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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Nashvillebikeweather 10/7/26: Nicer weather does not make nicer drivers. Is nearly being left hooked at two downtown intersections, while wearing a #visionzero shirt, a form of irony?
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Enjoy it, maybe sigh a little as needed, acknowledge that it's a process and we aren't perfect. And no one has time to rip that back.
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 06/10/2026
Obstructionists have done well to make this about “vulnerable road users” i.e. “other people” but ROR creates a lot of crash risk for motorists
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This 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.org
People's Journalism
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If 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.
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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?".
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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?
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Calm down (just a little), ol pal, it's still a high near 90. But also rock n roll.
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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’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
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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.
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League of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org · 27/08/2026
ACTION 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/...
Action alert graphic. A man holds a sign next to a bike lane that says "Everyone deserves safe streets!" Below the image is white text on a black background: "Tell congress: Funding for Bike Safety Projects MUST Continue! bikeleague.org/action-center"Action alert graphic. White text on a black background: "Congress Must Save America's Bike Lanes
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy erased the data that shows bike lanes reduce crashes and don’t cause congestion. Then he asked Congress to defund all bike lanes — and even remove bike lanes from busy roads.

Now, Congress may be listening: the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict what kinds of roads could have bike lanes on them at all. 

We need everyone in Congress to hear us clearly: bike lanes save lives and bicyclists have a right to ride on the roads and get home safely. 

Tell your elected representatives: vote NO on any transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict the ability of federal funding to be used on bike safety projects. bikeleague.org/action-center"
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James Guthrie @jeguth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Suddenly 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.
A sign blocks a bike lane. The sign says "RIGHT LANE CLOSED 1000 FT"
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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.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
More 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.
Several people walking, two people bicycling, and no one driving on a wide, overbuilt, 4-lane road
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Wilson Wilson @courier429.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read every single word of this.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
These new "action" spots have been placed randomly and will continually change to keep things fresh and exciting.
missing piece of sidewalk filled with gravel

City Excited To Offer Thrilling Off Road Experience To People With Mobility Devices
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Gallatin Pike 2026
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Is it just me or is this...not raised?
A very flat raised crosswalk on 4th
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is a very busy pedestrian crossing IN A CITY. Why are we scared to slow drivers down to something near the actual speed limit?
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Logical Frank @logicalfrank.com · 20/07/2026
It feels like nice, cool days to ride are being stolen from us.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Wait, what is happening here @nashvilledot.bsky.social ? Did we really change almost nothing at this very dangerous crossing?
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Dread 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.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is a really powerful thread, and an important warning about the very real, direct, and disastrous consequences of watering down Vision Zero efforts.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Also, Broadway traffic is a crawl at 5pm. Good thing we made sure it was for cars only. Huge win!
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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.
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John Flournoy @johnflournoy.science · 16/07/2026
CYCLISTS DON"T GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A 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
The Garfield, "You are not immune to propaganda" meme but instead it says car brain
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I want to move there just to point out how insane this is but oh well.
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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some 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
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Home sweet home :)
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It turns out this is the result of hiring a bunch of sociopaths who have been conditioned to dehumanize other people
Ackerley said it took more than 10 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. An emergency responder was “the only one that ran towards that man to attempt to save his life,” she said through tears.

”Regardless of his status or who he is as a person, it’s not up to ICE to decide if he dies in the street or not," she added.
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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.
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Action Committee for Transit 👣🚲🚇🚍🚊🧑🏻‍🦽 @actfortransit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Counterpoint: you do actually have to scream.
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Charlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This 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.”
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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.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Climate change is making it less safe year after year to do cool stuff, or, often, anything but sit around.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Cool sounds like we don't need a 6-lane highway to get people to football games
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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.
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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.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It'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.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My job, plans, wife, LIFE, are not less important because I try to avoid driving short distances. This mindset is insane.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Yeah, the issue for me is I need to go more or less straight north from the stadium, so Davidson is not useful..
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I got 100% lucky with timing catching the 3, then the 23 line to stay out of it.
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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.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
All I want is the all-access corridor we had in 1941
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
But WTH does one do at the bottom, eastbound? Always a nightmare. I do ped bridge onto sidewalk on the north side.
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derek van vliet @derek.bike · 08/06/2026
ever since i was a small boy i knew i wanted to charge the pepper grinder
photo of a pepper grinder sitting on a counter top with a pink phone charger plugged into the front of it
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Bro at the last stop sign before my house just blew through and I almost died on day 1. Then he tried to lecture me for existing or something, because all the sudden all the time in the world. Yeah dude I am not listening to that.
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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.
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ryan-kamper.bsky.social @ryan-kamper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Last '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.
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