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HayiWena

@HayiWena@mastodon.online

Recovering traffic engineer, LCI, former bike coop board member, and pied biker of SE WA. Drag stan. #StopDeKindermoord #VikingBiking #CarryShitOlympics #BikeTooter

Profile pic: A woman in a crocheted beanie looks up at the camera over her glasses.
Cover pic: A woman on a cargo bike tows a child on a sled along a snowy street.

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BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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Mastodon - What was your first video game counsel?

HayiWena,
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@BlackAzizAnansi ZX81 and then ZX Spectrum.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Asa used too much powder. He looks like a creepy uncle.

HayiWena,
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@StillIRise1963 We are traveling and very much appreciating your coverage. 🤣😆

enobacon, to cycling
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Adding 10lb to my rear wheel AMA

HayiWena,
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@enobacon Shim it and strap the shim on with electrical tape? 3D print a little shim that clips onto the frame?

HayiWena,
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@enobacon Oh boy, I missed the second and third images. If it's steel and you can bend it, I say bend away! Or get better at whittling wood. Which bike is this going on?

HayiWena,
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@enobacon Ooh!

bethsawin, to random
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Signs of collapse and signs of an ecological society emerging coexist right now, in my opinion. The news covers the scary parts, and we need to know, and not look away. But lets not miss the little shoots of a saner more connected ecological-social-economic system either. What's a hint of a life-sustaining society emerging you've seen of late?

HayiWena,
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@bikepedantic @bethsawin That red tandem is the bomb. Tandems are so good for teaching older kids and adults how to rude and being able to be in front is great for enjoying the ride! Plus, the skeleton is super cool.

ascentale, to random
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I just got a haircut today, and as a result, have been thinking about hair.

Q2. A lot of people have a hard time finding helmets that work with their hair. Are there any helmet companies that you know of or recommend who make helmets that work for people with a variety of types of hair?

HayiWena,
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@ascentale The most comfortable hairstyle for me with a helmet is two braids. But usually I wear my hear in a top knot and I found myself thinking "I won't wear a helmet this time, the low ponytail is too hot," so I got a serious undercut. I was told that sometimes you just need multiple helmets to go with your style of the day or week. There used to be a helmet with a cut-out for ponytails, but alas it seems no longer available. https://www.allthatiwantshop.com/collections/fahrradhelme/products/radkappe-fahrradhelm?variant=765989377

HayiWena, to random
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Day 1 of Bike to School Bootcamp we learned the parts of the bike & safety inspected our bikes. We fixed:

  • 3 loose threaded stems,
  • 2 wobbly wheels,
  • 2 derailleur limits,
  • 3 sets of brakes,
  • a not-straight front wheel,
  • a chain stuck between the bottom bracket & the crank, &
  • 2 flat tires!
    We also spent time outside doing basic bike handling skills like step-off stops, power-position starts, shifting down before corners, & scanning behind you before changing position in the lane.

A tweenage boy labels the parts of a bike on a worksheet.
A tweenage girl labels the parts of a bike on a worksheet. A class handout is next to her.
A group of tweenagers ride bikes in a parking lot that has a track laid out with cones.

HayiWena,
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@dr2chase We had four bikes FFS.

HayiWena,
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@enobacon @dr2chase In this case, one bike I worked on last week (it was stolen and then dumped after the guy shifted the chain into the wheel), but I didn't check the stem or front derailleur limits. Another bike I worked on 2 years ago and gave to them but it's had use and no maintenance since. Another I was there when they bought it used 2 years ago, same thing--use and no maintenance. The 4th bike was a Huffy with internal routing & 13mm axle bolts.

HayiWena,
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Day 2 of Bike to School Bootcamp we learned about State bike laws and walked our ride route to learn about Level of Traffic Stress and lane positioning. Then, we stopped at the bus station to check out the bike repair stand and to teach the kids how to ride the bus with their free Youth passes. It was the 1st/2nd/3rd time for these kids. We rode one stop and hopped off. Then back inside to discuss bike crash data and then plan a route avoiding high stress routes.

A photo of a 2-lane street with on-street parking and door-zone bike lanes. The car in the foreground has parked partially in the bike lane.
A group of four kids walks along an urban street with center turn lane, parking lanes, and bike lanes.
A child holds a pencil and looks at a bike map with a bus system map lying on top of it.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Looks like Rudy can't afford hair dye anymore.

HayiWena,
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@StillIRise1963 There is no limit to the amount of schadenfreude that's appropriate for these guys and I am here for all of it.

HayiWena,
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@StillIRise1963 @CStamp We live in a culture that loves to punish, frequently very cruelly, for even minor infractions. When people who have caused so much harm to so many people are held accountable it's hard to remember that prison doesn't solve anything, it just perpetuates harm and unspeakably cruel grift. But we can all be limitlessly gleeful at vain, nasty men having bad hair days.

HayiWena, to ama
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Tomorrow I get to talk to kids about all the things people do wrong when they drive -- both the mistakes they make and the laws they break.

arstechnica, to random
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Can we please just go back to using smaller wheels and tires?

