@w8emv so e.g. here's me using QGIS to show the Sidewalks layer filtered only to include features with the substring "PED-" in the comments, and the Non-Motorized Routes layer filtered to show only features with the type of "Crosslot"
Let me know if there's anything specific you want me to help figure out here! Unfortunately I was more interested in whether the city has any history or rationale associated with these paths, rather than just a record of their existence and status.
@w8emv I mean, the city should be able to export a shapefile for you with very minimal effort. But so can I 😁
@w8emv I had a eureka moment earlier this year when I discovered it's not difficult at all to download the data from these online ArcGIS dashboards into local files; for A2Transportation there's an open API endpoint at https://utility.arcgis.com/usrsvcs/servers/2935d32e96394aaabe945c0edbe8f379/rest/services/TransportationGroup/MapServer/
It's ESRI's standard MapServer API https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/services-reference/enterprise/map-service/, for which there are many clients, including https://qgis.org/
Are any #a2council followers surprised by the one-sided, misleading MLive article about the LWV forum tonight that doesn't so much as mention that there was anyone in the audience in support of the library ballot initiatives?
if the dude-gendered term for a unix elder is "graybeard", what's the lady-gendered term? "cronetab?"
@w8emv the attachments for these two resolutions have many of them:
- https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1447793&GUID=FDEF6344-4758-4646-93F9-CDCD93345BA4
- https://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5077336&GUID=AF952883-466D-4B8C-9488-6432A0B4831E
You can also find some of them on https://a2gov.org/A2Transportation by turning on the "sidewalk" layer and clicking around.
BUT, I'll be very interested to see if your FOIA turns up more info that's not already publicly-accessible! (e.g. the analysis stating why various cut-throughs were NOT suitable for the city to "accept" them as public sidewalks).
@peterhoneyman Fake London!
The Times finally reporting what we all could see: Musk was absolutely tripping balls the entire time he destroyed the government. Very polite of them to wait to drop this until he’d left the position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html
@TheChillennial Not in printed / PDF form, but ... you can go to https://a2gov.org/A2Transportation and turn on the "non-motorized routes" layer
Also I've been trying to make sure that the OpenStreetMap bike-route data is up-to-date; my preferred view is https://www.cyclosm.org/#map=13/42.2733/-83.7377/cyclosm
@Erich @csalzman I found it to be a good experience! The showroom is 2 blocks from the D2A2 stop. It really is just a showroom; they'll take measurements and you can try stuff on and see what fits. Shipping took maybe a week or two? And then you gotta get a tailor to hem the pants.
I went with a plain black suit for maximum versatility. I know some say you shouldn't wear black for festive occasions, but I don't care, you can always get fun colored shirts/ties/pocket squares to offset it!
Call me the Lara Croft of garlic because I’m a toum raider
New from ... me: Ann Arbor has failed its Vision Zero goal. Now what?
https://www.damnarbor.com/2025/03/opinion-ann-arbor-has-failed-its-vision.html
@george for a while I used to join every work meeting with "evil h4x0r" as my display name to make sure everyone understood that we did not (at the time) have Zoom meeting auth properly tied to work identities.
The problem is Zoom would helpfully remember my display name and not re-prompt. So then I joined an external meeting and ... oops.
Practice safety, but don’t be afraid to get close.
To get that 0 ft side yard remember your fire rated siding!
#HappyValentines
@csweatpants the city website (https://www.a2gov.org/departments/engineering/traffic/Pages/Road-and-Lane-Closure.aspx) confirms this.
Books | LET ME PARK: Unsurprising Lessons in Anger From a Guy Who Had To Circle the Block Twice, by James Q Porkchop #a2council
all things considered, which of these two would you rather have?
@wendynather a friend had the perfect response to people using ChatGPT to compose work emails: "if you can't be bothered to write it, then I can't be bothered to read it"
Fiddling around on Open Street Map and giving names and updating status on a few little bits of #AnnArbor pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, namely the cut-throughs and paths that formally or informally link parts of a neighborhood together without driving.
A success to celebrate in 2024 is the Coler Road cut
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/316000902
a fence was opened and a path was straightened and improved, making it now possible for strollers, pedestrians, and bicyclists to get through.
