Comments by "Nicholas" (@NicholasLittlejohn) on "City Beautiful" channel.

  1. Texas has the most ugly and wasteful design.
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  2. Gas companies want us to drive.
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  3. Trump says get three or four jobs
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  4. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure
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  5. Kind of a great idea to fly over traffic and not have to rip up roads and disrupt businesses. How much less density does it have vs a bus route averaged over the day and could the cars be larger?
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  6. Wouldn't people then be naturally forced to condsider telecommuting, carpooling, transit? I think we could make do with a lot less capacity by using I wiser.
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  7. Cycling encourages public health and tourism
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  8.  @CityBeautiful  Do they have cameras on each one or police at stations to talk with to keep women safe, prevent vaping etc?
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  9.  @AmbientMorality  There is a good bit of hypocrisy in the PNW where people claim to be for cycling but really aren't and just drive.
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  10. It was a superimposed green screen :)
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  11.  @CityBeautiful  I feel in some ways local knowledge and culture should be incorporated within scientific reason and proper application of code.
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  12. BBQ, big truck and oil country..I know!
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  13.  @iheartlreoy8134  Car cities spend billions on freeats and healthcare and are at an economic disadvantage.
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  14.  @yaacovdavidowitz4502  If one is driving vs cycling..
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  15. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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  16. How will the oil, pollution and SUV industries survive! Will you please consider capitalism? 🤣
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  17.  @Labyrinth6000  seems unlikely
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  18.  @deneb_tm  riding on sidewalks is unfair to peds and disabled. We need to lobby for safe bike lanes.
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  19. Tell your leaders and organize on social!
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  20. Because we are!
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  21. @Ryan Farris Austin is trying, there's an open spurt bike map you can add suggested lanes to. Domain is a bit of an island, it gets better downtown and near UT, Town Lake.
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  22. Scary, I know. I wish they'd do windmills to inspire the kids.
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  23.  @CityBeautiful  7-11 doesn't seem to care about communities and fuels costly illness ranging from diabetes to obesity to litter and plastic waste.
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  24.  @aidanw9378  What's that aboot? 🤣
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  25. Plus parking garages can be shared between offices and entertainment districts.
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  26.  @CityBeautiful  see Community First in Austin, first 3D tiny houses too 👏🏼
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  27. Buildings should be required to provide covered bike lockers.
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  28. Oh gross! They should so solar/wind/Tesla batteries to inspire kids and to save a fortune.
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  29. Very little effective homeless housing in the US, mostly billions wasted on administration.
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  30. Citizens and non-profits have to keep on the leaders to make it so!
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  31.  @orbitaljunkie  Showers may be required in new buildings in Austin, they are on the coasts.
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  32. Right hook as well
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  33. That shows a lot of need/demand
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  34. Sprawl is super costly and polluting. These cities won't be as prosperous or sustainable.
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  35. A big thing is runoff from pesticides and cars/motor oil. I feel we need to ban Roundup in cities and promote electric cars and driveway pavers for permeability.
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  36. Ford tried this themselves in Austin and it weirdly didn't work out. Hoping people are more transit friendly there.
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  37.  @Homer-OJ-Simpson  subsidizing the poor seems ok
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  38. Wire cutter
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  39.  Catoosa Dawg  Hateful myth.
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  40. The key is to be like a local and boycott trashy tourist spots. Airbnb ruins cities as local hotels aren't paid and rents are increased for locals.
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  41. Not like a $10-$12.00 burrito, beans and rice that cost pennies and feed billions.
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  42. How else would Wall Street eat babies?
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  43.  @starventure  you have the cops go with you
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  44.  @frankhooper7871  scooters are banned on many trails as they and their users tend to be dangerous and annoying though.
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  45.  @Alex-cw3rz  banned on trails in many cities
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  46.  @niklasmolen4753  👏
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  47. Ebikes use so little, it's not worth worrying over
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  48.  @_qwe_fk_1700  it's the law for federal workers
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  49.  @julioalvarez9650  Austin is doing "Healthy Streets" with low speeds and tree shade
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  50.  @calvin8199  what defines better?
