Tweets for the Week of 2014-04-13 to 2014-04-19

Visitors are sometimes amazed we have one washing machine for 13 people, but there are 168 hours in a week, and *maybe* 13 loads of laundry. 22:54:56, 2014-04-19
RT @NobleIdeas: My view: coal is over any way: https://t.co/DKaxb5haM4 RT @ddimick: Judge: Minnesota "no coal" #energy law illegal http://t… 20:01:42, 2014-04-19
RT @neil21: Bloomberg reports on the US trend of replacing parking lots with buildings http://t.co/WuScNc5Fmw #crazytalk #antiamerican #hip… 19:58:52, 2014-04-19
I need to plan my bike rides further ahead so I can get other people to come with me… Mmm, Flagstaff. 13:10:05, 2014-04-19
RT @neil21: "Sprawl didn’t just happen — it is a direct consequence of big government." http://t.co/jt5WdzJBdB 13:07:55, 2014-04-19
There are lots of better ways to measure "congestion". We should use them in Boulder: http://t.co/5As4aASWkS 12:51:50, 2014-04-19
Barcelona remains the best city I've spent any time in. Almost like Los Angeles in a walkable parallel universe… http://t.co/UgR698YfWa 12:19:24, 2014-04-19
Joint Transportation, Planning and Environmental board workshop this Wed. 4/23 looking at sustainability: https://t.co/jJJWzkaKFg Comments? 12:14:21, 2014-04-19
@mrmoneymustache @kworthington @weberz That last error w/ FireFox 28 on Mac OS X 10.9. Under Chrome it loads fine. in reply to mrmoneymustache 11:50:36, 2014-04-19
@mrmoneymustache I'm getting: The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression. in reply to mrmoneymustache 11:49:02, 2014-04-19
RT @FutureCrimes: Criminals use drones and infrared cameras to find illegal cannabis farms– and then steal from fellow growers! amazing htt… 11:41:36, 2014-04-18
@schmangee Is there some way I can update the Twitter account associated w/ my network blog in your DB? I.e. @ZaneSelvans not @Flatironbike in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:31:39, 2014-04-18
@streetsblognet Is there some way I can update the Twitter account associated w/ my network blog in your DB? in reply to ZaneSelvans 10:20:31, 2014-04-18
@streetsblognet the @flatironbike account is mothballed. All my tweets are from @ZaneSelvans now. But thanks for the link 🙂 in reply to StreetsblogNet 10:16:42, 2014-04-18
@kevinclimate Enjoy the crags! Simple, visceral, low-carbon fun. Like most of the best things in life. in reply to KevinClimate 07:10:43, 2014-04-18
@mjvos @strongtowns Now if only sales taxes didn't poll better than all other revenue sources… Especially hard in Colorado with TABOR. Ugh. in reply to mjvos 07:08:10, 2014-04-18
RT @ClnEnergyAction: Did you miss the @RabagoEnergy Value of Solar presentation in March? We've got the whole thing posted online! http://t… 18:12:40, 2014-04-17
Externalized costs, discount rates, & risk tolerance interact in interesting, powerful ways when pricing uncertain, long term outcomes. 13:52:47, 2014-04-17
Paper on best practices for #managedlanes: include #BRT & HOV to increase efficiency http://t.co/JFa51xrvup from @WillToor @MikeSalisbury78 in reply to MikeSalisbury78 12:45:09, 2014-04-17
Lots of Martin Acres houses ar 5-6 Bedrooms. We need to do whatever we can to make sure they stay empty! 19:24:18, 2014-04-16
Mike Marsh of MANA: "A policy that helps one part of the population at the expense of another is not a good policy." Umm, symmetry much? 19:23:37, 2014-04-16
On occupancy limits in Martin Acres: "There is almost constantly a car in front of my house". Oh, the horror! 19:21:58, 2014-04-16
@meltzere Oh for sure. This is just the first round of many… We'll see how it goes. in reply to meltzere 18:52:25, 2014-04-16
@meltzere I heard some folks muttering about it. The e-mail I saw to MANA only went out this afternoon. in reply to meltzere 18:19:18, 2014-04-16
@meltzere Me too 🙂 I think it was just meant to get some enraged homeowners out for a pitchforks and torches party! in reply to meltzere 18:04:32, 2014-04-16
@meltzere And also a strange (untrue) rumor on the neighborhood lists that council was going to talk about repealing the occupancy limits… in reply to meltzere 17:42:09, 2014-04-16
Sadly City Council isn't actually looking at repealing occupancy limits tonight. But who can to pass up an invitation to an angry mob party? 16:53:43, 2014-04-16
Oh my, what a nice green eco-friendly parking lot you have there: http://t.co/8SvoWQ7Nq0 13:08:43, 2014-04-16
@neil21 @clmarohn I watched Duany's Lean Urbanism talk at the Michigan Municipal League. Long but really good. Will look up Leinberger… in reply to neil21 16:59:12, 2014-04-15
@clmarohn @neil21 Do you have any resources on the origins of big project bias? Small is "impossible" now, but once it was ubiquitous. Why? in reply to clmarohn 16:46:39, 2014-04-15
When would we respect a slave-owning abolitionist? Or a climate campaigner with a huge burn rate? Are these similar or different questions? 16:35:33, 2014-04-15
