It's the last Easy Sunday Morning Ride of the year. Join me!

When your desk is so covered with paper you give up and take organizing to the floor. #tampacitycouncil

I just had new headshots done for council, and the one on the right is so very ME, but the one on the left will be the official portrait. Bah humbug!

Can confirm. Get involved!

Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.

Pre-Thanksgiving ride! Bring panniers/bags to stock up for Thanksgiving at the farm. Ride will be 10-12 miles at 8-10mph, and riders are responsible for themselves. See you there!

Andrew Otazo has plucked, bagged, heaved and hauled more than 17 tons of trash from the mangroves in Florida. Every piece of garbage he removes reclaims space for what should be there: bird nesting grounds and fish nurseries. https://wapo.st/4oS36Vx

Back on it this morning! Tune in for the fun. #tampacitycouncil

It's going to be a gorgeous day to be on a bike! Join us as we head to Ybor/downtown east of 275. We'll take some time to explore Palmetto Beach before grabbing coffee in Ybor. Ride will be 10-12 miles at 8-10mph, and riders are responsible for themselves.

no offense to Rama Duwaji but when it comes to marrying a future municipal elected leader at the Manhattan city clerk's office & taking wedding day photos on an IRT train, I did it first (our photos by @melissalyttle.com / theirs by Kara McCurdy)

Tampa City Council member @lynnhurtak.com was awarded the 2025 HART Transit Champion Award for her work with Route 1. Council members Viera and Clendenin from the HART Board had very kind things to say. youtu.be/9C5riHmSh0I?...

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

#15 welcoming #17 into the club! Tampa City Council has only had 17 women in its history, and I’m so happy to be sharing the dais with another woman again. Welcome Councilwoman Young!

I don’t think I’ve ever had so much paper prep! Going to be a long day at Tampa City Council. Tune in!

This week's Easy Sunday Morning Ride will focus on getting downtown safely without using the often-busy Riverwalk. We'll stop at Ginger Beard Coffee in the Channel District. Ride will be 10-12 miles at 8-10mph. Hope to see you at Henry & Ola at 8:30am!

I’m so honored to be receiving WalkBikeTampa’s Golden Pedal Award for my Easy Sunday Morning Bike Rides. I started the rides to teach safe ways to bike in the urban core. We’ve since added new bikeways the city is adding or planning to the mix. Come celebrate with me Nov. 6th at Shuffle!

🚨Our first Easy Sunday Morning Ride with Florida fall weather will start LATER at 8:30am!🚨 We'll ride through Riverside Heights, see where the West Riverwalk loop will connect with the current Riverwalk, and stop at Cafe Hey for coffee. Rides are around 10 miles at 8-10mph.

Obviously @themountaingoats.bsky.social

I was happy to join the Tampa Bay Developer podcast to talk about my Route 1 fare-free pilot; my work to re-allocate $25.8 million in leftover FY24 funds toward roads, sidewalks, stormwater, and hurricane relief; and even how I got into politics in the first place:

I was happy to join the Tampa Bay Developer podcast to talk about my Route 1 fare-free pilot; my work to re-allocate $25.8 million in leftover FY24 funds toward roads, sidewalks, stormwater, and hurricane relief; and even how I got into politics in the first place:

We very intentionally do not limit public comment—we also allow comment virtually (speakers do have to sign up in advance). Folks talk about things on the agenda, ask for help with a problem, or speak on a random topic. It's often my favorite part of the meeting & definitely impacts its focus.

Current earworm: Liquorice's cover of @humanfranklin.bsky.social's "Keeping the Weekend Free"

Tampa City Council meets pretty much every Thursday at 9am. Public comment goes until everyone who wants to speak has done so. Join us. Watch us. Come help our city be better!

I’ve been at home convalescing with Covid & wanted a light-hearted read. The Road to Tender Hearts was in my Kindle borrow pile, & I can’t recommend it enough. Zany yet moving.

you mean st. petersburg?

Thank you so much for those kind words! My goal is to work as hard for Tampeños as I've always wanted all of my elected officials to work for me.

