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haraldkliems

@haraldkliems@fosstodon.org

Researcher, bike advocate, union member, #Rstats, open data, transit, sustainability ...
he/him/his. All opinions my own.

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haraldkliems, to fedibikes_de German
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Frage für die in
Ein Freund und ich beenden im Juli eine Radreise in München, und mein Freund fliegt von dort aus zurück in die USA. Hat jemand Empfehlungen für einen zentral gelegenen Fahrradladen, um einen Fahrradkarton zu bekommen? Mein Freund spricht nur Englisch.
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haraldkliems,
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@dbx @fedibikes_de S-Bahn-Nähe (umsteigefrei zum Flughafen) und wenn möglich auch in der Nähe eines Hotels wäre ideal. Mein Freund verbringt voraussichtlich zwei Nächte in München.

haraldkliems, to random
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I finally got around to joining the @openstreetmap Foundation. The web form to confirm that I qualify as an active contributor was clunky (I got an error message and there was no immediate confirmation email), but it did work. To celebrate, I'll do some more edits today! #OpenStreetMap is awesome.

streetsblogmass, to random
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I just published a very basic introduction to using Boston's bikeshare system data in . IMHO this is a great, underutilized dataset and is especially well-suited for student projects!

https://observablehq.com/@vigorousnorth/using-bluebikes-data-in-r

haraldkliems,
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@streetsblogmass Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Here in #MadisonWI, our bike share system is privately owned and operated, and so we don't get any data (other than what the operator chooses to publish). I think this is something the city should push for the next time the operating agreement comes up for renewal.

haraldkliems, to Trains
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New York Times piece on #Amtrak long-distance #train CO2 emissions. tl;dr: Not great.
Edit: now with gift link to the article https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/climate/trains-planes-carbon-footprint-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i00.OeVS.eXGuYMPYYOyz&smid=url-share

haraldkliems,
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@Pepijn Gift link here https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/climate/trains-planes-carbon-footprint-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i00.OeVS.eXGuYMPYYOyz&smid=url-share
But yeah, more or less your summary is right.

haraldkliems,
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@capntransit @Pepijn I'm not sure I follow your argument. Is the point that during the long Amtrak trip you're prevented from producing CO2 in other ways?

haraldkliems, to random
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Does this qualify as #CarryShitOlympics? My friend Nick ghostriding a regular bike from his #velomobile

A red velomobile rides away from the camera. An arm is sticking out to the left to ghostride a regular bicycle.

haraldkliems, to random
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I finally finished the frozen peas with a best before date of January 2018. AMA

haraldkliems,
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@stfn @wholesomedonut Appeasement does work sometimes

istuetzle, to random German
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Kennt wer ein gutes Buch zu computers, den vielen (Schwarzen) Frauen, die als Rechnerinnen arbeiten?

haraldkliems,
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@rheinze @istuetzle The author of Programmed Inequality is also on here! @histoftech

haraldkliems,
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@histoftech Awfully snowy! But otherwise good.

A bike with a snow shovel strapped to it
Daffodils covered in snow

haraldkliems,
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@histoftech Tuesday. But it's snowing again. Sigh.

haraldkliems, to random
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I'm a heavy user, apparently. We'll see when I make it past the $0.02 mark.

TheWarOnCars, to random
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"In 2022, cars killed 7,508 pedestrians, the equivalent of 18 fully-loaded Boeing 747s crashing with zero survivors. That means a pedestrian died roughly every 70 minutes, with no breaks in the tide of fatalities for weekends or holidays."

https://www.motor1.com/features/713936/pedestrian-deaths-emergency/

haraldkliems,
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@enobacon @TheWarOnCars I'd like to see a jurisdictional transfer grant program: Cities would apply to take over current state or US highways through their territory, and US DOT makes it financially feasible.

haraldkliems,
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@enobacon @TheWarOnCars I thought there was something in the works to reconstruct the corridor in a better (of course still not ideal) way?

