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Sylva Zhang

@pedalindy.bsky.social
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Kids on bikes, building a liveable city, affordable housing for all.

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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Biking one day a month is a win! Taking the bus once a week is a win!
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
apple.news/Aik1iFtIeQXK... I would like to call for a culling of motor vehicles based on the number of auto bites in a short period of time in close proximity.
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Four attacks in 48 hours: How east Australia's beaches became a 'perfect storm' for sharks — BBC News
Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
3. Subclade K, the new #H3N2 variant, is really managing to infect a lot of people. This year's epicurve, in red, has risen like a rocket. The other seasons it's compared to in this graph were all big seasons. This one has joined that gang.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Brb, cancelling Disney+ and Hulu
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Never thought about this before! Can we get more public visibility of the costs of road maintenance and *also* how much we are spending every time a car crashes into infrastructure that must be repaired and replaced?
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CargoB @ridecargob.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Celebrate World Car Free Day by putting that trunk load in bike mode. To help everyone recognize this day and imagine a less car-dependent world, we’re offering 50% off all rides for one day! Use promo: CarFreeDay25 in the CargoB app promo section, or find the promo in “available promos”.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together!
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Indy Bike bus, let’s go!! (PS, I did bike past my kids school towing their bikes to get on this bus, but sometimes going a little out of your way to go together is WORTH it)
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Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis @indypedcrisis.info · 18/09/2025
BICYCLIST INCIDENT 09/18/2025 06:02 PM 1050 N ELEANOR ST District 16: Jessica McCormick, Councilor Bike Indianapolis, Advocate (@bikeindy.bsky.social) Details: indypedcrisis.info/#/De1hNNE3SUycmU… #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Two years ago today - seriously missing those squishy baby cheeks.
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TREC at PSU @trecpdx.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The American Planning Association's Planning Magazine has a story featuring the #BikeBus movement! www.planning.org/planning/202... Curious about bike buses? Check out our foundational body of research on this relatively new form of Active Transportation to School: sites.google.com/pdx.edu/bike...
planning.org
Bike Bus Pedals in New Era of School Transportation
Grassroots efforts around the globe have gotten kids to school safely on two wheels. Now, North American planners are joining in.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The stop-and-chats are an undersung benefit
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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 05/09/2025
I stuck a mic on the leader of my local bike bus and this is what I heard bikeportland.org/2025/09/05/g...
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Blue skies and kick bikes.
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sam henri gold @samhenri.gold · 06/09/2025
Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself: github.com/samhenrigold... I have so much free time it’s unbelievable. I’m open to full-time work in NYC or remote. Senior product designer/design engineer. samhenri.gold
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GitHub - samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor: tfw when you when your lid when uhh angle your lid sensor
tfw when you when your lid when uhh angle your lid sensor - samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2025
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
We challenge @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social to condemn #PavementParking. The poll quoted in this Oxford Mail article shows that a ban would be a vote-winner! www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2544306...
thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
Pavement parking in city sparks child safety concerns
Pavement parking in Oxford has sparked child safety concerns and calls for action to be taken.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Among other things, there has been a total collapse of any pretense that government agencies aren't overtly partisan tools distinguishable from campaign accounts.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
So true in Indy!
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/08/2025
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job. www.wired.com/story/myster...
wired.com
Thieves Target Tennessee National Guard Facilities, Stealing Night Vision Googles and More
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Best place to get a heat pump in Indy?
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Single stair reform! archive.is/GFjMp#select...
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
In example after example, @annehidalgo.bsky.social has definitively demonstrated that it's possible to equitably redistribute urban public space. It's remarkable how few mayors want to leave a similarly positive legacy for their cities.
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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is a historic moment for Paris. Amid an intense heatwave, Mayor Anne Hidalgo once again demonstrates her visionary leadership: swimming in the Seine is now a reality. Bravo to her🙏🏻🫶🏻💫 www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Fun fact I learned last week: there's a tipping point to this! Eventually, all the wealth we "build" by destroying communities for highways and slaughtering people in car crashes is outweighed by all the wealth we lose by forcing everyone to own cars and denying them opportunities if they don't.
usa.streetsblog.org
Does Constant Driving Really Make Our Country Richer? — Streetsblog USA
A new study reveals that constant driving is making America less productive and prosperous — and getting people on other modes could help right the ship.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Instead of each neighbor having a co-op, what if we . . .
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I’m scouring ChickenSky for important knowledge before building a babysitting coop for my friend’s chickens when they come to stay
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Is there a chicken Bluesky? I need to see some built-of-odd-scrap coops
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/06/2025
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Simple summer morning watering joys
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Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis @indypedcrisis.info · 27/06/2025
BICYCLIST INCIDENT: 06/27/2025 04:56 AM E WASHINGTON ST & N SHERMAN DR District 18: Kristin Jones, Councilor Joe Hogsett, Mayor Bike Indianapolis, Advocate (@bikeindy.bsky.social) Details: indypedcrisis.info/#/lKH2wz0ZnE5dWn… #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Let's allow manufactured homes to be chassis free: www.therebuild.pub/p/the-dumbes...
therebuild.pub
The Dumbest Rule You’ve Never Heard Of
Whispers: "It's the Chassis Rule."
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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Hello; back from a longer vacation + recharge, and wanted to uplift this story I did before I left about why now is the time to rethink the way we fund transportation federally, and finally put regions in the driver's seat where they belong, rather than filtering most money through highway agencies.
usa.streetsblog.org
One Structural Change Could Shift Everything About How Transportation Works in America — Streetsblog USA
The so-called "highway trust fund" is disproportionately funded by gas taxes generated on non-highway roads — and those local priorities never get their money back. Is it time for a change?
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Eight bags of groceries and a sack of dog food!
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
$50/week for Freewheelin's bike camp and they still have spots in 3 different sessions. Tell a friend! www.6crickets.com/providerDire...
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New Circle Church-Midway Building - Freewheelin' Community Bikes
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Helping sis be brave for the pressure cuff with back rubs and counting
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Getting sis ready for her checkup this morning
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
My contribution to this week's free-fare discourse: Studies consistently show that eliminating transit fares does not reduce urban driving or pollution. On the other hand, providing faster and more frequent/abundant service can absolutely achieve those goals.
bloomberg.com
Free Public Transit Is Not a Climate Policy
Dropping the farebox on buses and trains can boost ridership and ease inequality. But the environmental case for making transit free is less clear.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Did anyone misplace a red truck?
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Camping with these two cuties!
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Brightest spark in my life.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Was planning to meet a friend for a walk after dropping the first graders at school but my two year old woke up with a fever. Not to worry! I packed the stroller and we walked the cultural trail in the cool of the morning with a little one along.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Bike to the 500, let's goooooo! url:https://www.wishtv.com/news/bike-to-indianapolis-500-2025/
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tired of sky-high infrastructure costs? Shrink the asphalt, add greenery, and give people more ways to move. It’s cheaper, safer, and your city looks like it cares about people instead of just cars.
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I actually would not recommend Indianapolis Bike Party for the average kid, but if your child is already a bike commuter and knows what it means to ride both predictably and responsively, it can be a fun experience to ride with a big group, at least before people get too inebriated. 🧵
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I was today years old when @williamhazen.bsky.social taught me there’s a better map app! Transit has a friendly user interface and lots of inclusive options! You can specify your biking and walking speeds so e-bike users can see if bus or pedelec is faster. And they know where new infrastructure is!
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Sylva Zhang @pedalindy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Still grinning this morning.
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