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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

USA is the best road cycling team this year, very surprised and impressed

Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No bike bus tomorrow. I’m done with testing the schedules, it’ll work. We’re going to officially launch in October, with a lot more advertising, maybe some official partners, and some free first-run Bike Cville t-shirts. The crosstown bike bus will happen on TUESDAY, starting 10/6

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Vision Zero should be an internal framework guiding elected officials, traffic engineers, and public space managers to design a better and safer mobility system. If anything, the average citizen shouldn't know what Vision Zero is at all. (And it certainly shouldn't be a brand stamped on helmets.)

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Back at it tomorrow morning, riding my bike back and forth across town. Come find me, for a fun ride, for your commute, or just to say hi

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Late August thunderstorm that gives us just enough rain without knocking out the power while putting on a sweet light and sound show, no notes, I have a covered porch and this was my favorite tv show this month

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No bike bus testing this week. I got a rough summer cold. Hopefully back at it next Friday.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Tonight a bar I haven’t been to in 3+ months handed me a pair of AirPods that I lost the last time I was there. Didn’t even recognize the bartender, but as soon as I walked in, he knew I had lost the AirPods that were sitting by themselves for months by the glasses behind the bar

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don’t know whether I want anyone to make a big deal over the speed limit on Melbourne Rd being dropped to 25 mph finally or maybe I should just let it happen and see how people naturally respond to new signage

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The downtown mall crossing at 4th St should be closed 10am to 4am. Everyday. Not just summer Friday nights and August 12th. When people are using the mall, cars (and delivery trucks) shouldn’t be, especially at the 4th St crossing.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Running the same schedule for the bike bus testing tomorrow, come find me anywhere on the route

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Updated schedule for the Cville bike bus testing, starting tomorrow morning

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Oh boy there’s a flaw in my early morning Friday bike bus- Thursdays are usually the busiest, most exciting part of my week and it’s really hard to wind down to be ready for a 6:20 start time

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Richard Carapaz, the Ecuadorian Eagle, El Jaguar de Tulcan, did some very good biking today

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The past few months, I've been tinkering with an idea for how to show people how to ride safely together across the City and provide a way to communicate detours for cyclists during the upcoming W Main utility work: a weekly bike bus on Friday mornings

A route map for a bike bus that has stops at Riverview Park, Meade Park, Downtown Transit Center, Mel's/Train Station, UVA Hospital, UVA Central Grounds Garage, and UVA Chapel

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are in a blessed era of road cycling for spectators. It is a rest day of Tour de France and every team has a ton of behind the scenes YouTube videos. No need to wait for a documentary or clip show or Netflix series. Teams are competing for fans directly and it rules.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Watching the TdF from an aerial tram, I have achieved peak transportation nerd

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Back on my bullshit Wait No Too hot out Vacationing from my bullshit

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I’m having an anniversary weekend (12!) and my wife was like how about we ride bikes for like 50 miles, take a train trip, eat a bunch of oysters, and then watch Jurassic Park until we pass out

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Oh no, I have reached the age that I have accidentally created the beginnings of a bucket list and I might actually not live to do them all, no stop it stop no I’m gonna live forever

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Bike lanes on Park St are happening, right now

Pre-striping work for northbound bike lanes on Park St at North Ave

Pre-striping work for southbound climbing bike lanes on Park St at Melbourne Rd

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Finally had the time to finish Life After Cars. It covered a lot of material I was already very familiar with, but packaged it in the most accessible way I’ve seen yet. And the ending made me cry. I needed that pep talk.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Allen, Allen, Allen, & Allen should be renamed “Oops, all Allens”

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If you want to expand highway facilities, I might have something to say about it. And I'll use whatever megaphone I can get my hands on to say it. (starts around 1:01) youtu.be/IlDtjEsjBPk?...

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MPO Technical Committee: April 7, 2026

YouTube video by TJPDC - CAMPO

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I got to give a long speech against a couple of highway expansions and vote against them. Felt great.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Moved into our new house today and walked a couple blocks to a great restaurant and the owner saw me wearing a t-shirt about biking and started talking to me about cycling and I planted the seed that he should wheel in a tv and serve brunch and show big races

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The only use of TheFacebook for me at this point is to see very old pictures because I haven’t touched it in a decade

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I cooked a boneless leg of lamb in a sous vide for three days and then smoked it with hickory for a half hour or so. It’s like a medium rare soft pate with a pastrami crust. Every bite I’ve taken has made me think to myself, no, don’t even think about starting a food truck, you have a job, stop it

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Americans drive a lot more than people in other rich countries. If we didn’t drive so much, we wouldn’t die in so many crashes. It’s a simple point, but one that NHTSA, traffic engineers, and many road safety org’s have yet to learn. Me, in Bloomberg 🧵

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The US Is Counting Traffic Deaths Wrong

By emphasizing the number of people killed per mile rather than deaths per capita, traffic safety groups risk normalizing the factors that make American roads so deadly.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I have reserved a spot in my small talk repertoire for asking if you’ve tried Lucky’s Cheesesteaks on the mall and how they serve lunch now and the other subs are actually what I order and the cheesefries are solid. So let’s knock that out first and plan lunch next time we talk.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My Saturday plans are morning biking, smoking a bunch of pork, watching a Belgian bike race, maybe watching some baseball, and celebrating a friend’s birthday party with a viewing of Jurassic Park. Spring is here, I don’t care anymore.

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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 26/02/2026

Cities across the United States are discovering an effective pathway to safer cycling infrastructure — and it begins not with policy mandates, but with recreational enthusiasm.

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How Recreational Cycling Can Lead to Safe Streets For All — Streetsblog USA

These cities are leveraging joy to fight for connected communities.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

And fill in the space with a tree planter or bike rack

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026

I wonder if people are paying attention to how much their doom scrolling is cutting into time they used to use to read books

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

“If free buses strike you as wasteful, you’re not alone. Plenty of the beneficiaries would be people who can afford to pay. Does it make sense to give them a freebie? Yes, if it improves the life of the city, just as free parks, libraries and public schools do.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

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Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Of course I’m prepared for the blizzard- The smoker is clean, the pork butt is soaking up the dry rub, and the cook should finish up right as the first flakes start to stick

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I don’t need to coordinate with a leftist to know that masked ICE agents shooting fleeing people are in fact scared little fascists who should be documented, shamed, and prosecuted for murder, not brave or enforcing laws or under attack by anyone

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I bought myself a new road bike for Christmas

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

My mom found this old news article and I can’t stop looking at it, what is the little skull next to me

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Come on, man, can I just wrap up some stuff at work and go on vacation

Screencap of PulsePoint showing a traffic collision response on the downtown pedestrian mall in Charlottesville

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Everyone’s excuse for why their Spotify Wrapped is messed up is that they play something as background music. Mine doesn’t account for what we listen to as background at home: live broadcast of FIP through the France Inter app. Probably the best radio station in the world.

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Found out the real Seb knows about the Christmas Tree name vote and wants to win

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Ben Chambers @bench.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The name of the downtown mall Christmas tree should be Seb

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

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