Took a quick day trip this weekend from Wells to Portland on the Amtrak Downeaster and got to see the Wells Area Improvement Project construction progress at the WRTC, plus some '01 inaugural train trip nostalgia NNEPRA project link: share.google/8ryC9DKH9sxJ...

#musicchallenge What's an album whose most popular song is also its worst, musically? I'll offer Duke, which is an excellent album and in my Top 3 by Genesis, but "Misunderstanding" is the relatively weak link (still not a terrible song though)

For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving. An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime. Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.

Took a golden hour walk around the Old Port while in Portland this week. It was cool and windy but well worth it

Fitchburg Cutoff Bikepath last weekend. This area in Cambridge, near Alewife Station, is one of New England's best hubs for regional shared use path connections + transit

Still kind of in shock and not sure what to say. But thank you Jays for going above and beyond expectations and putting in a truly memorable season. #bluejays

Baseball is so great you guys. It's also terrible and mean and no one should love it because it will snap your heart in half. But it's so great.

That is just a devastating way to end the game. Just really tough to watch. Well, forget about it, Jays. Bounce back tomorrow, like you've done so many times

I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet. Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times. Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀 #PublicHealth

Just streamed the documentary "From Rails To Trails" on @pbs.org and WOW is it an amazing slice of American history and transportation advocacy. Highly recommend. @railstotrails.org work is such an embodiment of how good things don't just happen -- we have to organize & fight for them. Check it out

What a game! Still up #bluejays

"Rudy" is my favorite Supertramp song. Underrated, as it's probably in the bottom half of songs by popularity just on its own album (Crime of the Century) #musicsky

DC transit nostalgia at the Seashore Trolley Museum last weekend

I recently discovered the music of Bolivian musician, charanguista, composer, and researcher Rut Alonso and am really enjoying it! #musicsky youtube.com/@rutalonso?s...

"But by the third day I was like, 'Oh, this is actually going to change my life.'" We love reading about cargo bikes full of kids, especially when @npr.org's coverage includes amazing photos from DC's 8th Street NE Cycletrack segment of the East Coast Greenway!

I still can't fully believe the Blue Jays made it to the World Series! Just... wow. What a game. What a series. Tip of the hat to the Mariners for how hard they fought

A disappointing ending, but what a season for the Brewers overall. A lot to be proud of and a lot to look forward to in the coming seasons

Listened to this album earlier today for the first time in a while and was reminded that it's one of those albums that I enjoy from the first song through the last.

My dream of a Jays-Brewers World Series is slipping away. Not sure how the Jays get back in the ALCS, but, for one, they need to figure out how to barrel up more of those sliders, splitters, & sinkers that Ms pitchers attack the zone with.

2 #railtrail rides this past weekend, with beautiful fall weather: Eastern Trail/East Coast Greenway, Scarborough Marsh Rockingham Rail Trail

3 #jazzsky songs from Endea Owens to celebrate National Walk & Roll to School Day this Wednesday... 1/3: "Taking My Kids to School" from this year's album Caught Up In This Illusion w/ Juicy J open.spotify.com/track/4CsAAC...

First time, I think, that my 3 favorite MLB teams are each playing a postseason game on the same day! #bluejays #brewers #tigers

Props to @kenmcld.bsky.social for informing #BikeWalkNC Summit participants about this necessary proposed legislation

Short stroll on the Cocheco Riverwalk, Dover, NH

Finally. The use of screens is a way to cheap out on design and manufacturing. And it’s dangerous. One should never have to take their eyes off the road to look for a function like climate control or anything else. Good design will be kinesthetic and fall to hand.

This is a very good album. A highlight: Clarke's solo on "No Mystery" #jazzsky

Beautiful weather for a morning ride on the Eastern Trail through Scarborough Marsh

Rode the Seabrook-Salisbury Connector today, part of the East Coast Greenway. Connects to the Marsh and Ghost Trails on its south end. One day it will connect to the NH Seacoast Greenway continuing north. @eastcoastgreenway.bsky.social

This article is amazing in how it frames this rural pathway infrastructure. It’s seen as a connector, economic growth catalyst, and an opportunity to change commuting habits. People are genuinely excited about it. This is a breath of fresh air on a bicycle. Read it. winnipegsun.com/news/provinc...

I like this article because, besides just reporting on the extreme flooding and its impacts, it conveys the importance of green infrastructure in absorbing flood water and increasing resilience.

3rd Ave Burlington (MA). Not bad for a redevelopment of an old suburban office park. Wegman's, restaurants, retail, lodging, apartments, bus stops, walkable streets, civic spaces, public art...

Moody St. in Waltham, MA, earlier this beautiful evening. Lots of people using the many parklets

"When finished, the new trail will tie into existing trails that are part of southern Maine’s Eastern Trail and U.S. Bicycle Route 1. It also will become part of the East Coast Greenway; a 3,000-mile, 15-state route along a series of multi-use roads and trails from Maine to Florida."

Walking is really, really, really good for you. Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health: "Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Today (it's still July 20 for 10 min) is a good day to recommend my all-time favorite documentary, Chasing the Moon. Thank you PBS and Robert Stone (director) www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Master Plan was released 35 years ago. I first heard it in HS, recommended by my drum teacher. I was mesmerized by Weckl's technically crisp shredding on "Festival De Ritmo". A rhythm festival indeed #jazzsky

I'm old enough to remember when they were called tomatoes

Two nice NH park floral displays: Prescott Park, Portsmouth, and Henry Law Park in Dover

There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC. But no City agency has posted it on this platform. Please help spread the word. “If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground.”

Closing the gap: Long-sought Eastern Trail project is finally moving toward completion

Cabins at Camp Mystic, the Texas youth camp where 27 people died, had long sat in a flood zone. The camp pursued an expansion project six years ago. Instead of relocating cabins to higher ground, it put new ones in the flood zone.

The Texas flooding news is heartbreaking. Two paragraphs at the end of this CNN article about Camp Mystic are jarring. www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/u...

Tosa Village. It was nice 30-40 years ago when I was growing up, and it's only gotten better since then

Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, WI, with lots of bike parking and a solar sunflower

From a few days ago: pump track at the new Firefly Grove Park, Wauwatosa, WI

Interesting '30s & '40s traffic safety ads at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Though H-D, being a seller of police motorcycles presenting motorcycle police as the panacea for reckless driving, was not a neutral observer, it's still fascinating to see how bold their messaging was.

Skowhegan, ME

Whether it's No Mow May or Let It Bloom June or Leave The Leaves, homeowners are finding more ways to adopt a low mow lifestyle instead of keeping up with short, manicured lawns.

Commercial Alley in Portsmouth, NH: great mix of design, coziness, and uses. A popular bakery, its slightly serpentine path, art, landscaping, and all the people give it visual interest and make it inviting from each intersecting street