is 100% essential for people when they're walking, biking, rolling, especially as places get hotter and more people have fewer choices. It isn't only trees--bus shelters, sheltered bike parking and more. #CompleteStreets #StreetTrees #LivableStreets #PeopleStreets