Carly Ellefsen
Carly Ellefsen
@carlyellefsen.com
Comms @ ourstreetsmn.org | Artist & Illustrator @ carlyellefsen.com | Transit-User and Biker 🚲 she/her
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Option #3: don’t let Waymo in at all. No big city needs robotaxis that spend 40% of their time deadheading (empty and cruising for their next pick-up)
This is due to Waymo's business choices, not technical challenges. Waymo could tell its cars not to park illegally (or block bike lanes), but that might annoy riders. Want Waymo to follow the law? Either use automatic cameras w/steep fines or make future permits contingent on better behavior.
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Thousands of Twin Cities residents rely on this service. @hourcar.bsky.social is an economical, equitable, and convenient transportation option that we can’t afford to lose. We need more multimodal transportation options, not less. Savecarsharemn.org
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Carshare is a critical part of our transportation system. People rely on HOURCAR and Evie. The sudden sunset is devastating. Let decision-makers know you support emergency bridge funding to save carshare. savecarsharemn.org
Hourcar service has been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.
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Drop in traffic at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social has tripled over the last few months, as needs have increased due to city actions in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. We need to boost fundraising so we can increase capacity - please help if you can! SupplyDepotMpls.com for all the links
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i love this story so much :) minneapolis is good, buckthorn is bad :)
...another reason to pass the Workers Drive Minneapolis ordinance actionnetwork.org/letters/work...
"We’re not meeting the future of George Jetson, but of George Orwell... as Robotaxi Handler makes clear, Waymo riders can be even more gross and depraved than their antisocial ideology reveals." From the belly of the tech beast in @bayareacurrent.bsky.social bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-lot...
just going to leave this here youtu.be/w-TZOQC0RrU?...
Autonomous vehicles are a direct threat to thousands of residents who drive to support their families. Use your voice and support protections of vulnerable communities from extractive billionaire tech corporations like Waymo. Make a plan to testify or send an email to decision-makers.
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Replying to @ourstreetsmn.org
If you enjoyed Open Streets Minneapolis, consider making a financial gift today. Every dollar makes events like this possible. www.ourstreetsmn.org/get-involved...
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I don’t have a short, simple explanation for what’s kept me here far, far longer than I expected. I just have about a zillion moments like this.
hennepin county attorney candidate cedrick frazier is riding the black label bike club’s freak bike that has a barrel for a front tire at cedarfest in minneapolis!
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i am legitimately so sad about this. the fair not only gave the big pepper, one of its more iconic-looking booths, the boot, they MADE THEM HIRE SOMEONE TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.
Happy BLUE LINE IS BACK to all who celebrate @metrotransitmn.bsky.social
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A Star Tribune spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the company reached a deal with Legacy Investing, the firm that transformed part of downtown’s Sleep Number Building into a data center for artificial intelligence and cloud computing:
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"The big question should not be how to preserve a highway while making its harms more tolerable. The big question should be what becomes possible when we stop treating those harms as permanent." @yeswaydrjose.bsky.social for @startribune.com 🎁🔗: www.startribune.com/rethinking-i...
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"Today is the first day without him for all of us, and it is heartbreaking to know that my mom did not make lunch for my dad before going to work—the first time in their 30+ year marriage" - son of the man ICE killed
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Strongly considering starting my weekday mornings with this clip. Truly the highlight of the @nacto.bsky.social conference!
MUST WATCH: Deborah Archer, President of @aclu.org and author of "Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality", closed the @nacto.bsky.social conference with a call for true justice in transportation. vimeo.com/1197773920?s...