And now, a rant about wheels and tires that are too big.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/can-we-please-just-go-back-to-using-smaller-wheels-and-tires/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

HayiWena,
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@arstechnica What do we have to do to get Dr. Gitlin over here himself?

enobacon, to tacticalurbanism
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tag yourself, I'm "milk cans filled with concrete" #tacticalUrbanism #BanCars

HayiWena,
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@enobacon Our latest piece of tactical urbanism is a basketball goal in the street next to our neighbor's old Rav4 that's had a flat tire for three months.

enobacon, to random
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I don't get the double-lane . People are just randomly drifting across the lines. It's not like most intersections really have space for it, probably should make our outside lanes bus/turn/bike-only anyway, and maybe bus/bike priority though the circle
https://youtu.be/atORPw-w83I

other car also changes lanes as they enter the circle, blue car has returned to the outer lane, having taken a straighter path through the circle

HayiWena,
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@enobacon Fun fact, as a traffic engineer I designed a 3-lane roundabout. Mercifully, the the road designer only designed it as 2 lanes. Anyway, your photo is 10-20yo design, nowadays the channelization is much better striped. This one in Nashville was designed in 2010.

HayiWena,
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@enobacon You can't fit bus lanes on mini-roundabouts, they are one lane only. And the one pictured the curb isn't sufficiently mountable for a bus to go around. But for multilane roundabouts, you still don't want a dedicated transit lane, the channeling to move people from inside to outside is essential. Bus Rapid Transit and light rail usually goes right through the middle, e.g. in Sweden: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/m27q7y/this_buslane_in_sweden_goes_through_roundabout/

HayiWena,
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@enobacon I don't think there's anything quick you can do on a road like that that would improve safety other than speed limit reduction and turning one lane into a bus lane. (Which requires enforcement for compliance without separation.) It's going to be a hellscape for bikers and peds until you create some meaningful separation. Roundabouts mean traffic never fully stops, just slows down a lot. You need channelization islands to chicane traffic to slow drivers down (not quick).

Will, to random
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Related to all the content, I finally went to Oppenheimer last night at Alamo, and was quickly able to enlist 7 adult friends to go, 5 of whom rode bikes to get there and back (one as a passenger). These are not my crazy bike fanatic friends, but folks who have gravitated to bikes because we have a safe & growing bike network with lots of stuff to do that is accessible by 2 wheels. A better future is possible! @srepetsk @peter @bikepedantic

HayiWena,
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@bikepedantic @Will @srepetsk @peter I used to have the only GSD in town, but now there are four and I don't even know two of the owners. Plus about 10 RadWagons and a few Blix and Lectric cargo bikes and so. many. eBikes. In 2018 3 out of 4 bike shops closed and since 2020 3 have opened, 2 specializing in eBikes. It's magical. Oh, and both our Transportation Director & Traffic Engineer now commute by eBike over 10 mi each way. It's incredible.

DrTCombs, to Help
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Fedi-brain-hive, I need you once again.

Is there an that means "to make permanent?" Essentially, I need the word "permanentize" to exist, but evidently it does not. Surely another word exists in its stead?

Please ! This problem has been vexing me for over three years (since I began tracking the way cities changed their street space during the pandemic and whether or not those changes were permanentized).

I'm so tired of writing "were made permanent."

HayiWena,
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@DrTCombs Maybe part of the problem is that city streets are never "permanent?" If this is in the context of temporary COVID protocols, they were adopted as policy or code.

bikepedantic, to random
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"In this paper, I will show how perceptions of safety change by analyzing demographics and measured heart rates of inbound Mass Ave bicycle riders before and after the transition point from protected to unprotected at Dudley St."

a garbage truck is parked in a curbside parking spot, mostly obstructing an adjacent unprotected bike lane, two empty general purpose traffic lanes to the inside

HayiWena,
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@bikepedantic @LoneLocust There was a paper like that recently... The literature review cites other studies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847821002813

enobacon, to cycling
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Spotted on the Wells High hill in Hillsdale, nature is healing etc. I took a picture of this bike with my phone but software is all a lie so it's still from the video I think it's ? Is that a chair? I don't think I saw a motor but what's happening on that seat tube? ?

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HayiWena,
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@enobacon Looks like an Omnium Mini to me. Not sure what's on the down tube but yeah, that's a chair! https://omniumcargo.com/mini/

ai6yr, to Netherlands
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Some striking photos of the #FremantleHighway #ship which is burning off the #Netherlands. I believe the first is possible #IR (heat detection). Images: Dutch Coast Guard #imaging #accidents #disasters #marine #fremantle

Visual image, showing fire on deck of Fremantle Highway, no other fire is visible on the ship, but smoke is pouring out of every opening.

HayiWena,
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@ai6yr Ah yes, "the cause of the fire was unknown, but a coastguard spokesperson had earlier told Reuters it began near an electric car."

DrTCombs, to NoStupidQuestions
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: what are your favorite tools for visualizing new and designs?

If you wanted to communicate how a proposed intersection or roadway redesign would look and feel to the public, what would you use?
I'm looking specifically for examples of tools that are fairly easy to use by non-experts and can create realistic renderings suitable for engagement.

Thank you!

HayiWena,
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@DrTCombs When I worked adjacent to the Viz group, they used to use 3ds Max (which is a really intimidating interface) for 3D renderings and Illustrator for Photosims. Bentley and Autodesk have tools to quickly and (much more easily than 3ds Max) build 3D models - ConceptStation and Infraworks, respectively. These tools pull GIS data and use it to build a model and have some quick and easy "proposed" building tools for roads and trees. I don't know if they have good active transpo libraries tho

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