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BarbChamberlain

@BarbChamberlain@toot.community

Working in active transportation policy. Believing in the work I do because #transportation policy = #health policy = #climate policy = #EnvironmentalJustice policy. Need more naps and fewer meetings but here we are.
May talk about #books, #poetry, #PacNW where I live, #mindfulness, #movies, #cooking, #food, #coffee, #birds, #walking, and my #cat. #cycling #BikeTooter #WordsMatter #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #GoodReads #ClimateCrisis

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BarbChamberlain, to accessibility
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Accessible Streetscape Survey from Smart Growth America https://t4america.org/2024/04/10/new-survey-accessible-streetscapes-for-the-disability-community/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=122d2a46-849c-4f6e-8cce-1c1b846a04e2

Findings will support development of an Accessible Streetscape Design Guide.

msquebanh, to pnw
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Some of the that I explored around the property yesterday. It smelled so good in the forest. I heard so many different wildlife calls. Forests are my happy places ❤️🌲🌲❤️
Nature is my spiritual temple.

Nature trail through mossy forest, with lots of trees & ferns.
Selfie in the forest.
Nature trail through mossy forest, with lots of trees & ferns.

BarbChamberlain,
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@msquebanh I love touching moss too. I wonder if it affects them in some way though.

BarbChamberlain, to Sociology
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I'm DEVOURING Anna Zivarts' book When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.
People teaching public policy, transportation planning, public health, social work, sociology, political science, on and on--please assign this book in your classes! + buy copies to give school board, city council, other decision makers.
https://islandpress.org/books/when-driving-not-option#desc

BarbChamberlain, to random
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I cannot fully capture how creepy it is to walk past a neighbor's driveway to get to the bus stop about 20 ft past it and an externally mounted camera says "Hi. You are being recorded."

Any suggestions for a sign that I turn towards the camera as I go by? I don't want to be as unneighborly as their camera is and I don't know what possible past behavior or circumstances they're responding to but they're creating an atmosphere I don't want.

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I'm thinking along the lines of some humorous signs to hold up to my neighbor's surveillance camera that tells me I'm being recorded as I walk past on the sidewalk. Along these lines:

  • Does my hair look good today?
  • Don't you love this outfit?
  • I'll be back later with snacks.
  • I'm looking forward to the highlight reel.

WA state law doesn't give me the right to an expectation of privacy on a sidewalk but it's still creepy.

BarbChamberlain, to nature
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You're likely familiar with WalkScore; have you heard of NatureScore? https://wapo.st/4aQ13ue
"Quantifying nature reveals unsettling truths — about how the densest neighborhoods are often bereft of nature, and about how the poorest city dwellers have the least access to the nature’s health benefits. But it could also help pinpoint which parts of our urban landscapes would benefit most from an infusion of nature."

BarbChamberlain, to wildlife
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Humans aren't the only unpredictable creatures automotive technology can't detect. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/hazard-identification-software-cant-make-sense-of-kangaroos/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned

#TranspoTech #CarCulture #wildlife #kangaroos #RoadSafety #AV #Australia #Saab

BarbChamberlain, to cycling
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Tuesday night was a really great night in my career when I won a significant award at an event in Seattle in a room with 800 people. It felt wonderful, and I captured a bit of it here: http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/03/17/a-thrilling-night/.

BarbChamberlain, to cycling
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Updated my list of books on bicycling by women, for women. Gratitude to @JillsJoy @footsteps @dalestrumpell @PedalHoppy @ThomM @adamrice @BigGrove @reinierl for your great suggestions. I stuck to books in English.

http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/03/01/bike-books-i-recommend-women-on-wheels/

BarbChamberlain, to cycling
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An incomplete list, I'm sure, of books by women, for women, on bicycling: http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/03/01/bike-books-i-recommend-women-on-wheels/

Tell me what I missed!

