Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialSean Parker @seanforfive.com · 18hObstructionists have done well to make this about “vulnerable road users” i.e. “other people” but ROR creates a lot of crash risk for motorists 0122
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 18hThis is an excellent summary of 'no turn on red', but all we really need is to notice that 1% of drivers stop at a red when they are turning right. And I am constantly nearly hit when they do. peoplesjournalism.org#article&read...peoplesjournalism.orgPeople's Journalism 020
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialNeil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you’re only willing to make improvements to places that have had crashes, you do not believe in vision zero, you believe in vision not another but if it happens again, we can look at that too. The main point is to prevent serious injuries and deaths. 2257
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 9/29/26: Almost perfect; a bit warm this afternoon. But did four drivers in a row nearly hit me head on while I waited at the line to turn left from Commerce to 8th? I wasn't even moving, in broad daylight and yet they keep coming at me. File this under "was cyclist visible?". 010
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 9/23: LOL I guess we are entirely skipping a 40 degree range, straight to 60 and rain. Bring a light jacket? 040
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialwhitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s even more insulting that one of our staunchest bike/transit advocates just got hit by a car trying to get to this bus stop and is now hospitalized with a broken leg and yet they’ve made no changes whatsoever 0153
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 9/22/26: IT IS NOT 80 AT 7 AM. And it is World Carfree Day, which in Nashville, of course, is simply "normal Tuesday, don't do anything different." (The #7 downtown was CROWDED though.) It is now relatively safe, temperature-wise, to ride. Cars, of course, are the problem. 020
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialLeague of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org · 27/08/2026ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/... 515491
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialJames Guthrie @jeguth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Suddenly closing the one bike lane on KVBB for a sign to tell drivers one of their three lanes ends in 0.2 miles adds 8 times as much delay for a cyclist as banning right turn on red adds for a driver. 1305
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 8/18/26 and last week: Wear hiking sandals into the office. It's fine. Buy a fun board game. Do what you need to do in this heat. 000
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026More people than cars on the Woodland Street bridge at rush hour this morning. The fact that we just repaved and restriped this bridge to replicate the same absurd allocation of right-of-way is ridiculous. 3369
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialWilson Wilson @courier429.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Read every single word of this. 0144
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21/07/2026These new "action" spots have been placed randomly and will continually change to keep things fresh and exciting. 312630
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Is it just me or is this...not raised? 4141
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialLogical Frank @logicalfrank.com · 20/07/2026It feels like nice, cool days to ride are being stolen from us. 1102
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Wait, what is happening here @nashvilledot.bsky.social ? Did we really change almost nothing at this very dangerous crossing? 141
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialDread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"Anti-car activism" is a moral panic. People who seriously want to completely ban cars are few in number, have no power & even they don't want to ban ambulances. But the hypothetical allows people to justify ignoring real & current problems car dependency creates, including for disabled non-drivers. 119027
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is a really powerful thread, and an important warning about the very real, direct, and disastrous consequences of watering down Vision Zero efforts. 0118
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026#nashvillebikeweather 7/16/26: bearable, but I've been on the full buses that "no one uses". All drivers that zipped past the 17th and Broadway stop were staring at phones. All of them, including a man in hospital scrubs. Lord have mercy. 100
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialJohn Flournoy @johnflournoy.science · 16/07/2026CYCLISTS DON"T GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC 317830
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A whole lot of people with otherwise progressive views suddenly get real mad when you talk about doing anything at all to address the scourge of speeding drivers killing people 94168618
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Some stories from our local news: - Bike lanes cause drunk drivers to crash into parked cars - Bike lanes make it harder to drive to a pub - Bike lanes took away parking, said standing in front of parked cars next to the BL - Bike lanes are dangerous bc of all the bike traffic, also no one uses them 38211
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialBen Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Home sweet home :) 161
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It turns out this is the result of hiring a bunch of sociopaths who have been conditioned to dehumanize other people 07923
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 14/07/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 7/14/26:Carpooled for an early meeting. At Broadway and 14th, got the green and we all had to wait for a driver blasting through their red at 40 mph. In the office, the morning news was doing a story about "the dangers of ebikes." We have lost the ability to think about risk. 040
