r_klancer

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by r_klancer 6y ago
Back in 2006 I actually had a moment where I overheard someone at a university talking about an obscure subject (synthetic biology) I had spent the last couple of years saving del.icio.us links about. We soon had this conversation: Wait! A
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by r_klancer 7y ago
Some of those already exist! At increasing levels of car-like-ness: * https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-electric-cargo-bikes/ * https://www.contemporist.com/5-examples-of-enclosed-bike-des... *
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by r_klancer 7y ago
Your idea was fleshed out using St. Louis as an example in this article from Washington Monthly (warning: explicitly partisan source): https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/maraprmay-2016/the-re...
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by r_klancer 7y ago
4. They tend to hit pedestrians and cyclists above their center of gravity, so they knock you down under the wheels instead of up and over the windshield
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by r_klancer 7y ago
I don't know if my experience is usual, but readily ride buses and trains that air so crowded I almost have to physically force my way into them, and I take Lyfts occasionally, but I never, ever opt for the shared ride. Maybe it's
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by r_klancer 7y ago
Which reminds me of this article - https://medium.com/swlh/self-driving-cars-should-be-tuk-tuks... Which reminds me that one concern with the Cruise vehicle is that, understandably, it looks as if it's heavy and
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by r_klancer 7y ago
Why does that video not have more views?
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by r_klancer 7y ago
One Cambridge business that has been vocally against bike infrastructure is a pharmacy. I understand why they would be against it, because much of their clientele is elderly. There's a new parking protected bike lane in front of their
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by r_klancer 7y ago
OMG DID I JUST SEE YOU IN UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE? (Or was it your friend?) I noticed the pigeon. (File under: it's a small world, I probably shouldn't act so surprised.)
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Not quite true! I was planning to complain that Free File Fillable Forms, the only way to e-file for free regardless of income, had been taken away a couple years ago. However, I noticed that it's back for the 2018 tax year. https:&#x
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Message your manager, say you need to have a little talk, and then tell them you will be leaving. Optional preceding step: get new job first.
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Excellent point, I hadn't put 2 and 2 together (about which side of the street it should have been put on)
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Immediate reaction: Well, now there's Peloton, the fitness tech company, Peloton, the self-driving truck caravan company, and Peloton, the cluster scheduler...
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by r_klancer 8y ago
> some reason think they are in a race. When you see people out on the sidewalk, most of them are walking ... some of them are jogging ... and some of them are running. I don't think the runners think they are in a race (though they
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by r_klancer 8y ago
I don't know if you're referring to Beacon Street in Somerville, but... Even though I actually haven't ridden that way since they built the cycle track, I live in the neighborhood and the cycle track has looked awkward to me
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Oh, you're right. I was misled by the Brave post -- sad to say I'm _mostly_ unfamiliar with either project.
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Interestingly, just yesterday I was wondering what happened to Jon Udell (whom I used to read for his thoughtful perspective back in the aughts, but haven't followed in a long time.) Inspired by this post (he is listed among tbray&#x27
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Of interest to HN. Specifically, the bill Lyft has proposed and is attempting to pass would eliminate the ability of every Oregon city from taking the following common sense steps to protect TNC passengers: ... - Collecting local d
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by r_klancer 8y ago
I don't know about all roads, but I noticed there are signs of movement in the (de)congestion pricing (of downtown areas) front in the last week or so - https://boston.curbed.com/2019/1/29/18201817/c
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Not to put too fine a point on it, but that existence (or, it should be said, the possibility ) of that very large public benefit is exactly the thing that could be used to shield those companies' business decisions from any construct
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Honestly, I think they should be provided at the outskirts of the city or metro area, and riders should transition to some kind of transit or circulator vehicle to get to their final destination. Or to a bike or e-bike or some kind of urban
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by r_klancer 8y ago
The accordion effect applies to highway traffic, though. The study discusses central cities that have (for good reason) expensive parking. A steady stream of moving cars is not appropriate for an urban center, as they would form a barrier t
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by r_klancer 8y ago
> they will come from a handful of companies who will face public pressure not to program them to allow grossly wasteful or antisocial behavior. One hopes. But one could also say: they will come from a handful of companies that will ende
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by r_klancer 8y ago
There's some kind of light but I've never quite understood what the light means.
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by r_klancer 8y ago
Worse yet, at least in Somerville and the general Boston area, I'm seeing touch-sensitive buttons instead of physical buttons that depress--with no haptic feedback; and only some of them play a recorded "Wait" when you press.
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by r_klancer 8y ago
First time I visited Seattle, I crossed a wide-ish, but completely clear street against the light. When I got across, an homeless-looking guy came running up to tell me, "Don't do that, man! Fifty dollars, and they'll catch y
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by r_klancer 8y ago
$1 fine for you! (....and me) https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2014/07/23/fear-getti...
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by r_klancer 8y ago
There are also some trollebuses in Cambridge, Mass, heading west of Harvard Square toward Watertown. as I understand it, they replaced regular trolleys some decades ago (1950s?) Also, Boston's Silver Line buses start their journey in a
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by r_klancer 8y ago
1. Raised platforms would allow using automatic doors and all-door boarding. Right now, doors can't be automatic because you don't know which ones board at platform level and which need to have the builtin stairs dropped down to t
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by r_klancer 8y ago
This is actually why I want to get my 6yo a real, old-fashioned boot-to-BASIC computer. We've minimized her screen time (she gets ~1hr TV per week and no phone/tablet/computer time outside school) and the result is she know

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