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)

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social

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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just walked outside for the first time since early this morning and reflexively said “oh holy shit” climate action now.

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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

savecarsharemn.orgKeep carshare in our neighborhoodsHOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city council member, county commissioner, and the governor about keeping carshare running.

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If that driver was very confused and lost, that person probably shouldn't be driving _at all_.

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...another reason to pass the Workers Drive Minneapolis ordinance actionnetwork.org/letters/work...

actionnetwork.orgWorkers Drive MinneapolisTell Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council to Pass Workers Drive Minneapolis Ordinance Commercial autonomous vehicle (AV) companies are beginning to map and test in our city, with plans ...
Daniel Aldana Cohen@aldasky.bsky.social

"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?...

youtu.be30 More Minutes of WAYMO Accidents and Fails (self-driving car)YouTube video by Tech Accident
Our Streets@ourstreetsmn.org

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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We are still riding the high of Open Streets Minneapolis™ Cedarfest ✨It was a beautiful day celebrating the beauty of the West Bank.

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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.

taylr@taylordahlin.com

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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minnesota people — were you at an anti-ICE organizing meeting, only to later find out an undercover DHS agent was in attendance? know someone who that happened to? if so, i'd love to talk — you can DM me, or reach out on signal, madimcvan.75

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Just another reminder that people will gladly bike places when there are safe routes to get there and car-dependency isn't the only option provided.

John Maddening!@johnmaddening.bsky.social

So the State Fairgrounds markedly increased the size of the Como bike lot this year. It’s still not big enough.

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This must be what Carol Becker sees in her nightmares

John Maddening!@johnmaddening.bsky.social

So the State Fairgrounds markedly increased the size of the Como bike lot this year. It’s still not big enough.

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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:

startribune.comData center developer signs deal to buy Minnesota Star Tribune’s shuttered North Loop printing plantThe 13-acre property is one of downtown Minneapolis’ last large industrial sites.

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Minnesota has begun to recognize a new season: smoke season. Highway removal is a solution that matches the scale of the problem.

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Simultaneously, both Minneapolis & St. Paul have small groups of unhinged people railing against basic road construction, but using "bike lanes" as a talking point / fig leaf to obscure their retrograde inanity. The need to reconstruct streets is just a fact. No point in a tantrum. And yet...

Strongly considering starting my weekday mornings with this clip. Truly the highlight of the @nacto.bsky.social conference!

Our Streets@ourstreetsmn.org

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...