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I support this aspiration!! It'll be hot as blazes in 2027 so I would not recommend showing up in the path and winging it. I feel like that will be easier to do in 2028, but I've also never been to that part of the world, so 🤷‍♀️ fwiw weather stats are much better in NW Australia than the Sydney area

Yes! All these kind chauffeur friends are baffled when I have to think really hard to give them driving directions in and out of my neighborhood 😂

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As someone who (usually) cycles a lot, old time car wayfinding is not too different from modern day bike route wayfinding. Which IMO is one reason new cyclists struggle. My brain has 3+ versions of reality overlaid depending on transport mode and/or aerial view: walking, biking, driving, transit.

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Case in point, I've been asking lots of folks for rides lately (thanks broken heel). I give our address and then I add, our front door faces the alley, look for the Sasquatch mural. Many of them ignore this critical context info and wind up half a block away on a street I can't get to via stairs.

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Your brain made a map of car routes based on landmarks and familiar destinations. You had to think about your physical location in the world. Now many drivers only listen to the GPS and don't notice anything about their surroundings, it's dangerous and terrifying.

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My kiddo's school had our annual Pizza on the Playground on Friday, and this year we added a Play Street on the School Street! I am still recovering from a broken heel, but I managed to knee scooter there and back to join the fam for Veraci pizza at the best cafe street seats in the neighborhood 🥰

Elementary kids make giant bubbles on a closed street with tables and chairs. There's the back of a temporary new "stop sign ahead" sign in the foreground.

Veraci pizza trailer oven parked on a school playground blacktop churning out hot and fresh pizzas, both by the slice and whole pies, with a small team of dedicated workers. It's overcast and there's big trees in the background.

A young kid (mine) rides her bike up a closed street under old growth trees next to a folding table with a checkered tablecloth.

A family of 4 (mine) sits at one of the checkered tablecloth street tables and enjoys slices of pizza right next to a school playground.

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I feel like you should check out @artologica.net's work if you haven't before 😄

Pretty much exactly what my dad says when I ask if he'll visit next time he's nearby

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 30/09/2026

That would be an amazing ancillary outcome of this debacle 👀

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Ballard Congratulates Golf Course on Its New Light Rail Station: tinyurl.com/yncw9jep

Map of new Pinehurst light rail station opening Sept. 30 next to I-5 and 160-acre Jackson Park Golf Course.

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If it were up to me there'd be one for every bus line in all the applicable colors… but given that I've been desperately wanting ANY local plush bus for literally 9+ years, I will take it 🚌 It will be BFFs with my ferry boat tray! (j/k I ordered two and the kids will claim them forever)

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Can she do a purple 44 and a red D next 🥹

Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I realized some of you might not be aware it is possible to preorder a plush King County Metro style bus Don't worry I am here to help merch.fixthel8.com/us/all-products/plush-bus

Photo from the website that has a cute plush "eight" bus with eyes and everything, KC Metro stile with green and yellow, lovingly placed on a sidewalk curb in front of an actual 8 bus. It is the most adorable thing you've ever seen and you definitely need to buy one

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Today my spouse drove me into work and I took the bus home. I would like to offer an insufficient and belated thank you to everyone who has ever pushed for ADA as a minimum standard in (most) public spaces and wonder why the F we don't do a better job with accessibility everywhere. Transit rocks.

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This stuff happens daily in my city too and it's a big reason I have a real hard time getting worked up about e-scooter legality and/or helmet use hand-wringing

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OK I take it back the squirrel can park there

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No, but it is a chance to decide anew what traditions and practices to prioritize, and what to let go of The nice thing about them being little is you can iterate the first couple years before they remember and start expecting the same thing every year forever 😅

Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the hurricane part How did they get all those kids? That's not Glinda Oh that's just CG Does he actually not have a brain?

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Today was the third day in a row I came within a yard of a car hitting me while I was walking in a crosswalk, and today was way too close. I realize we have some drivers out there, but I think we need to ban cars until we can figure out what's going on.

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The Wizard of Oz Characters Get Scared

I love that my kiddo chose the original Wizard of Oz as the movie to watch at her sleepover 9th birthday party but I'm not sure my millennial heart is up for these kiddos' commentary 😅

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Alt: Tin man, scarecrow, Dorothy, and cowardly lion looking upward scared

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I just want to bring my family cargo e-bike on board, I will sit anywhere 😭

Missed opportunity 😭😭😭

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It looks like the new cars only have space for 2 bikes that can be parked up on end? Dangit, Amtrak, I want all kinds of bikes on trains

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Here to ask the same! Been wanting more info from @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov about bikes on the new trains but haven't gotten any clear answers. Would radically shift our local travel patterns if it's easy to bring family bikes on board.

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Ugh, somehow I missed this among all the rest. They've been looking for the flimsiest excuse to close this for decades.

Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A whole entire ST article about my favorite stopover spot on Vancouver Island and not one word about the world class oceanfront + extremely accessible Adventure World Playground?! www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/...

Two kids on top of a climbing structure at a huge and amazing playground with loads of bouncy ground and two zip lines and oh that's right the freaking beach in the background

Another view of the same playground from a few years prior showing the wide array of play equipment and how most of it is accessible for all

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All of these run on gasoline 😭 Continuing to assume my 30yo minivan will never die? Priceless 😅

Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Informative 🧵 SEATTLE area - Katterman's has all the vaccines for all ages, and they are a wonderful local pharmacy kattermans.com

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Katterman's Sand Point Pharmacy

Expert Care. Essential Vaccines. Neighborly Touch.

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

but what if two teens on a e-scooter are riding on the sidewalk

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I recognize several wonderful faces who helped me start biking everywhere with kids and now I get to pay it forward 🥰

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Meredith Rawls @merrdiff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

4yo friend to my 3yo: I'm sorry, but we got you a happy birthday card that's space 🚀, but it's to a boy, so we're gonna cross it out 🤩 The best part is that her birthday is not until November, this kid is clearly planning ahead

What a story ... yikes I'm thankful my work to improve traffic safety near my kid's school about a decade later hasn't been quite as impossible, but man, we have so far to go

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When you have optimized your life to bike yourself and your kids everywhere, but you suddenly find yourself with a broken heel, you get to spend an inordinate amount of time asking everyone you have ever met for rides for yourself and family members in their cars AMA

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I am definitely pro making it much harder for kids to access e-motos like that. If *only* Aventons or similar were available as e-bikes, that would help, but as you said earlier, show-off-y Class 1-2 e-bikes exist, so this isn't a complete answer.

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If there were dedicated paths for bikes/scooters separate from sidewalks, I think that would remove most conflicts (but easier said than done). Have you been to the new waterfront trail? It's one example of, if there's enough non-car bike/scooter space, riders don't feel compelled to use ped spaces.

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Thanks for thoughtful discussion. One of my big-picture end goals is fewer kids being driven places as default, because it normalizes other modes (+fewer cars improves safety for all), so I don't like that alternative. But the path to get there is not obvious and your safety concerns are valid too.

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I wish for a world where streets are car-free and kids CAN just zoom around on e-bikes because there is space, and classes offered just like other activities/sports. E-motos do need to be harder to buy if you don't have a license, but a perfect classification line doesn't fix all of this.

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True, I think the comparison to cars is most helpful for weighing safety concerns. I'm trying to envision what these kids might be doing if these e-bikes didn't exist. Probably not walking or taking the bus to visit a friend. More likely stuck in car-centric neighborhood or being driven somewhere?

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