Tony C

Tony C

@cherolis.bsky.social

Here's to hope. All we've got left.

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Careful at the Monon Trail and 16th St. We had to take the safety demonstration project out this morning. Drivers will be wildin' again.

Let's talk more about this during #WeekWithoutDriving - centralincycling.org/week-without...

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“It’s not the worst, but it’s not the best.” 🚌 IndyGo bus riders are speaking out on transit reliability after a new report ranks the city’s system among the four worst in the U.S. https://tinyurl.com/522tzuk4

This this this!

Erik Noonan@eriknoonan.bsky.social

Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational.

Is anyone at the state level talking about buying that quarry and building in a spillway so that it can be critically important flood control for the region? Now is the time for that type of planning. Extreme weather and rain events are going to get more extreme.

WRTV News@wrtv.bsky.social

Crews are set to start demolishing the Hazel Dell Parkway bridge on Monday, over a month after the bridge collapsed as a result of August's historic flooding in Indiana. (📸: Colin Baillie)

Taking poor people off Healthcare amid rapidly rising health insurance costs is the pinnacle of evil. Nobody. Nobody likes JD. The dude is a weasel. I'm embarrassed to have grown up in the same town as that filth.

WRTV News@wrtv.bsky.social

Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees amid fraud allegations. The plan is intended to save $2.2 billion. FULL STORY: https://tinyurl.com/8as3wf2x 

Truck bro pulling out of the new apts in my neighborhood told me to bike on the sidewalk. I know where he lives. Don't make enemies in your own neighborhood, ya noob.

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

I want to remind folks, you can buy BYD stock and ditch Tesla in your portfolio. Te$la had a 8.6% decline in sales in 2025, while BYD recorded over 7% growth. BYD's P/E ratio is much more reasonable, and the reason you're not seeing them in the US are oppressive tariffs. Don't buy Natzi stock.

Let's go Dutch!

Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl

☀️ On the 7th September, the UN International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, we want to celebrate the contribution cycling can do for cleaner and healthier air. (Of course, air pollution has many sources (!), and transport is only one part of the picture)

I'm curious. It's this just an Indy thing? Multiple locations. Public and not hard to find. In places that one would think it's bad for business. They just leave bullet holes in stuff. Central business district. Front patio rain gutter on a rental unit. Big ol' bullet holes. So weird.

I'm on the Indianapolis Fatal Crash Review Team. Our PD rarely pulls a phone warrant after a fatal crash. That is the norm. They don't see an issue with that. It drives me nuts.

David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social

This is a wild statistic (from IIHS, a very reputable research org): "Cellphone use prior to crashes is undercounted in police reports by a factor of at least 7."

What was up over the last 24 hours? So many drivers hitting people walking in Indy, then callously driving away. Indy needs more DUI checkpoints ASAP.

WRTV News@wrtv.bsky.social

IMPD says the driver, an adult female, initially fled the scene before a witness drove after her and made her stop. https://tinyurl.com/49ad4ffd 

Bought my first hunk of BYD stock (BYDDF) on the Hong Kong exchange. Someday, folks other than mega corps with self driving fleets will be able to by BYD EVs in the US. @teslatakedown.com

Just gave a presentation on e-motos and e-mopeds to a Central Indiana regional audience. The municipalities are trying to figure this out with a hodge-podge of local ordinances, since the state legislature has been ignoring the new e-micromobility.

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A pro-business state like IN should be working to provide a definition for e-mopeds, so that young people can legally use them to get to work, school, & destinations. Without that framework, e-moto & e-moped riders are going to get tangled up in policing that seriously complicates their lives.

This isn't rocket science. Indiana already has a definition and legal framework for gasoline powered < 35 mph mopeds (AKA motor driven cycles). There is an age limit for riders, required safety equipment, and a very low annual registration fee.

Just gave a presentation on e-motos and e-mopeds to a Central Indiana regional audience. The municipalities are trying to figure this out with a hodge-podge of local ordinances, since the state legislature has been ignoring the new e-micromobility.

Current state law in IN treats both e-motos & e-mopeds like full-up motorcycles, but consumers (parents, teens, & utility riders) don't know that. They're not getting them registered, they aren't insured, & young folks definitely aren't licensed motorcycle riders. docs.google.com/presentation...

docs.google.comE-Micromobility / E-Motos Presentation, Aug 2026e-Micromobility e-Bikes, e-Motos, e-Mopeds, & more! Anthony Cherolis, 8/24/2026 Executive Director, Central Indiana Cycling director@centralincycling.org

Residents in Carmel show up when bad ordinances get proposed. Don't eff with the Monon Trail.

Brandon - "Fietser"@americanfietser.bsky.social

BRB, gotta take time out of my life to go attend a meeting rooted in car brained ignorance.

Person walking struck and hospitalized by yet another Indy hit-and-run driver right next to Brookside Park. WTF?

Safe Streets Indy@safestreetsindy.org

PEDESTRIAN HIT-AND-RUN WITH INJURY 08/19/2026 09:56 PM 3125 BROOKSIDE PARKWAY S DR District 13: Jesse Brown, Councilor (@jesseforindy.bsky.social) Details: https://indypedcrisis.info/E09UvLf0UGWqHBZPXaNB #SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

Oh hey Carmel. I see you clutching those pearls.

