This crash literally occurred while @trevinflickinger.com and I were working on a statement about recent pedestrian deaths and injuries.

if you need to travel on foot across a highway in columbus, you either have to trudge through a foot of snow or are forced to walk in the roadway

Summer Olympics can have the tram driver world championship.

the ohio department of transportation doesn't care about pedestrians

Did you guys know you can just do stuff like shovel out bus stops and build benches for your neighbors? We had a blast building benches and shoveling with Strong Towns Columbus in honor of Transit Equity Day!

Sometimes, only sometimes. The stress of life is worth enduring to feel it melt away during an after work bike ride that’s just aimless. Directionless. Not a-b - like my bikes an uber or an Audi. Of course it’s always temporary. Tomorrow will have its stresses. But there’s always another bike ride🚲♥️

grateful to @brentincolumbus.bsky.social for pointing out why someone might be walking in the street. i urge other journalists covering traffic fatalities to follow his lead. it *does not have to be this way* and the more we ID the actual problem, the more we can push for the right solutions.

This is who runs this account. (Another year, I was a Lego).

If only we had.

A driver hit a pedestrian last night in Columbus, severely injuring them. The article says the pedestrian was "was walking in the roadway" but fails to mention there's no sidewalk in that area

I saw this production this weekend. It was incredible and exactly what I needed in this moment. A story of a community coming together, people connecting, and the strength that comes from caring for one another.

Hell yes!!

Current* conditions near Marblehead, OH:

Having a mayor with juice would fix all my problems.

Date idea: We hold hands and traverse this frozen wasteland and submit 311 tickets for unplowed sidewalks in front of businesses.

It is not easy being a pedestrian right now in Columbus. It is absolutely debilitating if you use a walking assistance device or a wheelchair. This photo is from the OSU medical campus which is as good as it gets in the entire city

when i post on one account then immediately like and share it on my personal account

Lots of folks getting radicalized by the snow across much of the country right now. What gets plowed, when it gets plowed, and how often it gets plowed reveals a lot about your city's priorities and who it values.

maybe the real treasure from winter storm fern was the neighbors we met along the way

Car culture routinely says to pedestrians to "make themselves seen", but then goes around doing irresponsible and reckless shit like this.

Exactly this. Cyclists etc already suggest to each other that hiviz, lights, helmets are a good idea in places with bad bike infrastructure. But when agencies with the power to do far more effective things emphasise hiviz, it signals clearly that they don't want to do those more effective things.

The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure

A corollary to this: You should be kind to your neighbors because it's the right thing to do, and building community is vital at a time when the powers that be have no interest in helping us. But if that's not reason enough: sometimes your neighbors with a snowblower just take care of your sidewalk

This snowstorm hit at the right time. I've seen a bunch of community connection happen and it brings me joy.

This is incredible.

The only ice I respect is great lakes ice

"Only those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the roadways." yes officer it was

Went for a walk. Columbus roads are passable if you're desperate or on foot. Trains are having a much better time.

A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.

This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

MAGA mistook caring about people for weakness, and is uncomfortable seeing that it’s strength.

Me when Winter Storm Fern shuts down car traffic in Columbus: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me when Winter Storm Fern cancels all War on Car events: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

In the last 24 hours, I have: 🔹Written postcards with my number to give to neighbors I haven't met yet 🔹Checked on neighbors I do know 🔹Called my reps using @5calls.org 🔹Emailed my reps using @resist.bot Later, I'm going to shovel my block's sidewalk. Resistance comes in many forms.

Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting. More accurate terms: - observers - witnesses - volunteers - neighbors - residents - people

Love this ❤️ Columbus has a similar program for creating Block Parties. Here are the resources to get started: columbusrecparks.com/events/plan-...

Bernie Moreno's DC voicemail is full, but Jon Husted's still has room for more messages. You could help fix that.

Snow day reading.

All the major media outlets keep using the term "protesters" when it's just random residents using Signal to help their neighbors get diapers, or making noise when they see armed thugs terrorizing their neighbors. That's not protesting, it's just helping. It's being part of a community.

One million percent. Not protesters or activists. Just neighbors helping neighbors. Simple as that.

Good morning! Here’s a quick thread of snow shoveling tips from a middle aged dude: 1) Treat it like a workout. Would you roll out of bed dehydrated, with cold, tight muscles, and immediately start doing loaded reps? No you would not. That’s a recipe for injury. Warm up. Stretch. Hydrate. 1/?

yes.

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

When this is all over I can't wait to travel to Minneapolis to ride bikes with cool, heroic people and spend all my money at amazing restaurants

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

I would like for trump and vance to summarily execute fewer people in Minnesota, sorry to sound partisan