ChrisMcCahill, (edited ) to madisonwi
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#BRT stations are taking shape on State Street in #MadisonWI. These were scaled down from their original design after business owners raised concerns that they’d be too intrusive. #PublicTransit

haraldkliems,
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@liederbach @ChrisMcCahill Here's some reporting from when that debate took place. https://www.channel3000.com/news/local-news/frustration-state-street-business-owners-sound-off-on-plans-to-build-newer-larger-bus-stops/article_56acafdf-8b8b-522f-834d-4a843f4ec46b.html and https://tonemadison.com/articles/state-street-businesses-should-not-call-the-shots-on-bus-rapid-transit/

foxandcity, to random
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This is me in just about every city I travel to.

How have all of you people not learned how to cross streets?

haraldkliems,
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@Alon @foxandcity https://www.der-postillon.com/2021/01/moralisch.html
"Because a child was watching: Driver morally obligated to run over man who crosses street against the light"

Frau_Hase, to mastobikes German
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ich trage mich mit dem Gedanken, mir eine Kamera anzuschaffen, mit der ich meine Radfahrten aufzeichnen kann.

Habt Ihr Tipps für mich, worauf man da achten sollte?

Oder könnt Ihr geeignete Kameras empfehlen?

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haraldkliems,
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@Frau_Hase @mastobikes @zweirat0711 Ich habe seit kurzem eine DJI Osmo Action 4 und bin recht zufrieden. Beispielvideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXlzusTITA
GPS hat die Kamera nicht, aber für meine Zwecke ist das okay. Und die Kamera ist viel, viel besser als eine billige Action-Cam, die ich vor ein paar Jahren gekauft hatte.

haraldkliems, to Wisconsin
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The second deadliest car crash in #Wisconsin|'s history, with 9 dead. The crash occurred at an unsignalized intersection of a state and county highway, in a very rural area. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/03/10/victims-of-clark-county-crash-reportedly-members-of-amish-community/72920956007/
#VisionZero

haraldkliems, to random
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Big blog post by @Ice_Cold_Rhino and myself. Back in December, I posted a graph about the spikiness of US pedestrian fatalities right after sunset, based on FARS data. That post garnered a lot of attention, and we did more work to verify that we weren't seeing a fluke and to start exploring possible explanations. Here's the full post, with code: https://haraldkliems.netlify.app/posts/pedestrian-fatalities-soar-just-after-sunset/ I'll share some of the graphs in this thread. (1/

haraldkliems,
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Here's the main graph, similar to what I shared in December. Pedestrian fatalities stay mostly flat in the hours before sunset. But right after they begin to soar, with the peak happening about 20-50 minutes after sunset. Then they gradually decline but remain much higher than during the day. (2/

haraldkliems,
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Around sunrise we see a similar but less pronounced pattern: A spike (but less pronounced than the one around sunset), and then a quick drop and flat line during the hours after sunrise, at a level lower than during the dark. (3/

joe, (edited ) to javascript
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Well, that fucking sucks. I just went into my o3 meeting with the boss and was told that I don't have a job anymore. If anybody is looking for an experienced / / dev in the area (or remote), let me know.

https://jws.dev/Resume.html

haraldkliems,
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@joe Sorry to hear. Maybe add one of the various job hunting hashtags to the post (not sure which ones are best #FediHire #GetFediHired #FediJobs #FediHired )

kev, to random
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My first ever blog was hosted on Blogger, and Google loves to delete shit, so I've decided to replicate that site and host it myself.

https://kevquirk.com/building-an-archive-of-my-first-blog

haraldkliems,
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@kev Blogger (along with GoogleGroups) are two Google products I use and that have been around a long time. And I'm really surprised they haven't been abandoned yet. Migrating my Blogger blog has been on my to-do list, but it just seems like a lot of work (the blog is quite image-heavy).

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