We're doing a preview ride for World Car Free Day this Sunday by riding from Henry & Ola to Midtown. If you don't want to bike from the Heights, you can meet us downtown at Cass & the Riverwalk. This ride will be a few miles longer than normal, 12-13 miles at 8-10 MPH.

Do you know when your local elections are this year? The primary? The best way you can honor Sen. Hortman is vote someone of integrity into your city council, your library board, your school committee, your state government. #elections2025

This thread made my morning!

I got UNANIMOUS support for continuing (& expanding) Rt 1 frequency from council last night in our first FY2026 budget hearing. I want to thank council, the administration, & all the folks who came out to advocate for continued transit funding!

We're back! And we have exciting news: The mast arms are up for the new light at Ola & MLK that will make the Ola Ave Bikeway truly usable. We're going to check out the progress—join us!

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DOG!!! The Giant Database of Dogs is a data collection project for classroom use. 6 quick questions to help students learn statistics! ALL good puppers are welcome! buff.ly/f6weaUE (please share widely!) (pics for tax, of course!)

Thanks for the great wrap up of our first budget workshop. But I gave us a C-/D+! Hoping for a higher grade for next week’s enterprise workshop.

Quote post your All-City bikes. We’re bike twins!

Let's go!!! Come on out to the Babe Zaharias golf course clubhouse Friday August 1st at 6pm to cheer me (& maybe other council members) on!

Join me Sunday as we check out the progress of Phase 3 of the East West Green Spine cycle track that will connect VM Ybor/Cuscaden Park to Nuccio Parkway via protected cycle tracks. The complete plans can be found at: www.tampa.gov/tss-transpor...

Greatest flag or best flag of all time?

Mark your calendars! Sept 20, I’m leading the Kidical Mass Ride again on World Car-Free Day. It was such a fun ride last year with lots of family participation. Can we double turnout this year?

looping the lakes this afternoon; knocked Sebastian Joe’s Kingfield off the list—a shrine of neighborhood involvement! Tried Nicolette Ave pothole just for the name, plus raspberry chocolate chip. All incredibly yummy, but danish nut roll was clear winner. Only negative was no bike racks!

We started early with La Michoacana. I had a dragonfruit scoop in a sugar cone & @bubbaprog.lol got soursop and pickle in a waffle bowl. Pickle ice cream was interesting. Pretty yummy.

Tomorrow is my birthday, & I love ice cream. We’ve got bikes & want to do an ice cream tour of Minneapolis. What places/flavors are must stops?

Happening now: Tampa, FL Council Member Lynn Hurtak is back in town and just picked me out of a crowd at the Little Mekong Night Market. @lynnhurtak.com

I am so upset we missed the @wedge.live cat tour! Is there anything going on in the next week that can possibly top this?

Heading back to Minneapolis for a family reunion this coming week. Staying in Uptown, using the bus, will have bikes Monday and Tuesday. What should we do? Where should we eat?

This might be my favorite story in the new cargo bike magazine: how Makan Dramé, a business owner in Bamoko (pop. 4.2M, the capital city of Mali) decided to build cargo bikes with local materials & transform local package delivery. Photo of Dramé doing a test ride at @cargobikefest.bsky.social 2024

Tampeños: Come ride the Riverwalk loop with me this Sunday (yes, there is a loop!) We'll see where other bikeway connections are & stop in Channelside for coffee, so bring a lock.

The global aid sector is quite literally on the brink of death right now and the human fallout globally is already obscene and will keep getting much, much worse. People in the U.S. need to be far more aware of this - and angry - than they currently are.

Trump claims to oppose antisemitism. But he's continuing Biden's legally dubious prosecution of @bubbaprog.lol, the journalist who exposed one of America's most prominent antisemites. I called for the case to be dropped @usatoday.com. I hope organizations that fight antisemitism will do the same

Happy first full weekend of Pride! We always put up our Pride flag for LGBTQ+ events (our celebration & parade is in March because June in FL=muggy & hot!) This year, @bubbaprog.lol had a flag made that superimposes the City of Tampa flag on top & it is GLORIOUS!

Took my bike home from work. It was a great way to decompress from the day.