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JoAnn Welch

@bebobestcat.bsky.social
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did you know that: 1) Nashville is a NACTO member city? 2) NACTO guidelines require No Right On Red signage at bike boxes?
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Every Christmas, the Nashville Zoo hosts a glorious event called "Zoolumination," which uses Chinese lantern traditions to light up the zoo ground with stunning light displays. Not this year. The Trump administration denied visas to the artisans who put it all together. #WarOnChristmas
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Nation’s largest lantern festival canceled due to visa issues, Nashville Zoo says
The largest lantern festival in the United States has been canceled for 2026.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I wish we could cancel hub requests. There WAS a bike lane obstruction 2 days ago, but it’s gone now and the request is still open. I’d rather just remove it from the queue so other things can have more priority.
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aaronjolly.bsky.social @aaronjolly.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Does anyone know what’s going on with the cycle track on 51st in the Nations? First of all, a lot of the flex posts are in bad shape. What’s worse though is that closer to Centennial they removed any and all delineators and never replaced them and now drivers are parking there.
A line of cars parked in a painted two way cycle track with no delineators or protection
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Most speed cameras ticket at 11 mph over the limit. So I'm issuing my regular reminder that when it comes to a car hitting a pedestrian, each 10 mph increase in speed significantly raises the victim's risk of death. Chart source: walksf.org/our-work/cam...
A graph showing the various risk of death for a pedestrian hit by a car.

At 20 mph the risk is 10%, at 30 mph, it's 40%, and at 40 mph, it's 80%
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Charlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Bikes in Nashville are allowed to be on sidewalks outside of Business Improvement Districts. You can read all about the current laws vita @walkbikenashville.bsky.social
walkbikenashville.org
Laws
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Charlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You can view the current Business Improvement Districts map here:
datanashvillegov-nashville.hub.arcgis.com
Business Improvement Districts
Business Improvement Districts
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I got this in the mail yesterday… for a neighborhood association meeting held on June 15…
“Please join us Whitebridge Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting… June 15, 2026 6:30 pm” but it is now August and I just received this in my mail
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Share your story. Link: forms.gle/tZCVKdz3B6yM...
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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
😔
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Want to see more of these Toronto barriers? Fill out the survey here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/DowntownCS...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026
“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
futurism.com
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 10/07/2026
not to mention woke (wonderful option kids enjoy)
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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A 15-year study of bike lanes shows that they have no negative impact on business. Neighborhoods that embraced bike lanes showed a measurable increase in foot traffic. momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...
momentummag.com
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
First time growing garlic! Most of the heads are a little smaller than I expected. If anyone has garlic tips I would appreciate them for growing larger heads next time.
A big bowl full of garlic just pulled from my garden
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
A highway filled with gridlocked cars.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My easy recipe of the summer: Take all four packs of TJs squiggly noodles and cook 4 min. Take 1 cup of the pasta water and whisk with 3/4 cup peanut butter and all four soy/sesame sauce packets (I also added a big spoonful of peanut satay sauce). Add noodles back.
Trader Joe’s squiggly knife cut Sykes noodles with soy and sesame sauce. 
Cooked peanut noodles with cucumbers, scallions, furikakeSame noodles in a bowl
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My pollinator garden yesterday 😍
So many flowers in my front yard, yellows, oranges, pinks. I don’t know all the types but there’s yarrow and cone flowers and day lilies.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This was much better last year, with a clear access point for people biking. Not sure why we're going backwards, or why we have to relitigate this every single year. @jkupin4d19.bsky.social
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
To get an amber alert but not be able to see the details because I don’t have Facebook… is some sort of failure of government and/or big tech.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pollinator garden doing great in its 3rd year!
A front yard with milkweed, tickseed, and other native pollinators
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Robin @jesusurbanist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
One year ago today, Jose Salamanca was killed while riding his bike on Antioch Pike. I visited the site of his death yesterday. Nothing has changed. No bike lane, no road diet, no marked crossing, no reduced speed limit.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I was amazed on Monday when a tree company was parked in the street but they were parked to the left of the painted bike lane only blocking the car lane and not both. I just biked right by on the right while all the cars had to wait for the travel coming in the other direction. 🤯
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
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Robin @jesusurbanist.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Another death on a city-owned road, in an area with a lot of pedestrians and cyclists. Harding Place doesn't have sufficient sidewalks and zero cycling infrastructure. Within ~1mi there have been 2 ped deaths, 1 car death, and ~4 nonfatal ped crashes.
wsmv.com
Detectives looking for hit-and-run vehicle following bicyclist’s death in South Nashville
The man was found unresponsive on Harding Place early Saturday morning.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A moment for my irises.
