well this explains why @wtnh.bsky.social , after filming a story about an all encompassing transportation and economic development project on state st, and interviewing one (1) driver and one (1) cyclist, chose the headline “drivers express concerns”

big things happening tonight www.newhavenindependent.org/article/stat...

confession: still don’t know what the E in ‘the big E’ stands for, thinking it might be one of those harry s. truman situations

picked up some really good yogurt flavors for the week

some state street updates! descriptions in the alt text 🚧

The initial screening had so many unique options that would actually reroute the highway away from the city and help restore the neighborhood. Instead we get another couple generations of even larger highways along a riverfront

Next article from the CT Mirror: The president doesn’t make policy that affects CT. This is because the White House is located in D.C. what a weird article!

what a blessed evening i saw three (3) neighborhood cats within the same block and pet one (1) of them

People think they hate urban canyons, but if you replace all the parked cars without outdoor dining and open streets these blocks become INCREDIBLY charming.

i follow the bids posted by CTDOT weekly, and it looks like the sigourney st cycletrack project is out in hartford! i had heard shortly after it was built that they had designed it to reserve space for bike lanes, and this design looks really good. may do a thread on it at some point

it is my great honor to announce. today i have bought a tomato from a farmers market

people with cars love to tell you where they parked. alright man congrats

saw this bumper sticker today and cant stop thinking about it

nachtegaalstraat in utrecht, NL has the same building scale and R.O.W. width as upper state st in new haven... what i like about urban dutch streets is that they use very low curbs and put parking behind them (white X), so that when a car is not parked, it is expanded sidewalk space

changing out my air filter from my old downtown apartment 😬

✌️ out audubon, moving to east rock today 🏞️

now that’s what i’m talking about

senator looney was one of our legislators quite upset about lamont’s housing bill veto, but now he has the opportunity to do the funniest thing possible www.wtnh.com/news/connect...

state street north permanently closed this week - its 35 year run has come to an end and will soon be replaced by housing

finally caved and made an openstreetmap account so i can update new infra as soon as it opens

raised crosswalk going in at trumbull & lincoln! this one will be a huge benefit

finding out via reddit that our sign was hacked into (it’s been fixed and locked) anyways there’s a detour for state st north starting tuesday THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! www.reddit.com/r/newhaven/s...

paving day for the grove st connector!

been thinking about Spiders Georg lately

you ever just watch a full sunset and think wow we really do be rotating

feel bad for the person answering gov lamont's phone as they sounded so tired...but sorry, if the gov is going to act this way, you're getting phone calls.

so if lamont ends up vetoing 5002, who is our best contender to primary him?

SIRI NO

the state st crew set this entire block of curb in a day - there’s a good chance we’ll have another section of cycletrack open for Ride the State in 2 weeks

line striping day over at the roundabout

i regret to inform everyone that the route 34 widening project in derby did not, in fact, fix traffic. who could have predicted this outcome? oh well, i’m sure the next road widening project will get it right

flipping off a cybertruck on 95 earlier in the week foretold the prophecy

pretty bold of my apartment building to be able to ensure there will be Laughter present at this event

big surprise! - the state st contractor wants to build the grove st connector and pave some bike lane this month instead of next year as scheduled. the exist. bike lane b/t trumbull & audubon will extend down to wall st, and all of that will connect to the canal trail ext up grove in time for summer

more wildfire smoke incoming? the sun has that distinctive orange glow and i can look directly at it without blinding myself

while visiting portland i was waiting for the light in this cycletrack with cars backed up in the turn lane. fire truck approached and decided to enter the cycletrack. since i wasnt surrounded by a 2 ton metal cage i could hear them coming and simply moved up onto the sidewalk to let them pass

what a pleasant surprise to come back home and see water street is essentially done!

now that my portland trip is over, here are some transportation things that i observed during my time:

renovated PDX is beautiful

you may not like it, but this is what peak urbanism looks like

7pm pacific i think it is time for an ice cream cone

watched this last night and sad to say that everyone on the show is not welcome to the war on cars. they had a transit advocate as a guest and they barely let her speak, not to mention derailing the entire topic from Uber onto anti-bike complaints for whatever reason. still a fun show tho otherwise

checking the google maps traffic layer for new haven to try to find out where my crew is working on state street

portland has an incredible variety of housing stock in the span of just a few blocks. this is what creates neighborhood character

some more photos from amtrak’s empire builder

communal dining on amtrak means you meet people from all over the country had breakfast with a north dakotan farmer, politics came up, he said he voted for donald bc he pledged to help farmers, but the tariffs are really hurting and his trade with canada is down. doesnt like his new plane either

now for the real reason i’m in chicago: next 3 days on amtrak to portland

i’ve found it just outside o’hare airport! le corbusier’s radiant city

everyone say THANK YOU to chicago for having the SENSE to run transit directly between their airport and downtown as it should be 1 like = 1 thank

logan square in chicago: removing roads, creating pedestrian plazas, redoing the bus station