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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 13h

Today is the event beginning at Station Square, essentially a race on {foot|bus|bike} to the North Shore as part of #AWeekWithoutDriving. Well, make that a race on {foot|bus|bike|unicycle}. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A fun travel day. Started off on the scooter with my wife following in the car. She has a medical appt in Monroeville but needed to drop her ballot off in the County Office downtown. Meanwhile I have a medical appt in Warrendale at 1:30. So the plan is … 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A downtown morning, so scooter to bus. Out the driveway by 5:10, parked by 5:25, directly onto 5:29 O1 ib 6007 Perry Hwy at lower lot shelter. 1/

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Chilly (45°!) scooter trip to the park & ride, then 8:22 O1 ib 6408 lower lot shelter. Eighteen passengers on this trip. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wednesday’s travel fun is unusual: Amtrak! I started by getting out of bed about 4:15. I’d packed most stuff, just had to grab final things. Out the driveway by scooter 5:15; the plan was 5:20. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A typically complicated travel day. It started with loading the car with stuff to go to the storage lockers. Then to Panera for 412 Food Rescue, then deliver it. Next stop, Hastings for gardening supplies. Next, OfficeStaplesDepotMax for stationery supplies for the Toastmasters speech contests. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I thought I heard something unusual a couple nights ago. This is about 100 yards from my house, scene of many a fender rearrangement over the years.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

i've been married almost 20 years and yet my soulmate still wanders free

Since 2003, an anonymous "grammar vigilante" in Bristol has been correcting misplaced apostrophes on shop signs and street signs at night. He uses a long-handled tool called the "apostrophiser" to reach high signs and fix errors like "Amy's Nail's" and "Cambridge Motor's". By day, he is a mild-mannered engineer who considers his work a cause worth pursuing.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

9:03 29 ob 6323 Liberty Ave at 5AveExt. Been a very long time since I rode a 29 Robinson, even longer since I rode an outbound morning trip. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Planning my day; this is my monthly trip to Dormont in late afternoon & evening. How do I get there? Scooter, bus, combination? I've biked the entire way there a couple times. The weather will be cooperative, but I also need to carry some delicate items that don't travel well. Hmm... 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another downtown trip. Scootered out the driveway 8:20, 8:45 8 ib 6628 Perry Hwy at Park & Ride lower lot shelter. Happy to see a 6600 show up so I can recharge phones. They're both low. 1/

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Mother of Dragans @lindsaydraganpgh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Mapquest is the only consistent voice of reason

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A bicycle-bus trip! No motorized anything of my own. Biked over to Northway, leaving about 18:40. Caught an ib 2 Mt Royal 6308? (Can’t see the #)

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A mid-day downtown trip, with my weekly fridge run worked in somehow. Also need to pick up the unicycle tire I ordered from Kindred. Starting off with a scooter ride to the Ross park & ride. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Skid mark from a car tire from very rapid acceleration on a left turn from a standstill. I can still smell the burning rubber. Now, as to why. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My early Toastmasters day, so out of bed 4:45, out the door 5:10, scootered downtown, parked 5:50. One other motorcycle there already but might’ve been there overnight. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Somewhat unexpected trip into the city. A friend is in AGH so I drove to Northway Mall & caught a 12 to get there (~19:05 12 ib 6102). But missed the 12 coming back out an hour later. 1/

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A Saturday morning trip into the city. Starting with a scooter ride to the park & ride. Then: 10:26 8 ib 6209 Lower lot shelter. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

At least 100 bicycles and one unicycle here for Pittsburgh Critical Mass! 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Headed to a picnic in Mt Washington via the weekly farmer’s market across from Highland Church on Perry Hwy. Rode with my wife to the market, helped her pick out peaches, then rode the unicycle into West View. No need for her to drive that mile if I have my own transportation, right? 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today was an early Toastmasters day, and atop that, I also worked in my weekly trip to the Spring Garden community refrigerator. I got out of the driveway by 5:07, fridge by 5:35, parked under the Crosstown Blvd bridge on 5Ave by 5:50. The rest of the day was, shall we say, interesting. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The monthly trip to Dormont. Starting with a scooter ride. Then by bus, 15:35 8 ib 6434 Perry Hwy at Ross park & ride lower lot shelter. 1/