BarbChamberlain, to psychology
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Habituation seems to explain motonormativity, at least a bit. "...we have come to believe that it is not possible to understand the current period — and the shifts in what counts as normal — without appreciating why and how people do not notice so much of what we live with. " - Tali Sharot & Cass Sunstein https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/opinion/brain-habituation-horrors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y00.i7VU.rNauneOI4dVE&smid=url-share and https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579510/car-brain-motornormativity-study-ian-walker.

jeridansky, to tech
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LOL: HP wants you to rent a printer from the company via its new subscription service.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

My suggestion: Just follow The Verge's advice and buy a Brother laser printer. I'm very happy with mine — something I never expected to say about a printer.
https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine

BarbChamberlain,
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@jeridansky @Olyindivisible Thanks to @pluralistic we know where this path leads: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

BarbChamberlain, to random
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Study by Justin Tyndall:
• Combine US pedestrian crash data with physical measurements of vehicle height.

• The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death probability is estimated.

• A 10 cm increase in front-end height causes a 22% increase in pedestrian fatality risk.

• The survival probability of women, children, and seniors are more strongly affected.

BarbChamberlain, to cycling
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Oh, this is thought-provoking. "What if we replaced GDP with statistics about girls on bikes?" https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24132973.replaced-gdp-statistics-girls-bikes/?ref=li

Amanda Burgauer: "There's a lot of data in that one question about safety, equality of girls and boys, and physical activity. And so this is not what you get when you measure GDP. You wouldn't be looking at those qualities at all.... GDP would simply ask: How much did her bike cost."

BarbChamberlain, to ai
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Please boost if you know people who would benefit.

My brilliant younger daughter runs a business that helps creatives apply AI responsibly for admin, operations, marketing, and non-exploitive uses for creative work. If you'd like to spend more time on your creative work, less time on paperwork, you may be interested. https://hownow.biz/

BarbChamberlain, to poetry
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Best thing you'll read on Twitter today: "On Twitter" by Anthony Wilson.
https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/archive/anthony-wilson-2/

BarbChamberlain, to transit
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Well, this is pretty cool. I opened Google Maps and plugged in a Transit Center destination to find out how far away we were. It brought up a map view that showed me transit lines and bus icons moving along them with a note about whether the bus was running a little early. I've never seen this before and wonder if it was specifically because I had a Transit Center destination.

BarbChamberlain, to accessibility
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I just walked along a long stretch of beautiful new sidewalk from a bus stop and encountered this. Shel Silverstein's book is always true-- Where the Sidewalk Ends. he just didn't complete it with the subtitle "With no Advance Warning Far Enough Ahead that You Could Have Crossed at the Roundabout by the Bus Stop to the Side with the Complete Sidewalk and Curb Ramps."

#accessibility #infrastructure #MoveEquity #MobilityJustice #ADA #walking #walkability #PROWAG

Photo of a new stretch of sidewalk that comes to an abrupt end with a sign blocking the end. To the right of the sidewalk is a grassy strip with a worn path showing that people who can walk do proceed past the blockage into the gravel ahead that leads to housing.

BarbChamberlain,
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For the bonus round on that spot where the sidewalk abruptly ends, to cross the street you're cutting across a sweeping wide open turn with no March crosswalk and likely no way for a left turning driver to know that you might be there given line of sight.

BarbChamberlain, to art
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Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

BarbChamberlain, to Podcasts
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If you've been using Google Podcast what are you switching to since it's going away in March? What do you like about that app?

BarbChamberlain, to random
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We need a fantastic assistant secretary for regional operations at WSDOT. Lead role for all @wsdot regions, where all the projects are delivered. Apply by Jan. 24. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/wsdot/jobs/4342834/assistant-secretary-engineering-and-region-operations?keywords=Assistant%20secretary&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

BarbChamberlain, to accessibility
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Transportation folk, you'll want to read When Driving Is Not an Option by my nondriving bicycling friend Anna Zivarts when it comes out in May https://islandpress.org/books/when-driving-not-option. She founded (now nationwide in the US).

BarbChamberlain, to Life
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January is the month that carries it with a lot of recommendations for ways to pack more into your life, to "improve" your life and yourself. This post on my personal blog goes the other direction. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/01/slow-down.html

BarbChamberlain, to technology
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"Vehicles with advanced driving assist systems that automatically steer, accelerate and brake are popular, but associated with increased driver distraction. This distraction coupled with unreliable autonomous system performance leads to vehicles that may be at higher risk for striking pedestrians."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377261425_Unreliable_Pedestrian_Detection_and_Driver_Alerting_in_Intelligent_Vehicles

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