I’m finding it harder and harder to carve out enough reading time these days but I did get some good ones in this year.

When countless cities are suffering from a massive housing shortage, keeping existing urban golf courses in place is indefensible. Seen here, the hole-in-one is transformed into housing, with the next phase of denser development on the right side set to begin in 2026. Carmel, IN

It’s 36F out and like any good Michigander I’m sitting in my driveway, drinking a Bell’s beer and smoking an entire deer leg.

Looking for gluten free vegan options within walking distance (for kids) of Campus Martius or along the Qline.

We all say we want the street on the left, but the street on the right is the receipt for our online shopping habits. You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.

Paradise Valley, Detroit, before-and-after highway construction and urban renewal (seen in a publicity photo of the Graf Zeppelin making its way back from the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago). More info and photos of the neighborhood here: segregationbydesign.com/detroit/hast...

Who’s going to tell the Steelers mascot, Steely McBeam, that he’s actually been carrying around a prestressed concrete I-beam this whole time?

Hey, that’s not MUTCD compliant!

My toxic trait is constantly reminding you all that riding bikes for transportation is super fun. Even in winter.

What are the best urban greenways you’re aware of? I’m thinking of things like the Dequindre Cut and Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit. What others are done really well?

From my hometown of Alpena, MI. The old mill recently reopened as a the Alpena Flour Mill Coffee Shop for coffee and sweets.

I was more than eager to pick up our CSA share this morning after the sugar rush last night.

IYKYK

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

People killed by some imaginary safety issue with rainbow crosswalks: 0 People killed trying to cross U.S. street (where unsafe conditions are the accepted norm): 7,148 last year alone. Priorities!

Bikey people are big mad about this post but it really does touch on something worth sitting with for a while.

Pike Place Market enjoying four months of sales growth since pedestrianizing?! If only there was some sort of lesson here that other cities could pull from…

This is basically my politics.

The Lions really do have the most fun.

Sign o’ the times.

Skateboarding is a public act of joy!

The goal of good infrastructure is freedom from fear. At 6 months pregnant, my wife can ride because this physically separated path eliminates the threat of motorists. ​This is what women in advocacy fight for, not just paint, but genuinely safe, forgiving spaces that enable true mobility choice.

The silver lining of a rainy Sunday when the Lions aren’t playing is that I can get around to clearing off the work bench for some much needed bike maintenance.

High viz doesn't mean shit when people are staring at their phones.

I’m bike curious…. Handsome Cycles out of Minneapolis, MN - yay or nay?

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The main reason city streets are dangerous for children isn’t because of crime. It’s because of cars.

Despicable

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it"

Thinking about the time I was checking out the new play street and this swol lifted diesel blows by, slams on its brakes, and reverses back to me. I’m thinking, “ok, here we go…” Gruff diesel dude: “That’s a f-ing sweet bike, man!” I know, my man. I know.

Recruiting for my neighborhood bike bus is going…okay. But the apathy is real.

This weekend, SDOT crews delivered hardened protection along the E Yesler Way bike lanes between Boren Ave and 14th Ave, funded by the Seattle Transportation Levy. See where else Even Better Bike Lanes are coming soon: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

“Prepping” for my next meeting.

"The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking," as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text." Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

Itty bitty first haul from the bloom and gloom garden this year.

You can fit a ridiculous number of pumpkins on a cargo bike 🎃

Do it for the fellas

In case anyone was wondering how it went.

Making it smaller makes it more fun.

The best “infrastructure” is really boring. In this case, it’s the humble elevator for the win!

The cargo bike be cargo biking. #carryshitolympics

Participating in a university-led sustainability summit today and all the info so far has been about where to park your car. #airball

So Flint, Michigan gave $1,500 to all pregnant people, plus $500 each month for the first year of the child’s young life. It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions. The right thing, AND cheaper.

Biking through a city at night can sometimes be a spiritual experience. The glow of traffic lights. The reflections on wet pavement. You notice everything but no one really notices you. It’s perfect.

Hosting our first Park(ing) Day event in Kalamazoo this Friday. Come join us if you’re around.

And having a reliable car is the other 60%.

🧵Quick thread about how dense neighborhoods cultivate community (and FUN!) My fiancée and I switch off planning date nights. But this week we had to improvise since we are both super busy. I saw on TikTok that a band was playing a free concert on the lake, so we biked over on a whim. It was PACKED.

94% of Parisians live within a 5-minute walk of a bakery. My kingdom for urbanism this good in the US.

Rest in power, soldier! 🫡 #TheWarOnCars *apparently this bike was hit while parked and no one was physically hurt