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I realize I probably come across as an "angry cyclist" a lot on here but then I remember that 7 cyclists have been killed in my state since early June and I have my life threatened on a nearly daily basis and then I don't feel so bad about being a jerk sometimes

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I ran into a situation recently where Someone was doing me a favor by driving me back to my hotel a few towns away - they were traveling the same direction 15 miles farther - but the car’s GPS directly conflicted with my knowledge of how to get there. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Back in town after a four-day weekend. Lunch in the city so heading Dahntahn. Scooter to bus. Left the driveway about 9:45, park & ride about 10:05, 10:13 8 ib 6406 Perry Hwy @ lower lot shelter. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Made a trip downtown this morning. Used the scooter the whole way in. 5:20 wheels on pavement, 5:50 parked, ready to walk into the bagel shop the moment they opened at 6. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Going to attempt to get to Critical Mass tomorrow. Believe it or not, I have yet to ride the bike so much as 10 feet in 2026. Just one damn thing after another since Icycle Bicycle was canceled on Jan 1.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My monthly trip to Dormont is tonight. Scooter to bus; not enough charge in the battery to make the round trip by scooter but enough to make it to the park & ride then return home. 1/

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

He’s not even in office anymore and he’s still more presidential than the man who is.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This might be my only chance this month to do some more sidewalk surveying. Last night, helped train three people on how to perform the survey, but I want to get that last leg of California done myself. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Have I been on a bus since the choo-choo trip? I’ve been aht & abaht, as Pittsburghers say, but haven’t had any reason to go anywhere. Mostly toodling about on the scooter, a couple trips by car, as often my wife’s as mine. But today, donning white shirt & tie, headed to the PRT Board mtg. 1/

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The reason you don't see bicycles as practical transportation is because your infrastructure has been designed to only enable movement by car.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’m trying to remember the last time I drove a three-on-the-tree manual shift car. Possibly May 1980. Can’t be more than a handful of occasions since. Several times since I’ve operated a stick but they’ve all been floor shifts. A kindasorta bucket list to do it again sometime.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The Versa passed inspection. It is getting rather long in the tooth after 15 almost 16 years, but all it needed was a new serpentine belt. I'm well under 5,000 miles since last year so am exempt from emissions inspection.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Starting on my choo-choo trip to western NY. Big Boy is already in Buffalo. I’ll see it parked tomorrow; driving through the night tonight. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Trying to get 10 unrelated things done today. Have already done my Monday food rescue, been to the post office, visited the storage locker & made a quick grocery trip. Next, to get more sidewalk surveying done. So, 10:23 13 ib 6011 West View Park Drive at Giant Eagle. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today's fun, Part 1: I'm on East Street between Mt Pleasant and Milroy. Posted 35. The scooter goes 30, not 31. 30. Car comes flying up behind me. No horn, just floors it and passes me over the yellow, on a blind left curve. Probably on the high side of 50.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This is why I take the lane, without apology.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

An early Toastmasters day and the weather's nice so I decided to scooter the whole way in. Up 4:45, out the driveway 5:22, parked 5:55, at the bagel shop for breakfast 6:02 just after opening. Successful trip so far. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A big travel day! Up at 2:57, tires on asphalt 3:22, headed downtown via North Versailles, parked in Greyhound garage, at East Busway Penn Station 4:30, 5:05 P1 ob 3419 with about 20 people all headed initially to Wilkinsburg, then to Harrisburg. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Noon, starting my hike to get the scooter. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

An interesting and challenging travel plan for tomorrow. Starting in McCandless, first get to Monroeville Mall, then to Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena in Harmar. By bus. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

8am medical appt downtown so scooter to bus, which will get me to a bus stop 200 feet from the office door. 7:10 left house, 7:20 parked, 7:25 O1 ib 6308 Perry park & ride lower lot shelter. Gotta be 25-30 on board. 1/

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Drove to park & ride to get a bus downtown; noon meeting. 11:01 8 ib 6008 Perry Hwy at Ross p&r lower lot shelter. 1/

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Bicycles are hugely space efficient, which is why they make a lot of sense in congested cities. This video demonstrates why there aren’t traffic jams in bike lanes. Just imagine the traffic queues if every bicycle here was a car.

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Stu Strickland @bus15237.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For those who know this game, this is a major accomplishment! Several days’ effort.

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