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These cars are all going 35 mph+ in a 25 mph zone right at the edge of the 20 mph school zone.

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Even if they just went the speed limit, it would greatly reduce the amount of water splashing us. But yeah, slow down and pull over if possible would be even better.

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Amazing how a little rain makes the speeding and narrow sidewalk issues visible and...tangible as in I am now soaking wet after walking my kid to school in what is otherwise just light rain. This is what makes routes to school feel unsafe and walking feel untenable.

Narrow sidewalk and tree lawn as a car speeds by in a 25 mph zone, spraying a large amount of water on the sidewalk occupant, me.

Just at the 20 mph to 25 mph school zone transition, cars speed by spraying water onto the sidewalk across a narrow tree lawn on a main street and primary route to school.

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In Kent, they move it to daylight on a Sunday which I guess has fewer cars but is NO FUN. Fortunately we have a neighboring town where it is on Halloween at night and we just go there (too! ...there are many Halloweens here). As a fellow transplant to Ohio I approve of this petition✅

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Today I was thinking about adding schools with aftercare to my map. Really hard to figure out and also random. Some of these elementary schools get out at 2:15 pm! What are working parents supposed to do? Just structural issues like this that come up again and again plus 30 schools just closed. 😥

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Yeah, for sure. That's why it's been tough to see that it's not really work here. I'm no school expert but the funding mechanisms aren't helping. School busing cuts for example.

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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026

I've been studying a district without neighborhood schools and am asking the opposite q. I mean, I know the answer. But I see many parents still go to the closest school which is not always public. Those w/ time & skill to navigate the "choice" system, & who have transport options, choose further.

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Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets

The ancient two-panel Drake meme. On the top, he's looking away in disgust and holding his hand up. The text next to it says "Truck-or-treat". On the bottom, he looks pleased and is pointing toward text that says "Close your street".

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PARTA launches new Streetsboro, Aurora microtransit service POGO Transit

Our county has something new they're calling microtransit but it's on demand and costs $10/ride. Cheaper than an uber but not something that works for daily trips to work at the industrial park (which is what they're pitching it as) theportager.com/parta-launch...

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When the Portage Area Regional Transit Authority conducted a Workforce Mobility Transit Feasibility Study to work on its Transit Development Plan, it identified gaps in its service, including within t...

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 29/09/2026

On top of making our roads safer to bike & walk, let’s also design places (& make them affordable) where we can take our kid to school in 4 min & go to work in 4 min without a car. Per @tomflood.bsky.social , this is freedom! & more me time #weekwithoutdriving

Apple Watch showing a lazy 4 min half mile bike trip to drop off kid & return home

Apple Watch showing a slightly less leisurely slightly more uphill .6 mile ride to work in 4 min 20 sec

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Current* conditions near Fish Creek, WI:

NE view from the end of the Fish Creek public dock overlooking Fish Creek Harbor on Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-09-29 07:36:12 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@FishCreekMarina // Current Temp in Fish Creek: 56 F | 13 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 0 mph | 0 kph // Humidity: 94%

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My mom cut out an article once about someone who made a job out of compiling pretty house histories. Very niche but a job I would love!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I just went downstairs, walked three minutes to a boulangerie, and got a warm baguette. Tell me again why 15-minute cities are bad.

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nostalgic for maps like this that were clearly not made by AI. Nothing fancy. Meets map goals✅ Attuned to map audience ✅

Amazing map showing the park in Barberton for their mum festival, using basic shape tools for the park and lake, comic-sans adjacent font, clip art and perhaps best of all a bald eagle and American flag.

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Vanessa KW (she/they) 📍 DC @run-for-funner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

💥 We are BACK!!! 💥 Come join the official #CreativeCarto relaun this Sunday at 5pm EST, now with me plus 3 other hosts: @alyolli.bsky.social , @sarahbell.bsky.social , and @vickyjohnsondahl.bsky.social 💓💓 creativecarto.github.io #cartography #cartographer #gis #geospatial

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I was interested in how, at least from a geographer's eye, this could easily have been in SF itself, but for a boundary line, with decisions to develop or not made by SF instead. But that boundary of Brisbane that runs northeast was enough to NIMBY up a storm. It's a huge devnt but seems inevitable.

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I'm quoted in this SF Chronicle article about a planned housing devnt in Brisbane, a suburb of SF. The first thing I said to the reporter was "happy to talk to you but it's not a small town." A really fascinating case of how the *idea* small towns flavors development even in the largest cities.

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Sometimes a zoom-out is needed.

A rural post office shown in Google Streetview with arid vegetation and big open skies.

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All of the above, and some foreign languages too. Maps and atlases too. Here are some random pictures.

An early 1900s map showing "summer resorts of the Coast Lake and Mountain Regions along the Boston and Main Railroad and connections."

A map using the Azimuthal Equidistant Projection surrounding Athens Ohio.

A map in Armenian? Russian? using a very unique symbology to show wind speed and direction

An atlas to be discarded showing the grand canyon from Powell's expedition.

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Does posting about maps withdrawn from our collection that I pulled out the recycling bin count? 🫠 😥 if so I have solid map collection content.

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Little free library inside the bus station is a great idea.

Bus shaped little free library with books piled on top.

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 23/09/2026

Really good Bloomberg package on the AI data centre impact on urban heat island effects in the US, with exhaust heat raising temps up to 4ºF (2.25ºC) higher up to 1/3 mile away from the data centre. One more driver to 70% US opposition to data centres. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

While they're not on Bluesky, shout out to the Osher Map Library - ran into a friend of a friend who is far outside academia. She said she visited the library on vacation and they invited her to join them for lunch and a grad student talk and she loved it. This is how we do it! Kindness is so easy.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why are there so many Maps done in rainbows? 🌈 What do the symbolize? Rainbows are color ramps With scales that are extreme Purple means you're gonna die. Someday we'll find it The rainbow projection To break our addled minds...

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Kermit The Frog: Someday We'll Find It

ALT: Kermit The Frog: Someday We'll Find It

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Powerful use of a GIF map here.

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Middle of nowhere, Northern CA, but check out that bus stop.

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YouTube video by Miike Snow - Topic

Another great walking to work song: Miike's Snow's Sans Soleil. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBki...

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Sans Soleil

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Does this romaniticize the walking communte? Sure. Is it not that far from my commute, past neighbors and birds and the city waking up? Also, yes.

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