me when i’m waiting for the bus:

the rest of the state st cycletrack is set to be paved this week from grand ave south. it won’t be open for use as it still needs raised crosswalks to cross intersections, but creative people may find a way :) also we are now onto water st, probably the most often redone intersection in the city

@nacto.bsky.social “NACTO After Dark” pavement marking demonstration right outside the venue was such an energetic and wholesome event — I hope it becomes a regular staple of future conferences! Big kudos to the City for making this happen. youtube.com/shorts/1hI_Z...

cute date idea: get very lost in the minneapolis skyway system for approximately 27 minutes while trying to find a specific coffee shop

here in minneapolis a couple days early for the NACTO conference! the light rail directly from the airport *would have* been cool, but it’s a bustitution after one stop this weekend for track work. hiawatha ave paralleling the LRT made for a pretty direct route, but no signal priority :/

cant believe they named a street in chicago after the 85th governor of connecticut

happy bike month the new canal trail @ shelton ave crossing and raised intersection is going to be so rad when it’s done

just bought a large quantity of eggs from the supermarket, i think for maximum efficiency i will carry them home all in one basket,

normal monday: 5k butter run

juuuuust in case you missed it: went for my first canal ride of the season today and my ~favorite~ chicane gates in cheshire are still up… youtu.be/aKoPhwhxwzo?...

a not so typical day in the life of an engineer: biking around town to get photos of trails for our upcoming greenways 2030 plan

my sources tell me these markings at elm and orange mean the intersection is finally getting pedestrian signals! no more having to look up at the vehicular signals

chapel st in downtown new haven has been milled in advance of repaving and conversion from 2 lanes one-way to two-way operation

construction is well underway now! pictured here is division st, which is about halfway done. old double bollards have been removed, new single removable bollard installed, and sidewalk ramps have been replaced with full height curb and sidewalk

this is certainly one of the basketball games of all time

pretty jealous of the artemis crew, who are currently the furthest humans from the united states

eye surgeon: did you drive here me, proudly: no eye surgeon: ok we’re gonna put some drops that will blur your vision and then you’re good to go me, who thought it would be fun to bike to my appointment downtown: uh oh

i dont have whatever streaming service shows march madness so i was just staring at the espn gamecast, but watching these plays unfold was still unbelievable

As someone who uses the traffic modeling program Synchro, quoting projected queue lengths as the gospel and then using them to fight good transportation design is completely unserious. Synchro is good for getting a general idea of traffic ops and testing phasing but it can’t model human behavior

we get simulated phishing emails at work to test our security and i was told i have flagged the most in the department my secret is that i simply flag any email that annoys me as phishing

huge news: hamden and CTDOT are planning to finally implement a road diet on whitney ave from the new haven town line to the route 15 interchange this summer. anyone familiar with the road knows this is a game changer: www.hamden.com/1018/Whitney...

survey marks on the ground means the farmington canal trail crossings project is imminent. 12 crosswalks in new haven and hamden will all be reconstructed as raised crosswalks, including bumpouts, automatic RRFBs, and replacing the hazardous double bollard setup with a single center bollard

the relatively new downtown milford parking garage as part of the transit oriented mixed use development. when this was initially being planned, a p&z official complained that the city being given a 97 year lease over it was not enough and it should be in perpetuity

The “some pushback” that made it to the headline? One (1) resident and one (1) commissioner www.wtnh.com/news/connect...

new traffic signal mast arms being delivered to state st today!

just heard from a firefighter that this same property had yet *another* fire this afternoon

how does new haven, the greatest small city in america, and birthplace of the modern bicycle, still have minimum parking requirements www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/03/11/w...

if you have to build a parking garage, this is the way to do it

visiting the snowbird parents down in florida. they were very excited to show me the city’s new statue of the planner who designed it. the city was actually built nearly exactly to the plan!

nothing like listening to live ATC while taxiing for takeoff to make sure the pilot knows what they’re doing

this is what whalley ave should look like

If anything, local news is consistent. Take any road project that is making things better for multimodal travel, and find the angriest car driver possible to get a complaint quote. (Apparently, 25 min + 25 min = 30 min) www.wfsb.com/2026/03/05/n...

you would think based on the comments section (FB included) that the people of new haven despise speed humps. but they are our #1 requested infrastructure by far. more proof that the comments section is not reflective of the general population www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/03/03/m...

sorry everyone, i posted an opinion that was only liberal and not full leftist and was swiftly taught a lesson by a crowd of bluesky anons. i will do better next time

58 Avon, which had a fire back in 2023, burned again yesterday morning, adding yet another entry to Xu's properties. What is going on with this guy? www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/01/31/s...

thinking about shoreline east and its ridership/service woes. if attracting riders is an issue, why not just place customers directly at the station by redeveloping/consolidating excess surface parking? and if done correctly, creating a 5-minute "village center" could become a destination itself

gaze in awe at the new archway as you get doored in a painted bike lane before sandwiching yourself into the turn lane gauntlet (sorry but there is no excuse for 2010’s street design when even the MUTCD knows what protected bike lanes & intersections are now)

February has seen the installation of many traffic signal foundations on State St. The circular ones are for mast arms and go about 13’ deep. These are mainly for the new signals facing the northbound lanes. Expect to see new steel poles in the air starting sometime in April

just discovered this new musical artist called “olivia rodrigo.” i quite enjoy her songs. i think she might make it big someday!

bad bunny? how about good bunny? listen not every post will be a slam dunk

i have it on good authority that whitney ave in hamden from the new haven town line up to town hall will be getting a 4-3 road diet, as repaving is set to happen as early as this year and CTDOT is in support of the change

the first public meeting for the Move New Haven BRT project (including hamden and west haven) BIG roll plans of street concepts all over the room to peruse

stop & shop, 6am

At the first public meeting for the replacement of the Court St bridge over State St Station into a pedestrian/bike only bridge, which is super exciting! The designers say almost double the number of pedestrians use the bridge daily compared to cars (800 vs 400)

A very quick research study into the effectiveness of curbside bus lanes vs center running bus lanes (thread): I have heard designers present both types of bus lanes as having the same operational benefits, but I don't believe that's true. My hypothesis is that center is better than curbside.

thanks @wtnh.bsky.social for reporting the real headline about the ICE protest in hartford. who cares that a federal employee committed a hit and run, a broken window deserves the headline more!

got a smart bike trainer a few weeks ago and have been getting into Zwift - it’s actually a lot more fun than i thought and totally beats just not riding at all during the winter

checked out the new CTrail model on its last day of open house - very comfortable and exciting! each car will have a restroom, destination board, tables, and bike racks. only concern is that i hope they amend the bike area to allow a bike or two to stay on the ground, no way my ebike can go vertical

my favorite bird fact is that if you hear a bird and think “wow that is a really annoying bird” it’s 100% a blue jay