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  51.  WorldFlex  government contracts private companies which cut corners
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  52. Tax the rich
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  53. Needs better leadership, maybe you!
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  54. Likely cheapest cost, agreed
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  55. 👏
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  56. Love Davis! Lived in the dome homes at Baggins End
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  57. Csrs are wheelchairs for Americans.
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  58. Can't legally block the box
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  59. Gasoline pollution far offsets any production savings. RMI has your data on this.
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  60. Paris would be super ugly.
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  61. Uber is garbage for society, for drivers 🗑️
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  62. Santa Cruz Pier
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  63. A social project?
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  64.  @pleasedontwatchthese9593  crime rings, usually
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  65.  @byrlink  bus camera may you prosecute, I'd file a police report at least. Smart to lock to itself or rack, I do that too.
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  66. Set up GPS bait bikes
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  67. Under $4000 a month is wildly affordable in the US
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  68. Oil and gas lobby perhaps
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  69. Car free buildings are needed! Garages cost millions and add a year to building timeline.
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  70. That sounds unhealthy.
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  71. Is form based and parking maximum the most current way? Austin is doing a refresh right now to incorporate Code Next knowledge, be involved with us. http://www.austintexas.gov/department/planning-and-zoning
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  72.  @FaustLimbusCompany  maybe so
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  73. Austin has vans too in some areas/towns
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  74.  @cx5307  Wish local pizza places would too
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  75.  @Scrimjer  she can ride in the basket
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  76. V gave money to the rich, it wasn't real socialism.
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  77. We need to work on that phenomenon. Austin has that issue too, we waste decades and millions and still never take action.. no light rail, etc.
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  78.  @AmericansAlwaysFree  hackers thankfully can't control Tesla cars
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  79. It's much healthier for different people to live together like in nonprofit housing coops.
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  80. Judgement could go away
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  81. Saves so much vs car ownership that one could move closer
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  82.  @fraslex  There is even a scam tourist tax what locals know to have removed from their bills.
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  83.  @DavidLLambertmobile  gambling is so gross
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  84. Tell your local 311, code enforcement. A lot of what you are experiencing is illegal.
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  85.  @davidfreeman3083  That's a common misconception.
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  86.  @blitzn00dle50  can tell 311 for sure
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  87. We need to think of the billionaires!
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  88. They're super ugly for sure.
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  89. That's a perception vs fact. See thousands of area chargers on Plugshare.com
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  90.  @blue06lt  And the new EVs go 200 miles plus, many charge weekly or every few days at most. It costs pennies overnight at home or is super quick in public.
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  91. Form has been closed, possible to remove link?
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  92.  @lyssasletters3232  👏 Yes! I'm from SF
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  93. Scooters and gas powered bikes are illegal in bike lanes and 911 should be called. They are motor vehicles.
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  94.  @jackdeniston59  $150 conversion on Jehu's channel
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  95. There are no vouchers available for decades and greedy landlords won't take them.
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  96. The government is us.
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  97. Need more granny gears, a triple crank and ebikes!
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  98. Micro buses in Mexico, Africa too
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  99. Literally more valuable
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  100. Call 311, most ugly things are indeed illegal in your neighborhood.
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  101.  @liamness  cameras and a way to lock bikes to the concrete floor could help
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  102. Read your local transit annual report.. tens of millions are spent on diesel while only nine or ten cents of each $1 in fares from poor people contribute to overall revenue. Wall Street companies like Veolia also provide drivers as essentially temps (to provide profits and provide fewer benefits). I feel drivers should be directly employed as nonprofit operators.
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  103. Lol we used to hack "Fareless!" And go to Sauvie Island, transit should be free and my friends are now mayor and Governor there, will work on them and TriMet.
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  104.  @CityBeautiful  Agreed, it was required by EPA for high urban nox emissions from diesel buses and downtown traffic, interestingly.
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  105.  @MilwaukeeF40C  this guy is a troll
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  106.  @nc3826  Stanford does this, uses electric vans during off hours. Former Google worker manages their free Maugerite electric shuttle system.
