I got hit by a car while biking through the University District of Columbus. Here's the video, if you want to watch that: https://bsky.app/profile/benlk.com/post/3m2ep4eghcc2f

OHGO Traffic Camera: (City of Columbus) Cleveland Ave at Hudson St Camera View Lat/Lng: 40.013647, -82.967476

@makingarecord Is that printmaking class you mentioned still offered by its host org? I suddenly have a reason to learn that skillset.

@reece Did your Substack get hacked? This article is written as if you're an American, not a Canadian: https://reecemartin.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-us-responsibility

Went looking for a #noaa weather radio, discovered that there's a ton of options, then discovered that you can get walkie-talkies with NOAA, and that a well-reputed model is not an #frs radio but a #GMRS radio, and then went looking for GMRS info in the local area .... Okay, that's a rabbithole […]

Interesting that Councilmember Wyche identifies stormwater management as a significant cost source for building bike paths and transit. #transitcolumbus #columbus

The City of #columbus is hosting another hearing about the Route 161 rezoning: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/3e27483 Watch live tonight at 5:30 p.m.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_COAZ2E5qQ #zoning #Ohio

Bike-To-Work Day is tomorrow in #columbus, Ohio! Ride with me from the Linden Community Center at 7:30 to Downtown, along the new Hudson Street shared-use path and the old Summit/3rd Street bike lane.

What's the best social-media platform for organizing an #event, other than Facebook #events?

Lunch thought: are you supposed to wear closed-toe shoes when _riding_ heavy machinery? Such as, for example, like, #trains?

OHGO Traffic Camera: (City of Columbus) Cleveland Ave at Hudson St Camera View Lat/Lng: 40.013647, -82.967476

Strong Towns Columbus is holding a social hour tonight at Suzie Cue pool hall on 4th street. For more details, check the calendar at https://strongtownscolumbus.org

@ingrid a sentence: "This will decrease the volume of PTTs that can be handled during this period and users might get a bonk when trying to key the radio." From https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/3dbd431 Bonk.

I ordered a #meshtastic device from #rakwireless, and have zero idea when it's going to show up. Shopify wants me to install an app to see tracking, and it's through a courier in any case. No idea how tariffs are going to impact the purchase, either. Anyone have advice?

Norwegians _loves_ it when foreigners says something nice about us! So of course a great video saying that we're doing something right gets an article in one of the two biggest local newspapers in the relevant city! :D And if you haven't seen the video from […] [Original post on tutoteket.no]

Get an update on the One Linden Plan next Tuesday, March 25, at the Ohio History Center. RSVP at https://www.onelinden.org/rsvp

Oh hey reminder that there's a City Council primary in Columbus this May: https://ballotpedia.org/City_elections_in_Columbus,_Ohio_(2025)

I will *not* make a dashboard for tracking progress on Columbus Vision Zero tonight. https://vision-zero-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/pages/vision-zero-action-plan-progress But maybe later.

If you're a fan of Isochrone maps and US census data (and who isn't?) Dan Snow just released https://opentimes.org/ and it's spectacular - I published some notes about it here, there's some very clever data engineering going on under the hood https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/17/opentimes/

Something #columbus -area fantasy transit maps never seem to take into account: Where does the service yard go?

Missing #wikipedia Lists: List of zoos with trains

On the one hand: got honked at because I was only biking 20mph when crossing I-71 in the sole westbound lane on Hudson On the other hand: didn't get right-hooked at Summit and Lane, possibly because there was a cop in the turn lane behind a potential hooker #columbus: a land of contrasts

The TAKE IT DOWN Act is bad and dangerous, and I'm amazed that basically no one seems to have pointed out that in his endorsement in front of Congress this week, Trump himself talked about how he would abuse it to remove content he didn't like. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/t...

New Columbus scooter, bike rentals target mid-March launch "These rentals have proved popular, with nearly 1 million scooter and bike rides in Columbus last year. In December, the City Council authorized the Department of Public Service to make VeoRide Inc. the city's exclusive vendor...The […]

Mmm, Paczki Day.