@republicwirelss does your ROM reduce power consumption of cell radio when WiFi is strong? My basement office is a battery vampire. 16:16:17, 2014-04-15
@ericmbudd Always makes for excellent episodes of @TheDailyShow. in reply to ericmbudd 14:55:13, 2014-04-15
Looking forward to the US highway trust fund running out this summer. VMT or inflation indexed gas tax hike, please! http://t.co/Pstfadmmgl 14:48:02, 2014-04-15
Representing TAB at @RockefellerFdn #ResilientCities workshop in @bouldercolorado Suggestions? http://t.co/TfW7OH4vcE cc @AlexSteffen 14:44:03, 2014-04-15
Just waiting for @KevinClimate's response to these characterizations of IPCC report, & the ease of staying under 2°C: http://t.co/9H2tkHaj10 14:16:58, 2014-04-15
Stuff found at the bottom of my pannier. I think I probably need to empty them out more often… http://t.co/hqZ5Npzjh8 13:24:02, 2014-04-15
I kinda want to get an electric assist cargo bike, so I can claim the $5K "zero emissions vehicle" federal tax credit next year. Oh, wait. 12:02:04, 2014-04-15
RT @Naparstek: Good one, Onion: "FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States" http://t.co/0lOlEqUw4a 11:58:12, 2014-04-15
@ericmbudd it's definitely going ahead. This was just an information item. They got more money. in reply to ericmbudd 09:03:23, 2014-04-15
In a world fueled with rampant debt, competent people wearing thrift-store clothes are like ostentatious peacocks. http://t.co/GiHZKX2DzB 00:35:44, 2014-04-15
Switching to @republicwirelss from @Tmobile on @mrmoneymustache's rec. Plus my office is a basement with great WiFi and no cell coverage. 23:04:30, 2014-04-14
@cfenno3 I tend to live-tweet the TAB meetings. Tonight was was feeling especially ornery for some reason. You're a bad influence 😉 in reply to cfenno3 21:43:55, 2014-04-14
@rickhackett @36commuting I'm stoked that we seem to have a BRT consensus at this point. I hope it holds together and we do a good job! in reply to RickHackett 20:49:38, 2014-04-14
@cfenno3 I had no idea you were in the Twitterverse! in reply to cfenno3 20:46:01, 2014-04-14
Sounds like the @36commuting coalition is coming down in favor of the arterial BRT, especially on the Diagonal Highway, Boulder to Longmont. 20:44:14, 2014-04-14
@sugarmags3 And hell, maybe I could even enjoyably bike out to meet you at a sweet coffee shop with no parking at 55th. in reply to sugarmags3 20:41:09, 2014-04-14
Real BRT in the Arapahoe corridor w/ intense, human scale redevelopment would be awesome. Maybe @sugarmags3 would bus into town then! 20:39:19, 2014-04-14
We are not going to "balance" the needs of E. Arapahoe as a road to other cities, and a place in its own right. That's a stroad. They suck. 20:33:00, 2014-04-14
Something I'm actually excited about… joint Planning/TAB work on reimagining the East Arapahoe corridor. Land Use + Transportation = Win! 20:16:26, 2014-04-14
@cbruntlett @spinlister @bikesharing @neil21 The folks on @WarmShowers are wonderful for getting ahold of a bike in a foreign city! in reply to cbruntlett 19:48:32, 2014-04-14
Our whole toolkit is band-aids. The real problems are strip malls big fast roads in the center of town. Underpasses don't fix them. 19:46:02, 2014-04-14
If we spent the $5.4M on changing the character of Baseline instead — slowing traffic, narrowing it, making it awesome — what could we get? 19:34:24, 2014-04-14
Looking at various options for the $5.4M underpass that will cross Baseline between CU and the Basemar shopping center. 19:21:03, 2014-04-14
The danger of listening to the public when they are asking for something that they can't have. Like building your way out of congestion. 19:14:06, 2014-04-14
So diving headfirst into expanding paid and managed parking districts is worth ~$8M. 19:08:04, 2014-04-14
Especially since (with a well designed city) a huge proportion of the local trips can be done under human power. 18:42:12, 2014-04-14
Regional transit/BRT investments are better for VMT, GHG, housing+transportation cost reductions, jobs access. Sounds like the winner to me. 18:41:26, 2014-04-14
We used to highlight reduced per-rider service costs w/ county-wide EcoPass, but @RideRTD said "What, you want even cheaper service!?!" 18:39:26, 2014-04-14
.@NelsonNygaard modeling suggests paid parking districts would increase transit use by 1/6 as much as $50M service investment. Politics vs $ 18:32:20, 2014-04-14
Depends what end you look from. 20x the biking rate as US overall? But vast majority of folks drive for most trips. Pretty similar to US. 18:29:14, 2014-04-14
Oh the cognitive dissonance: "Boulder travels differently!" but also most people are "interested but concerned" and unwilling to bike. 18:25:51, 2014-04-14
