Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter. 📍Berkeley, CAhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwx3u3h4ek22Very cool. A program in NYC gave 2 kWh batteries to families in order to let them run the AC during peak demand and charging the battery at night when energy is cheap. I predict a time when it will be weird that houses didn't have batteries. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/how-i-kept-cool-with-nycs-free-battery-program-for-window-ac-units/03 Oct 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwx3u3h4ek22https://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwvw3lt2bk2hBig thanks to @buffywicks.bsky.social and @markhumbert.bsky.social for joining the Malcolm X Elementary School Walk and Roll to School day! School is better when kids get there outside of a car!02 Oct 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvw3lt2bk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwtnltp3ws2iBoomer on boomer car crashes are increasingly typical in Berkeley. It's largely who is doing both the hitting, and in many cases, the being hit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtnltp3ws2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwtfnacs2s2iIf there is a *real* risk from actual, legal Class 2 e-bikes, it's from them tipping over onto toddlers trying to climb onto the back. The kickstands for most long tail-style e-bikes are wildly insufficient for their weight distribution.01 Oct 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtfnacs2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwsbomtaqk2qThe Calmatters series was excellent, and the victims of reckless, repeat DUI driving described in it deserve much better than this. Honestly, the members of California legislature should be embarrassed that this counts as progress. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsbomtaqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwhitzys4k2uQuestion for the chat: If someone introduces themselves to you, an English speaker, and tells you their name with an accent (in today's case, "Jose"), should you: 1. Respond with the closest approximation of the accented name 2. Respond by anglicizing the name 3. It depends (if so, on what?)27 Sep 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhitzys4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwepxn7c7s2dCome play with us, Danny...25 Sep 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwepxn7c7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwed65k4sk2xI'm not much of TV guy (I've only seen 9 of these in their entirety, and another ~10 in part). But I do feel that Game of Thrones is a bad show and you should feel bad for thinking it's good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwed65k4sk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwc4yu7ymc2tGot in a round of disc golf today at Novato's beautiful Stafford Lake course.24 Sep 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwc4yu7ymc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mwago2ynhs2pTook myself to the movies today, something I essentially never do. I saw the new Resident Evil movie, and it was great. Highly recommended. Know that's it a genre movie, but it nails it.24 Sep 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwago2ynhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw7vy7lzxk2iAC Transit Board: Let's all have a pint at the Winchester and wait for this whole thing to blow over. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7vy7lzxk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw75pwlbxc2gMy good friend and overall superdad Phil Mooney just led the first bike bus ride for San Rafael's Sun Valley Elementary School! They had 53 kids in total! 🎉🚴🏻 https://youtube.com/shorts/Wk4DrYk6FaM?si=qouPQBFjpW1n2-nu23 Sep 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw75pwlbxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw5ax7qrs225Just morally bankrupt shit from CA Highway Patrol. They say that "a bicyclist collided with a vehicle," and admonish riders to "follow the rules of the road" and "wear a helmet." The photos show a bike with a tacoed rear wheel and a car with a smashed windshield. Who collied with whom now?22 Sep 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5ax7qrs225https://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw4un5lcec25Hey folks, with everyone going back to school and a ton of new e-bikes going around, I wanted to re-share the Bike Streets app. It's a curated bike navigation app built around the network of streets that people actually ride on. It's free to use! Check it out and let me know what you think! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4un5lcec25https://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw4rtnbgm22j$116 billion dollars is enough to power 270 million e-bikes (one for every US adult) traveling around the earth 4 times. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4rtnbgm22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/warrenjwells.bsky.social/post/3mw4pw36ogs2mThe bougiefication of Rockridge, Oakland, fueled by single family zoning. These are the same three homes in 2019 and today. With different zoning, capital would go toward converting these 100-year old homes into multi-family housing, a 2-block walk from BART. Instead, people are just upgrading.22 Sep 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:p5e3fkt7ytg3sweqmseqsuvy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4pw36ogs2m