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialAction Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Counterpoint: you do actually have to scream. 4475
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialCharlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is wildly inappropriate when these measures are still YEARS out, and we have twice as many pedestrian deaths YTD compared to 2025. Good news? Currently, it’s just “good luck.” 2144
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 6/24/26: Not bad. Going to go out on a limb and guess that the repaving of woodland bridge, yet again, does not include a protected bike lane. 050
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Climate change is making it less safe year after year to do cool stuff, or, often, anything but sit around. 000
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Cool sounds like we don't need a 6-lane highway to get people to football games 0163
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 17/06/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 6/17/26: Half the roads in town are scraped or otherwise torn up but we cannot get a protected bike lane for one long block on the Woodland bridge. Also it is hot now. 030
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 13/06/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 6/12/26: first too wet and gross then too humid and gross. Pretty sure a lady just yelled "get off the road" while I was going IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, so our car nirvana continues ad nauseum. 030
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It's upsetting that our infrastructure is designed to force us to live this way. When the minimum requirement to participate in society is buying a car and sitting in gridlock, no one truly knows freedom. 26311
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026My job, plans, wife, LIFE, are not less important because I try to avoid driving short distances. This mindset is insane. 030
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 09/06/2026#Nashvillebikeweather 6/9/26: Go ahead, but it's a bandana and baby powder swamp. Music row drivers, both NB and SB, exhibited psychopathic behavior at lunch. What else is new in Nashville. 010
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026All I want is the all-access corridor we had in 1941 0191
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialderek van vliet @derek.bike · 08/06/2026ever since i was a small boy i knew i wanted to charge the pepper grinder 481996251
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026#nashvillebikeweather 5/27/26: In Greece for two weeks, no driver rage. (Driving the mountains does require skill, which i have due to bike commuting.) In Nashville riding for 10 minutes, a total mess, drivers flinging their cars all over. We don't have to live like this. We choose to. 0111
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Last 'post about posts' for the moment: The city and our friendly social media warriors spend a ton of time talking about how to keep bike riders and peds safe downtown. The problem is simple: too many cars, with no access restrictions. Limit what streets they are allowed on, problem instantly gone. 020
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026One $100 post is basically $100/month the way people downtown drive over them. 020
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The two corner posts at 14th and Demonbreun, which will never accomplish anything much even for the two days they still exist when replaced, have been gone for a while already @nashvilledot.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Concrete makes bike lanes look and feel like an integral part of the street, like they're supposed to be there. Flex posts make them look like an afterthought. Once again, we will get far more support by doing things right than by doing them halfway. Good infrastructure speaks for itself. 0255
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Nashvillebikeweather 5/6/26: You'll want quality raingear. Drivers will sit at a green light on their phone while you wait in the rain. Not ideal, but we do need the rain. Yesterday people had to lift strollers over the curb since there is a big fence blocking the ped bridge. Ridiculous. 000
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This is what I don't understand. Main/Gallatin is our chance to demonstrate proof-of-concept on a street that we fully own. Just build the plan, do it fast, save lives, and build support for the ones we'll have to fight for. If we can't do it here why would anyone believe we can do it anywhere? 1222
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialEzra Jack Skeets Wants Expanded Public PreK, 3K, and 2K @ezrahowru.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Lot more thoughts on yesterday's tragic death, but this is all I could muster up last night. I'm tired, disappointed, and at this point just plain angry. ezra-howard.com/2026/05/05/i...ezra-howard.comI Want You to Stay… Off Gallatin PikeI Want You to Stay… Off Gallatin Pike On Monday morning around 11:30 I boarded a plane for a conference on data visualization and analytics. As one does, I turned on airplane mode and settled… 3135
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialBen Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 05/05/2026That sounds really good. We should try it 0163
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Why would we need to know in advance that we can't get where we are heading @nashvilledot.bsky.social ? Utterly ridiculous. Same for Interstate Drive and Shelby-sidewalk construction there with no way through. 041
ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 05/05/2026How the heck to people just...drive...into...literally...EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS 3111
Reposted by @ryan-kamper.bsky.socialMoxie On Wheels @moxieonwheels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Nashville is weird because you can bike 35 miles to a conference and an award ceremony and game night and then home, and some of it is on pleasant greenways! And then those greenways dump you onto McGavock or Central Pikes (how are the bike lanes on Lebanon Pike not concrete protected???) 1152