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  107.  @MarshallSteeves  Tell the Mayor!
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  108. Didn't they learn they could have saved billions by not doing the tunnel and just having the above ground road diet? The other way would have been tunnel for cars and bike/ped at surface. Either seem better than this.
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  109. Just hoping stores don't raise prices.
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  110. Can ask your leaders for improvements
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  111.  @flip1sba  many abandoned new buildings though
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  112. Homeless already get free passes and crime moving by bus is more likely a myth, many cameras and facial recognition soon.
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  113.    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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  114.  @KingSlimjeezy  #reporthate
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  115. Short term rental and rent control, tech worker/millionaire tax. Land trust and affordable nonprofit micro apartments.
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  116.  @horseplop9  we're only at 40 percent obesity so far
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  117.  @SLACKERBOY  👏 Can always ask city hall and txdot for more bike lanes
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  118. @noah Oh wow you live in a truly dangerous area.
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  119. Agreed, can always register bike with your city.
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  120.  @TheGuy-tc8wm  There's many I hear
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  121.  @ShellsGhost1  Portland has a block party permit too
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  122.  @RedSntDK  they're jealous
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  123. Can work to change that, agreed
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  124. They likely have a streetsblog.org film
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  125. Counties will often help once a year.
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  126. Jesus taught simple greed
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  127. What's amazing is that a lot of ugly and bothersome uses may have been built illegally. It's as easy as making a simple alert to your local 311 to make them clean up.
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  128.  @JER0EN  Red is the new bus lane color, gets attention from drivers.
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  129. Super scary, they need to go wind and battery to inspire kids!
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  130. Where?
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  131. Check your city website for tree giveaways/treebates and use your 311 app to get street trees replaced and planted if missing!
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  132. Sidewalks are for ADA. Only ok for bikes if widened for that purpose.
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  133. Sources?
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  134. They shouldn't be allowed to park in the bike lanes. No signs or enforcement?
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  135. It's life changing, for sure
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  136. Streetsblog.org has a lot of films on Davis and Asian bike facilities also
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  137. I think cities get Google Sidewalk too
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  138. Austin just hired their city manager to bring more good ideas!
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  139. Full size electric scooters are really cool as there's no noise or air pollution too.
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  140. 👏👏👏
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  141. eBART is also cable driven. I used to sail at Berkeley with their engineer from Austria or somewhere like that.
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  142. And the OHSU tram is free when coming down, there is a hiking trail to get up there too.
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  143.  @CityBeautiful  Sliding scale by income should work.
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  144.  @Azivegu  Affordable housing in the US is a tax scam to give money to the rich, interestingly. Check it out.
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  145.  @TheRishijoesanu  With you on congestion and carbon tax parts
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  146.  @TheAntoine48  Good question, for weather and elders, likely.
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  147. Exactly! I cycle, transit and have a wind powered electric car as backup.
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  148.  @carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102  ebikes would really help here on hills
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  149.  @Frygonz  tell the city for sure
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  150.  @economixxxx  Unlikely.
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  151. Are there any safer trails online, how about the national bike route system..any progress? We went from Portland to the ocean in Oregon once, about five hours.
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  152.  @Jessica-ir8qw  best to leave sidewalks for peds and disabled while lobbying for safe bike infrastructure, it's shown.
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  153. Maybe your Sheriff can help advocate for changes too
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  154. American capitalism is pretty ugly
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  155. Lithium is a small part of batteries and more people on all bikes benefit society.
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  156. Tolls are great like congestion charges. Many people need to pay more to realize they should take active transit and change habits.
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  157.  @MilwaukeeF40C  as a shared society, we should
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  158. Trump's Dad actually was the one to cut these corners on housing projects for returning servicemembers.
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  159. Ultimate subversion
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  160.  @tomrogue13  they tied bikes with rope at UNT in Denton TX or left unlocked, same at Stanford
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  161.  @biketrailing4277  yes!
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  162. Started with coal power? Wow
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  163. Seaside, FL too!
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  164. Polyculture always wins!
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