I have been an avid watcher of #Waymo ride along YouTube content for a while now, and I am 100% not surprised that the NHTSA is launching their investigation. Through videos on JJRick’s and Kevin Chen’s YT channels (go check them out) the cars have made a few traffic violations and bend many rules of the road. The most glaring was seeing a Waymo vehicle make a “Pittsburgh left” in San Francisco, not yielding to the cars waiting or the pedestrian on the sidewalk with intent to cross. (1/2)
If #CAV s are going to be integrated into urban life, we need to be designing for them in future streetscapes and #mobility plans.
The amount of people that don’t understand why a robot shouldn’t be allowed to bend human laws is astonishing. I feel that the current #AV movement is very car pilled, focusing on speed and speed alone in the deployment of vehicles onto our streets. AV companies and the city of SF have failed the public in deploying AVs properly, but we can work to fix that. (2/2)
Mfw I ask the Chipotle worker for corn salsa and she reaches for the sour cream so I say "corn salsa" 3 more times louder each repetition until she dumps a gallon of sour cream all over my bowl
I'm really starting to get into #OpenStreetMap editing and now have the desire to organize an editing event in which one or two people are boots on the ground, livestreaming their perspective walking around an area in a Discord call while others are editing and adding features to the map as they are reported from the people walking around.
Seems like the best way to get pedestrian amenities - stairs, benches, bins, emergency phones, bike parking, etc - effectively and accurately.
Great new research from the Terner center finds that "affordable" housing in California is only as affordable as those that populate a given region. Their newly proposed inclusive affordability measure seems like a good idea to consider moving forward.
From the study as a summary:
"In this paper, we present a new approach to measuring housing affordability—one that seeks to provide a better indicator of what counties in California are affordable, and for whom. Specifically, we propose a new inclusive measure that considers whether a location is affordable not to those who live there, but rather to those who might potentially live there."
Fantastic photo from UT Austin. I was not able to find the original photographer to give credit, despite them deserving it.
Pretty crazy time to be on a college campus right now, Umich's "liberation zone" on the diag has grown in size, as has the police presence. The movement will not be stopped.
Some great work from local climate and mobility activist @aprimed with @movevc detailing how Simi Valley could allow more students to ride their bikes to school. Check it out!
"The administration says that private jets account for 7% of all flights handled by the FAA but less than 1% of taxes that fund the federal trust fund for aviation and airports. The Transportation Department said the proposal would raise $1.1 billion over five years."
Hey @ai6yr what's your favorite weather app? Trying to degoogle, and all of the other weather sites I try are just FILLED with Ads... Not to mention they're probably also tracking me... There has to be a better alternative right?
@technotion Yeah, definitely a user friendliness vs. too much advertising problem there. I don't have great trust of Android apps in the tracking area for sure.
Probably the most satisfying thing I've experienced in recent memory: Sat outside for 15m to hear the university clock tower strike 8pm... With my phone's clock open, I noticed that the chime begins exactly 20 seconds before the top of the hour at exactly 60bpm meaning by the end of the full cycle of 20 beats (16 chimes 4 rests) it's 8pm.
@technotion my understanding of clock tower function has always been that the top of the hour coincides with the first strike of the hour bell, after any melody or whatever
Either a car or vehicle fire off of the Lynn onramp to the 101 tonight, closure of that ramp in order to back out fire vehicle and civilian vehicles. (video attached, featuring some interesting maneuvers from CHP...)
Looked like just another fire from my driveway, but after I heard a BOOM I decided to bike over. Of the assigned units on pulse point, I see "IV11"... I don't see IV on the unit legend, and can't find anything online. Does anyone know what kind of vehicle or unit that is?
Does anyone in the Conejo Valley area have a radio programming cable I could borrow/buy? Spent the better part of yesterday looking for mine but have come up empty. Amazon has one coming tomorrow but would love to get some frequencies programmed on some new radios I have for my family. @ai6yr@cmgrowell maybe?