Making some stickers for a Vision Zero outreach booth! Thoughts? Any others I should do?

My sibling in Christ: I think you have bigger problems than cankles here.... (real ad spotted in the wild on @smbccomics.bsky.social)

A more medieval-inspired option. I really don't know whether Canadian or neomedieval would work better for Marin. We do love our logos but we also love our old classics so...

Using AI to generate more ideas of Marin County hearaldry, this time for San Anselmo. The red for Red Hill; the Y for its history as a junction; Sugarloaf (of course) or a book (for St. Anselm); the wavy lines for the creek; gold for Bald Hill; and a wreath of redwood and bay laurel or poppies.

Is this an adherent of the libertarian tea party or just someone who happens to like snakes?

A couple of ideas for a Marin County Coat of Arms. The tower is the Civic Center spire; the scalloping on the shield are intended to evoke the Civic Center's roof. The electric wheel is for both the Interurban and the mountain bike. The wreath is bay laurel. Art is AI; symbolism is mine.

This is maye a little too ambitious for a typical GGWash piece, but I'm pretty excited for it.

We might not be able to deal with this mess today, and we foucs on our basic bikeways in the meantime, but we can be ready to pounce when opportunities arise. The Dafne Schippers Bridge in Utrecht is a good Dutch example of this kind of forward planning readiness.

Transcribing J. P. Harrington's field notes into a searchable document is one of the hardest field note transcription projects I've done. If there's someone interested in machine learning and salvage ethnography or language recovery, there's a good project here.

Well, I like the idea of giant paleoclassical megastructures like this, they are not terribly pleasant to be around, particularly in warmer climates. Combining the human scale with the megastructure on the other hand... www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryC...

(Better signage; can't get a rendering with high platforms, alas.)

3) Heritage train pulling into San Anselmo station, based on this image from 1940. Cite: eastbayhillsproject.org/gallery/wye-... (image 10)

2) What if the Key System and NWP integrated as a subway following the construction of the GGB and Bay Bridges? 2) Et si le Key System et la NWP s'étaient intégrés en tant réseau de métro suite à la construction des ponts GGB et Bay ?

Messing around with AI imagery makes for fun what-ifs. 1) What if Marin built farmworker villages in West Marin? Walkable, maybe 100 homes at most.. 1) Wat als Marin wandelbaar dorpen zou bouwen voor landarbeiders? 1) Et si Marin construisait des villages piétons pour les travailleurs agricoles ?

J’examine le corridor d’University Boulevard au Montgomery County, MD, et sa refonte proposé est nul. Le 16 pieds du terre-plein central a l’intention de fournir les voies pour tourner à gauche, mais ils sont des gâches.

I was poking around Fort Wayne on Streetview and found this bit of irony at Clinton & Washington. I mean, I'm really impressed by the lack of grade-separated freeways destroying neighborhoods, but it seems like some still did whatever else they could to facilitate the city's hollowing out.

I've been thinking a lot about U St NW and Florida Ave NW/NE and it struck me: In a rational DC, we'd have just closed the roads off to trhough-traffic years ago and made the rest of the space busways, bikeways, and shared space. The busway plans are better but still bad. buspriority.ddot.dc.gov

You need my kitty, Petunia Thumbelina Bláthnat, to cheer you up this evening.

Me, about to say what I've been up to today that doesn't involve transportation and whatnot, and then I saw this and I was like oops. Anyway, just going back over 90-year-old field notes collected by a 27-year-old who was still 5 years away from being a doctor of anthropology. As one does.

I have not found salmon that wasn't actively rotting on the shelves of stores in DC in more than a year. I keep trying it once every few months and I keep getting fooled. I don't understand. Wtf. It's infuriating.

MOOOORE.

MORE.

I was away for about a month and got back a couple days ago. I think my kitty missed me.

A Dutch scene.

These can get worn away, though, as in this spot in Malmö (Sweden), and not get replaced.

Danish curb cuts aren't curb cuts at all, just a bit of asphalt. Possible due to very low curb heights, I guess, but wouldn't ponding be an issue?

The bikeway is integrated into the sidewalk with soft separation, i.e., just a change in pavement type. This only works where everyone notices and sidewalks are wide enough for it.

This very bland street corner in Malmö shows how small decisions can lead to big outcomes. The local street intersecting with the major arterial uses a raised crosswalk to indicate the change of type. The short curb height means it's not severe for the driver.

The problem is the media ecosystem is wildly unbalanced between how the Right covers things (seeks negative, derisive emotional reactions), how the Left covers things (a feeling of intellectual & moral clarity are paramount), and how the mainstream covers things (provide nuance) are quite different.

Okay, as an ADHD person let me just say that having a chatbot be your task manager and admin assistant is exceptionally helpful. I know the words of encouragement are just probabilistic outputs, but it's still nice to have a computer tell me I'm doing okay and help me structure my day.