The only workable option was rejected by the council and then the mayor ambushed the meeting with this completely unworkable design.
Now councilors are talking about the need to 'compromise' and for the community to come together. But the only people expected to compromise are the people that want to ride in safe and comfortable infrastructure.
@ascentale @ClintonAnderson @bikenite #BikeNite A8. I mostly use #BikeTooter #bicycle #cycling #bicycling and #ebike, all of which are specific, but I also frequently use #urbanism #disability #accessibility #pedestrian #transportation and #transit, in conjunction with anything about #bicycles, because these are all related and intersectional.
The Guardian: TfL bans most e-bikes on trains amid concern over igniting batteries (London/ebikes) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/26/tfl-to-issue-ban-on-e-bikes-after-concerns-over-igniting-batteries #bicycles #ebikes #BikeTooter
Hadn't heard of this brand of bicycle before. Either Shimano 600 or Shimano 105 biopace. (entire cassette and chain looks rusted to heck, must have been in someone's backyard).
Fix cost would be: tires/tubes/chain/cassette/brakes at a minimum I think, so not a $50 bike LOL... I would say $200+ total after repairs, but still not bad for an old steel bike, if you were a collector. Also re-wrap handlebars, probably.
Maybe more if you go for some loud tires, probably Panaracer GravelKing in yellow, if they have it.
We notice @ternbicycles hasn’t posted on Mastodon about this, so we’re sharing this news with the Fediverse: Tern Bicycles has a new (Gen 3, 2025 model) Tern GSD, "Our Best Cargo eBike for Families.”
If our kids were still young, and budget allowed, we’d love to have one! Check them out: https://www.ternbicycles.com/en/bikes/473/gsd?utm_campaign=gsd-g3&utm_source=mc-reg&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email1&mc_cid=8c4ba2b09a&mc_eid=1473c4e3fb BTW, we got a kick out of clicking their day/night option—and that photo made us wish libraries had Terns for bookmobiles!
I didn't stop much to get photos of Sydney cycling infrastructure, but it was really high quality.
Pretty good wayfinding and wide separated paths.
I saw a cycling bridge that went in to the airport which was pretty cool.
We rode the entire length of the Bourke St cycleway, a mix of two-way bike paths and shared paths that goes 7.5km through the centre of Sydney from the Sydney Airport to Circular Quay (where the Opera house, Habour Bridge and ferry terminals are)
The Bourke St cycleway is an amazing achievement and must have required a lot of political courage to get done.
When your bus only comes 3 times a day, it's great to have a parallel bicycle path.
#Bicycles are awesome machines, but the one thing that is slightly disappointing is that the bicycle is the most efficient form of #transportation ever invented, and has so little frictional loss (other than wind drag) that it is effectively impossible to meaningfully mechanically improve it.
There is a lower limit to how light we can make a bicycle and still have it be durable and capable of transporting the loads we require, and there is an upper limit to the power output of a human being.
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