Brandon - "Fietser"@americanfietser.bsky.social

If my attitude sucks, it's because I had to write an email explaining to all of the city council and the mayor why a "dismount and walk your bike" proposal is an absolutely ignorant policy proposal, but in a diplomatic fashion. "Dear dipshits" doesn't seem to win hearts and minds.

Thoughtful post about a surprising lack of pre-flood response in Indy as we knew what was coming downriver from record rains and flooding upstream.

Wildstyle@mrwildstyle.bsky.social

My latest article A closer look at the lack of preparation of the Hogsett administration last week as flooding ravaged city after city upstream of Indianapolis mrwildstyle.substack.com/p/highwater-...

This seems nuts. The new normal for heavy rainfall is certainly exciting for anyone with a basement.

WRTV News@wrtv.bsky.social

After Wednesday storms dumped close to 10 inches of rain in central Indiana counties, rain chances close out the week before temperatures approach 90 this weekend FULL STORY: https://tinyurl.com/2ucx57fa 

Sadness. What do we older folks that can't unload sadness do with all the sadness and despair? It feels like sadness has been piling up my entire life, and I can't see hope or progress anymore. It feels cumulative and terrible. I'm sorry young sads. It may be even worse for you.

Hmm. You mean it isn't e-bikes?

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”

So many great greenways and trails to bike to the Indiana State Fair!

Central Indiana Cycling@centralincycling.org

The Indiana State Fair starts today, 8/7! Find Pedal & Park Bike Valet right off the Monon Trail at 38th. We laid out several routes, primarily on greenways and rail trails, for biking to the fair. Bike in (& use Pedal & Park) get a $1 discount coupon for day-of tix. ridewithgps.com/events/49614...

I get to have meetings with pearl clutching Indiana leaders about the dangers of 40 mph e-motorcycles (< 200 lb vehicles), but they won't talk about the dangers of 6,000 lb racing SUVs with no speed limiter and no requirement for special licensing or permits for use on public roads & neighborhoods.

This shows what can be done with a strategy and sense of urgency!

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com

Beijing’s bicycle comeback might be one of the world's most significant urban cycling revivals. After decades of decline, its mode share has climbed back to almost 30%, supported by over 3,200 kilometres of infrastructure, extensive bike-sharing systems, and an ambitious program of street redesign.🧵

We've had so many good infrastructure projects (safer for all, by design) get squashed by an alliance of car-centric folks and *only bike in motor vehicle lanes* Forresterites.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Hear our two-parter on John Forrester and his book, "Effective Cycling," the bible of vehicular cycling. While we've come a long way, cities are still feeling the effects of his movement. thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/1...

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had a great facetime call with our friend Sen. Mitch McConnell earlier today, he said “help me” (I think, audio was bad) and I said “you’re too close to your phone, pull it back and watch your little thumbnail screen and try to center yourself in it” but then the call disconnected he’s doing well!

Erp. This.

RexLibris@rexlibris.bsky.social

Heartbroken US fans dressed in over-the-top tacky stars and stripes is the second most popular Canadian sexual kink, behind Log Driver's Waltz role play.

I thought putting on lipstick while driving was a cliche, but then tonight almost got smooshed by this cliche driver. If you can't keep your eyes on the road while driving across one of Indy's busiest Monon Trail crosswalks, you shouldn't have a license.

Kids and seniors cross the street here. Not everyone is going to be a grizzled expert. My 5 year old niece crosses this crosswalk with me. Don't even ask me what I'd do if someone hit my niece.

Needed a sag and transport vehicle for the weekend Ride Across Indiana. I do not recommend the plug in hybrid Jeep Grand Cherokee. It drove alright. But the battery only lasted <20 miles in EV mode. Terrible sight lines. Carries less than a minivan. Why do people buy bloated SUVs?

The windshield wipers being trash (lots of rain driving) and the active ant colony in the passenger seat didn't sweeten the deal. Not my best rental vehicle experience.

Good things are possible.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

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We pre-taped Episode 23, so it feels like it's been way too long since David & I talked... If you feel the same way, join us today at 6 PM EST for a live taping of Episode 24!

Look Both Ways with David & Wes@lookbothwayspod.bsky.social

New livestream this Tuesday at 6p ET! Should residents be able to keep outsiders from using "their" streets? Also: Why does the federal government claim many kinds of road deaths shouldn't count? Wes and David will discuss. Join them ⤵️

Drunk guy and his drunk buddy stumble out of bar in Broad Ripple. Finds parking ticket on his car, because he parked in metered parking space right in front of said bar. Complains loudly about how the city takes his money again, in addition to the taxes he already pays. Drives drunkly home.

Having seen all the public property damage and human crash carnage from drunk drivers, Indy should probably charge more for parking (and parking tickets) in front of bars. IMPD doesn't have many DUI checkpoints. We could fund those external costs at the source.

What's up Bloomington, IN mayor? Why do you suck? Your small college city is ideal for a section of bike and pedestrian blocks.

WRTV News@wrtv.bsky.social

The Bloomington mayor has vetoed a proposal to close five blocks of Kirkwood Avenue to vehicles for 6-1/2 months of the year and open it only to pedestrians. https://tinyurl.com/838uzuj7

Giant pickup trucks and tank-like SUVs are a dangerous scourge. They need to be heavily regulated and the drivers should have specialized commercial vehicle driver training.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.