First day of school, first active shooter.

Really hoping they catch this guy so we can get our babies back.

#ChapelHillNC

Oh yay this will be fun.

#ChapelHillNC #OrangeCountyNC #VisionZero #ZeroVision #nextdoor #RoadSafety #WearBrightClothing #VictimBlaming #PSA

The bucket trucks are here!

Plus, a neighbor with a battery system powerful enough to run a fridge and a blender took my garden produce--getting ready to go back in my own lifeless fridge--and turned it into gazpacho. I have been told to expect a delivery of cold, wet, savory dinner at 6.

Still wicked hot around here but things are looking up.

#NoPower #ChapelHillNC

We still don't have power, but the neighbors (with the quiet, not-diesel generator) just brought me a breakfast burrito, so I'm doing ok.

Power company estimates they'll get our line restored by midnight (14 hours from now), and the storms that got us into this mess blew the hottest of the hot weather away, so it's only regular-August heat and not apocalypse-August heat.

80k homes still without power in our area.

#NoPower #chapelhillnc

I think it is not a good sign that the refrigerator is leaking

#NoPower #ChapelHillNC

The power is still out. Duke Energy has still not come out, so they are still likely unaware that there is a tree tottering over a (evacuated) house, being held up by the power line itself.

Will my sanity outlast the diesel? Or will the line snap, drop the tree, and make things go boom?

#NoPower #ChapelHillNC

I swear my neighbor's diesel generator just shifted gears

#NoPower #ChapelHillNC

I added in a route map, in case you find yourself in Chapel Hill with a bike and an hour to burn (in which case I very much hope you let me know): https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2347601

#BikeTooter #ChapelHillNC

«the way that would happen is (if) the progressive vote gets split too many different ways, especially with the low-profile nature of school board elections. There may not be that many conservative voters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, but if they’re all voting the same way while the progressives are voting all over the place, (that’s a) potential recipe for disaster.»

https://chapelboro.com/local-election-coverage/significant-change-in-chapel-hill-politics-local-expert-on-2023-town-council-school-board-race

#chapelHillNC #schoolBoard

My expertise is in #sustainable #transportation. My partner's is sustainable #forestry. Our knowledge bases don't overlap often, but they do when it comes to understanding the benefits of converting an erosion-prone, hard-pack dirt road to a stable, paved #greenway that will connect key destinations.

#Soil stabilization, #trail management, #forest health, & safe, vital ped/bike #mobility? We are IN.

#CarrboroLinearParksProject #CarrboroNC #ChapelHillNC #BolinCreek #BikeTooter #ADA

Earlier this week I noticed a man filming me with his cellphone while #driving down Raleigh Rd in #ChapelHillNC. Finally got the chance to pull my bike-cam footage and get some screenshots of his vehicle. It's the gray Ford Explorer with the wakeradiology.com branding.

If you see his video of me (white woman, yellow helmet, black mid-tail cargo bike) posted anywhere on the internet, please report it. What he did was illegal & creepy AF.

#VisionZero #DistractedDriving #BikeTooter #TheWarOnCars

Hey there #RoadSafety & #TrafficSignals brain trust:

The NE leg of this intersection has a signalized #crosswalk w/ beg button. Town staff just converted it to rest-in-walk, which is lovely. But there's a permissive yellow that allows drivers from the arterial to turn left while the #walk sign is active.

We may have the option to* either*:

* keep the rest-in-walk
or
* eliminate the permissive yellow but lose the rest-in-walk

WWYD?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.906464,-79.0188263,77m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

#ChapelHillNC #VisionZero

Found downtown #ChapelHillNC. Someone gets me.
#nc

Ok #history buffs. What is this thing we found in our yard?

Context: our neighborhood was built in the 1940s. The area was a Union Army bivouac site during the Civil War. We routinely find random metal things in the yard from the construction of the neighborhood. But this seems a good bit older and more worn.

#artifacts #metal #ChapelHillNC #NCHistory

There's a fringe group in #ChapelHillNC & #CarrboroNC that opposes literally any sort of man-made change. And they'll happily take whatever shape they need to recruit good people to their side. The latest effort involves fighting a greenway. Because climate change.

#greenway #NIMBY #shapeshifters

https://triangleblogblog.com/2023/05/22/keep-bolin-wild-is-full-of-misinformation-about-the-bolin-creek-greenway/

Shouted at a #ChapelHillNC and #OWASA contractor today to "SLOW DOWN" as he zoomed down the middle of my street today. Not a good look for that company when dude circles the block to come back and confront me about it.

One year ago this month, @tomflood came to #ChapelHillNC to share his incredible knowledge and insights on effective messaging about #RoadViolence with students, researchers, and public officials. This 2-way workshop, "Flipping the Script on Road Traffic Violence," was transformative.

@KellyKenoyer covered the event in an excellent tweet thread https://twitter.com/Kelly_Kenoyer/status/1517593066990936066 and an even more excellent podcast: https://www.whqr.org/show/the-newsroom/2022-06-03/the-newsroom-whats-killing-wilmingtons-pedestrians.

I'm still in awe.

@sethlaj

I've spent a long time sitting at this crossing, waiting for a car to come along and trigger a walk phase. But some time in the past few months it was quietly switched to come on automatically when the adjacent traffic light turns green. And it's LOVELY.

#BikeTooter #Pedestrians #Infrastructure #TrafficSignals #SafeStreetsForAll #chapelhillnc
https://urbanists.video/w/cHqUrEt29VXXrRDr77Taor

Give a kid a sticky note...

At the #ChapelHillNC Downtown #Mobility Plan #charette

#Planning #SafeStreetsForAll #SafeRoutesToSchool #BikeTooter #KidsOnBikes

@DrTCombs No better illustration that paint is not infrastructure. I can't get over the close passes you have to endure, in a school zone! Just wow....

#CarCult
#BikeLanes
#ChapelHillNC
#Motornormativity
#Cycling
#SafeStreets