Underwear takes up very little space! Imma bring 10 because I can

Make your views heard - this Thursday at 6 pm!

Councilmembers Tregub and O’Keefe are having a “listening session” zoom on the Corridors Zoning (commercial district rezoning)

Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Second Sunday is at Cornerstone today! Come fill out a postcard for Hopkins, yap about who is running for D1 (maybe you? Definitely not me) We will be here in the front area until 2pm

send a message to FITES as a birthday gift to me

Take Action ASAP for April 15 vote on Hopkins I gather my neighbors to support more housing and better transportation options in my city

safehopkins.kit.com/posts/take-a...

Photo of Libby Lee-Egan in a high viz rain slicker and bike helmet. Water droplets are visible on her glasses

It’s my last day of being 40! Felt cute even though it’s soggy out

One side is trying to get bike lanes on a high-injury street, to hopefully prevent the next death or serious injury. One side is fighting to store their property in the public right of way. These things are not the same! But sure, "both sides" have made Hopkins "toxic"

Pro-parking people spread misinformation and counter-protest an event meant to honor those who have died of traffic violence. Some pro-safety person put stickers on some signs. These things are not the same!

I am so fucking sick of the both-sidesing that keeps happening re: Hopkins bike lanes. Pro-street safety folks want the city to try harder to keep them from dying and the pro-parking people want to keep parking in front of their destinations for free forever. These things are not the same.

Wide Amsterdam street jammed with colourful cars in the 1970s.

Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.

Many of the cities we admire made tough choices regarding cars in the past, and are still making better choices today.

Better choices instead of excuses.

I wish I was her niece so I could inherit some nice rocks

Aww, Aunt Linda. Rest in peace

oh shoot, I didn't mean for this to read like a love letter to a car. I was trying to say that since we sold our car, I haven't felt the need to drive one except to get my kid to harp lessons. (and now the teacher has moved to a new place that is 2 blocks from the greenway so I can bike again)

When a 1-unit house is replaced with ONE larger house, the new house is ~3X pricier. When replaced by 5+ houses, each new house will be (on avg) cheaper than the original house.
www.aei.org/research-pro...
Change is part of the deal. Will we choose greater physical change, or greater price change?

...until I asked my neighbor to borrow his old Toyota. For the cost of a couple tanks of gas we arrived to harp lessons in relative comfort. There are a few other edge cases that make owning a car easier than renting but we are just fine without skiing or taking the dog on long road trips.

Last year my younger daughter said she wanted to learn to play the harp. We found 1 local teacher but her house was perched on the top of the steepest hill I have ever seen, impossible for a cargo bike and incredibly uncomfortable on foot. On hot days we arrived breathless and coated in sweat...

We started out as a 1-car household and after getting a couple e-bikes we got rid of the car in 2023. My family has saved thousands by not owning a car. The cost of occasional zipcars and lyfts pale in comparison to car payments, insurance, gas, parking, and repairs.

Chapter 17. The Affordability Argument - Bike Streets

I love this post linked in the latest Bike Streets e-newsletter: bikestreets.com/book/the-aff...

Car ownership and maintenance is expensive. "There is no other way for cities to more quickly reduce the cost of living than building complete bike networks."

photo of a crosswalk in Albany, California that has green paint and bike symbols freshly painted in the middle. This where the Ohlone greenway intersects with Solano Ave

green paint really gets me going
awooga hubba hubba

group of about a dozen kids on bikes with 3-4 adults on Virginia St in Berkeley, heading west

Right after that I joined up with a big group of kids on bikes. I asked the closest adult if it was a bike bus and she said "we're on a bike field trip from Cornell Elementary in Albany" Fun!

Yesterday I was biking home from the gym and saw some workers painting new bike lanes on California St. They are paint only but better than sharrows so I gave the workers a big thumbs up and said "I like what you're doing" and one said "have a good day!" Thank you sir, I will

GAS IS STILL TOO CHEAP

Just go to a place where there’s ample parking and a kids activity in the sun, I guarantee there will be parents sitting in their cars with the AC on the entire hour and a half. I have witnessed this every day since soccer started up again.

We need to stop prioritizing parking lots over people.

Today, I assembled a roundtable to discuss our Building Up Illinois Developments Plan — and the consensus was that we need to act fast.

Looking forward to passing it and getting to work in our neighborhoods.

Wisteria from earlier today. I like that it’s climbing that evergreen #bloomscrolling

“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then ask me where you’re going to put them.“ — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, mayor of Ponte Vedra, Spain. Graphic by the Urban Truth Collective.

Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Good for you for speaking up! What a slimeball

Photo of event co-organizer Libby Lee-Egan smiling with her urban arrow full of "I support Bike Lanes on Hopkins" yard signs

Large amount of people of all ages with pro-bike lane signs at civic center park in Berkeley, looks like a party

Photo of Wildcat mountain bike team members and parents demonstrating on the sidewalk near Sacramento and Hopkins. A smiling mountain biker in the foreground has a handmade sign that says "Kids need Protected Bike Lanes!!"

A group of four Berkeley High mountain bike team members pose with pro-bike lane signs wedged on their helmets and smiling for the camera

Faces of the joyous action we had last Thursday (including mine☺️). #BikeSafeBerkeley

photo of a crowd of people on the NE corner of Hopkins and Monterey, holding up a big banner that says "Safe Streets Include Bike Lanes." Participants are holding up signs that say "Safety for All on Hopkins", "Kids need Hopkins bike lanes", "I bike and I vote", and "More Kids on Bikes" and more

Two young participants on Hopkins are holding up "Safety for all on Hopkins" and "I support Bike Lanes on Hopkins" signs as 2 cars pass. Across the street is a large crowd of young people with homemade signs that say "Bike Lanes are good 4 Everyone", "Build the Hopkins Bike Lanes", and "Honk if you love biking and walking"

It's been about 24 hours since we showed up for Hopkins and I'm still in a good mood. The vibes were immaculate and it was heartwarming to see so many people show up. Over the past 3 years I've felt isolated by the city's inaction on my street. Now I'm surrounded by friends. #BikeSafeBerkeley

I love little treat walks

Show up for SAFE STREETS Show up for HOPKINS BIKE LANES March 12 Meet at 4:15pm King school Park - 1700 Hopkins Join fellow cyclists, students, families, neighbors, and community members. All are welcome.

We march on March 12!
Join your local safe infrastructure-loving community tomorrow at 4:15 on Hopkins #BikeSafeBerkeley #SafeStreetsIncludeBikeLanes
You can bring your own sign but we'll have lots to share. See you there!