A photo of a long row of light purple irises also with sedum growing next to them.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Is this not an appropriate thing to hub? I’ve placed two hub requests for “debris in roadway (bike lane)” and they’ve both been closed without doing anything. Half of the bike lane width is blocked. @hubnashville.bsky.social ?
A small pile of sticks taking up half of the painted bike lane width
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Okay another hub question. When I request remove debris in roadway and ask for a bike lane to be swept because of lots of small sticks/debris and it is closed with the response “bike lane will be swept on route” does that mean they aren’t going to do anything? @kemcdonell.bsky.social ?
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Anyone else not able to submit a hub request this morning? Specifically improperly parked vehicles. I’ve tried 3 times and keep getting an error when I click submit. @hubnashville.bsky.social
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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 25/03/2026
And where there is a bike lane, I frequently see cars and trucks drift into it. Why can't we have a proper protected bike lanes all the way down Charlotte and other arteries?
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Craig Cassar @craigcassar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It was a pleasant surprise to discover this in my feed! A board game about building a walkable city; two of my favourite things! I backed the project and am looking forward to it coming to life! Check it out! @drawnonward.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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Max A. Butler @maxabutler.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
No rush to mow those yards yet, Nashville! Sign up here: cumberlandrivercompact.org/event/no-mow... 🦞
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No Mow Month 2026 - Cumberland River Compact
This April, the Cumberland River Compact is encouraging residents of Davidson County to give their mowers a rest and let their grass grow! By participating in No Mow Month, you can improve water absor...
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Taking the bus to Centennial Park on this beautiful day.
Person and child with face covered on the bus
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Diapers, more diapers, toilet paper, tissues, 3 cartons of oat milk, new shoes for the girls, other misc grocery items. Not sure if it’s weird/bulky enough for the #carryshitolympics but might be my biggest load yet.
A cargo bike loaded up with diapers, etc
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Sara Meissner @meiss5.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I made a list/feed/whatever to follow if you’re looking for the latest information on the Iran conflict (work in progress). bsky.app/profile/did:...
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Time for a hub Nashville thread. Back in September I put in a hub request for a traffic light issue because a traffic light that I go through every day on my commute will not recognize bikes and I sometimes have to sit through several light cycles before a car comes and activates it.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I swear I used to be able to submit a hub request to sweep a bike lane. Now I just have to submit remove debris at several addresses along the street. If I submit at just one address and ask for the whole street only right around that address will be swept.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Anyway here's @hubnashville.bsky.social fully endorsing 18 wheelers illegally parking in bicycle lanes @nashvilledot.bsky.social @walkbikenashville.bsky.social @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
A screenshot of a hub Nashville response to a Sysco truck parked in a bike lane with the message "that's the only place that they can unload the delivery trucks."
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I know greenways are not as high a priority as getting everyone electricity but I do usually use the Richland Creek Greenway to commute… anyone know its status?
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
January 2025 vs. January 2026. Why are we going backwards?
A salted and plowed pedestrian bridge in 2025A snow and ice covered pedestrian bridge in 2026
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I know that recovery from a storm like this is complex, but clearing this bridge is not. It was salted and plowed twice last winter. With a little forethought, maintaining this single piece of infrastructure would be the simplest and most impactful way to preserve access for people outside cars.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Well we had a good run but are now at 13.5 hours without power. Using my porch as a fridge.
Food from the fridge on the porch to stay cold
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 28/01/2026
At this point we have statements from IBEW, SEIU, and the TN AFL-CIO confirming that the rumors of union avoidance in recovery efforts are FALSE. People are justifiably pissed. Misleading them will not help us recover.
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Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Are you without power and need a hot meal? There are places again today that are offering free meals to those without heat.
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JoAnn Welch @bebobestcat.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Shell at 204 Whitebridge Rd has power. So do I — if you’re in West Nashville let me know if I could potentially help you in some way
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