Public and policymakers walk so little in town that we have to take them out on Walk Audits and show them what works, and what doesn't. 18:22:14, 2014-04-14
@bruteforceblog Boulder's Transportation Advisory Board (which I'm on, and tend to live-tweet 🙂 in reply to bruteforceblog 18:19:33, 2014-04-14
Largest demographic in online public outreach is 15-35 year olds… on which staff comments "We don't usually see much of them." 18:16:19, 2014-04-14
Getting a preview of city council's update on the transportation master plan for the end of the month. 18:15:02, 2014-04-14
@ericmbudd A concrete plan to actually re-develop the dead mall would be a good place I think. in reply to ericmbudd 18:08:14, 2014-04-14
Follow along with our action packed agenda here… https://t.co/r1a8I17C7A 18:04:34, 2014-04-14
And in case you couldn't tell, it's TABsday. 18:02:52, 2014-04-14
Who thinks a pedestrian plaza at the intersection of 2 8-lane roads, backed by an asphalt ocean will be great? #WTF http://t.co/KWhOWXh7If 17:32:46, 2014-04-14
Bike paths and sidewalks by dead malls are band-aids. Complete streets to nowhere. Or more likely, complete stroads. cc @StrongTowns 17:26:53, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss @rwhelp Sad to say this does not bode well for future use of the site… don't make me go see if @tingftw works any better! in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:47:30, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss @rwhelp Updated Flash… quit browser, restarted, disabled all my add-ons, cleared today's cache & history… still no dice! in reply to republicwirelss 16:45:23, 2014-04-14
What the youth are saying these days about our planning practices… @ericmbudd: ZOMG BUT THE HEIGHT LIMIT in reply to ericmbudd 16:05:10, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss @rwhelp Also of note, content below the line often fails to update on "continue" it stays "accessories" or "plan selection" in reply to republicwirelss 15:49:46, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss Cleared all republic wireless cookies, still a #fail. Exact same behavior on Safari. Augh. in reply to republicwirelss 14:41:58, 2014-04-14
RT @neil21: When you believe in things you don't understand, then you suffer. 14:35:55, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss happens in both Firefox and Chrome, regardless of whether adblock is turned on or off… 14:15:31, 2014-04-14
@republicwirelss trying to buy a phone from you guys, but on the checkout page there are no fields to fill out below, just blank whiteness 14:14:33, 2014-04-14
@neil21 I keep wanting to RT you, but you've gone private since I started following… in reply to neil21 13:14:42, 2014-04-14
@ericmbudd I know, I totally HATE the Boulderado Hotel. It's just too fucking tall! in reply to ericmbudd 12:51:05, 2014-04-14
Gorgeous depictions of a car-free Boulder: http://t.co/4vLReAYAY4 This one looks especially walkable… http://t.co/urLUNcLGSn 12:33:43, 2014-04-14
Anybody interested in getting up to speed on Boulder/Denver public transit advocacy? Check this workshop series out: http://t.co/F2Cvoqleuq 12:28:42, 2014-04-14
RT @sugarmags3: My latest PUC update on a very dry issue. DSM! http://t.co/qJO3pqGWiw 11:57:54, 2014-04-14
RT @ClnEnergyAction: The US may revise its coal reserves down by 90%. Sound crazy? Turns out countries do it all the time! Our new post: ht… 11:57:29, 2014-04-14
@ericmbudd Also, you know I am more than 1/2 of the CEA twitter account, right? in reply to ericmbudd 11:57:12, 2014-04-14
@ericmbudd Still don't have a good explanation for the late 1960s to 1974 crashes in global stated coal reserves. in reply to ericmbudd 11:56:43, 2014-04-14
@ericmbudd @lowtwait I notice a distinct lack of cars in virtually all idealized depictions of Our Fair City. Funny, that. And nice. in reply to ericmbudd 11:44:39, 2014-04-14
The more I talk to climate scientists about climate policy, the more they seem like an oppressed minority, fearful of political retribution. 11:07:02, 2014-04-14
The same low discount rate & risk tolerance that compels me to work on climate makes me feel insecure b/c I can't save >50% of my NGO pay. 10:40:06, 2014-04-14
I am that guy at the co-op who gets the munchies at 2am and then tries in vain to put dishes away quietly while waiting for the toast. 02:11:01, 2014-04-14
@purpleclarence @streetfilms …and then hopefully drive it around devouring other cars. in reply to PurpleClarence 01:10:49, 2014-04-14
Perfect snowy day to snuggle, while working on taxes, co-op food budget to actual & rent revisions. Sadly, I'm currently short on snugglers. 01:08:19, 2014-04-14
@mrmoneymustache Is there some issue w/ your site? I keep getting "server cannot be found" on sub-pages, though the main URL loads. 11:13:20, 2014-04-13

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