Is there a better wakeup song than DragonForce's "Through the Fire and the Flames"?

I have a #meshtastic #muziworks H2T, but I'd like to have some sort of base station. What are good options there? I already have a Pi running ADSB, with an outdoor antenna mount.

Last night's North Linden Area Commission meeting had a disturbing report from the #columbus Division of Fire, with some interesting allegations, which I'm following up on with a public records request: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/columbus-323/matrix-report-on-columbus-division-of-fire-181899/

I'm realizing that I'm going about this "which city should I pick" search completely backwards. Instead of generating a list of candidate cities, I should simply start with a list of all cities with Amtrak service, then add other information for all of them, _then_ filter them down them by […]

New York's Metropolitan Transit Agency sues the criminally incompetent national administration over congestion pricing. "18. The Trump Administration's efforts to “terminate” Congestion Pricing are unlawful. 19. Neither the VPPP Agreement nor applicable law or regulations permit FHWA to […]

Is it just my combination of extensions, or does the #amtrak booking website just not work in #firefox ?

Went to bed listening to pouring rain. Woke up to 1.75" of snow on top of sleet.

I know that Columbus is a town where living car-free and car-light is possible, because I have to set a calendar reminder to turn my car on to avoid battery drain from sitting too long unused.

Weird question, but does anyone know of any non-scammy android apps that will let you clap to find it (you clap and it rings and/or flashes the light)? My Grandma had downloaded several of them and at least one (though likely all) were basically viruses. I looked around for a few but the first […]

Freezing rain *and* lightning. Wonderful start to February.

Study: Right turns on red puts pedestrians at risk "The Los Angeles study found that intersections with a high number of right-turn collisions were often near transit stops in commercial areas with large parking lots and heavy, fast-moving traffic...odds of pedestrians dying were 89% greater […]

Maybe this year I should install a sidewalk in front of my house.

Excellent news in Columbus: The Linden Green Line linear-park project is funded and moving forward, with plans including a bridge over Morse Road: https://columbusunderground.com/7-mile-linden-green-line-project-moving-forward-bw1/ #columbus #Ohio

Where can I find a good explainer on how Trump's executive order pausing IRA and IIJA spending works? Particularly interested in: 1. whether this pause on disbursement is legal 2. how it'll affect #amtrak and #transit projects > (a) All agencies shall immediately pause the disbursement of […]

[deep background rumble lasting several seconds] Freight trains are getting feisty today.

What do urbanists and traffic engineers think about this design for chicane-based traffic calming on a 35mph street? 40' city buses can navigate it. (McGuffey Road and Delno Avenue, Columbus, Ohio) #traffic #urbanism #street #columbus

The Ohio Railway Museum is looking for volunteers to do stuff as complex as restoration woodwork and roof repairs, and as easy as taking down Christmas lights. Give 'em a gander: https://ohiorailwaymuseum.org #Ohio #trains

Me: Parking at the Ohio Expo Center is $7 so I'll walk. Me: It's a nice day, so I'll bike. Me: Train show visited, what next? Me: It's still a nice day. [ran two more errands by bike because I could, total 12 miles, avg. temp. 32°F] #BikeTooter

New computer problems: having to reinstall the entire LaTeX/TeX Live/pdfLaTeX/pandoc stack in order to compile meeting minutes

First North Linden zoning committee agenda of the year: https://mailchi.mp/fc12ef71436e/north-linden-zoning-committee-september-meeting-agenda-12722638

The roads are whitening. #ohwx

1.7" of snow on the top of the trashcan lid. Not bad. #ohwx #columbus

Columbus' Mayor Ginther shouts out the private "Capital Line" bike infrastructure project in his end-of-year letter, but not the city-run "Bike Plus" infrastructure project: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHCCC/bulletins/3c8fc1f #columbus

Why don't more bicycle manufacturers have all-over retroreflective paintjobs? #BikeTooter