Not e-bikes but Denver Health has had medics on bikes for years

Killed By a Traffic Engineer (Reprise)

This feels like it sets a bound on how far the propaganda can go. IE, if the person most likely to find it justifiable barely gives it credence, that's pretty restrictive. This is also a good analysis from a researcher who studies vehicle ramming attacks, and says "nope": bsky.app/profile/yvei...

www.denvergazette.com/2026/01/09/f... "They just want to push this Vision Zero bull***t." Diequalifying for a traffic professional but this comes from a former city traffic engineer with a terminal case of car brain.

"We can't all ride bikes and our tranist system needs to be 10x better overnight before we can make any meaningful changes"

It finally got cold in Denver

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

I had car brain on the brain this week nebula.tv/videos/cityn...

Peanut butter on Eggo Waffles rules

So, like you can just fix the small things too?! A mayor can decide to improve things and not weaken decisions already made!? What is this, the upside down?!

wait we can just do this? no impact studies? no community consultation meetings? no council votes? we can make a little bit of bike infrastructure nicer? gosh..

Fewer cars overall leads to fewer cars crashing into humans (and animals, and buildings).

Thing is we have the emails. This was sent to the contractor. If it wasn't the Anschutz name then what were the "high level community" concerns? This had everything to do with the mayor allowing a small well connected group to upend 5+ years of community input. This is the mayor gaslighting us.

In Denver, @spencersoicher.bsky.social has stayed focused on the Alameda debacle with really nice coverage. The mayor claiming the idea that the Anschutz name had anything to do with it is "offensive" is nuclear level gaslighting www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY15...

"I’m not really swayed when “serious” cyclists tell me e-bikes are for lazy people who don’t want to put in the work. I am now a serious cyclist, and I don’t know that I would be, if I hadn’t been able to start with the e-bike. And now the e-bike doesn’t replace my regular bike. It replaces my car."

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Some people have being saying this for a long time...

There's a difference between welcoming the MAGA crackup and thinking it can be part of a pro-democracy movement. I'm glad MTG has broken with Trump but I'm still not willing to think of a January 6th conspirator as having any place in anything we can call a democracy.

This is emblematic of Director Ford's tenure & the Mayor's lack of urgency Highest number of deaths, a promise to halve those (intended for 2025) kicked down the road, and cherry picked statistics Our transportation leadership is failing yet keeping their jobs www.westword.com/news/denver-...

We have to stop listening to the cranks. They know not what they are whining about.

CS did a 4-to-2 conversion ➡️ "City traffic eng. Todd Frisbie reported a 40-50% reduction in crashes as well as a reduction in overall speeds. No notable traffic congestion has resulted, despite what some residents anticipated." cc: @spencersoicher.bsky.social #alameda

The result of the crash I mentioned in this story was just a vacuum truck and a clean street. I think traffic violence goes wildly unnoticed often. Pleas for help also see little action. It shouldn't take 13 years to get action on a dangerous street. coloradosun.com/2025/12/29/s...

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

Reckless driving is part of the cultural fabric of America. Speeding and drunk driving are as American as apple pie. Coal rolling bicyclists is a tradition on par with July 4th cook-outs. We simply must let people drive this way. It's our patriotic duty.

“Caution—use carefully—low R2”. Lol, with n = 8, we shouldn’t be using this garbage at all. If you’re interested in other examples of awful pseudoscience used to justify parking minimums and car-centric designs, I suggest “Killed by a traffic engineer” by Wes Marshall

“After more than two years in office, many transit and environmental advocates see a mayor willing to plant trees, but reluctant to adopt a comprehensive climate strategy that might upset local business interests or automobile drivers.” denverite.com/2025/12/22/d...

There are people who try wiggle out of this, "it only counts if is modification X" Nah man. Denver has a noise ordinance it doesn't matter what the specifics are. You can't blast noise because of a loop hole you made up. coloradosun.com/2025/12/26/a...

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and please tell all your relatives that cars ruin cities!

Seen in West Wash Park.

Benn's method of replying to Flock is amazing in this clip www.instagram.com/reel/DSkucVA...

I say this as a software dev. Do not trust company's assurances of security. We fuck this shit up all the time. As more companies tout AI written code there will be more screw ups and gaping security holes. I guarantee it.

The Onion has new competition for best bike headline

Uh oh, all those NIMBYs that don't like to be tied to MAGA in shambles right now Next, he equates bike lanes to lower car ownership and local bike lane hating cranks but with those "In this house" yard signs turn inside out trying to reason how they're still not aligned with conservatives somehow

Some of the biggest "winners" of congestion pricing are drivers, who enjoy much faster commutes because there is less congestion. Part of the reason these schemes become popular after being implemented is many drivers realize paying the fee is a great exchange for less traffic!

I believe Denver also had more traffic deaths than homicides this year as well. Mayor Johnston still worries more about making drivers mad though. It's bonkers.

...b/c the company won't tell us. We do know that every single Waymo ride costs Alphabet money—it isn't close to profitable. As @norton.bsky.social says, "This is a very expensive illusion. If you have an unlimited budget, you can create the illusion of an effective system." Start at 30 mn mark:

Our DOT director once told me "I think NYC's congestion pricing is a mistake" 🤦‍♂️ The success story is awesome

Westword needs to skillup

Free parking isn't free @westword.com Take a look at the Auraria bike racks sometime

It's so weird our prominent alt weekly is so far into the mainstream when it comes to debilitating car brain The campus is accessible by foot, bike, and transit. Instead they fabricate a family that makes this "impossible" Hell there is even free parking nearby www.westword.com/opinion/holi...

Excellent

Every time I see someone with a bike on a BART escalator, it makes me smile - especially this rider prepared for rain. Not all policy making is so visible & tangible. Two years after we started allowing bikes on escalators, it’s worked perfectly. I haven’t heard complaints or of any big accidents.

Mayor Johnston inherited a well assembled transportation plan that was in the infancy of being great. It was a gift from the previous administration. He could have continued and strengthened their policies. Instead he's decided to dismantle. This isn't leadership. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/d...

Holy smokes this is good. Watch the whole thing. Mike Johnston continues to look worse the longer he sticks with this betrayal. www.instagram.com/reel/DSYyNit...

Reading some posts recently, the number of people that think we can't "make drivers mad because they'll do something dangerous" is wild. Why would we excuse people the most important responsibilities they have while driving before they even start? I've even heard transpo professionals say this!

Really appreciate the advocates who push, who stick to their principles even when it may cost them access points with power. Times like these, they’re the bulwark standing between progress and failure in living our values as a community. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/d...

We've tried nothing and we are all out of ideas www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...

The lack of safe bike infra is a de facto ban on bikes.

This is Jacob Smith who I was lucky enough to collaborate with on the Reframe Road Safety campaign. This campaign called out those who design, approve & implement inequitable transportation systems that disproportionately affect youth + BIPOC communities. 1/