it still makes me sad that twitter is a bad place now. it used to be a good place, and the world would be better overall if it was still a good place.

Merry Melancholy Christmas, I guess.

"Over the past year, the E-bike Lending Library has loaned bikes more than 500 times, with borrowers traveling more than 16000 miles since the program began. ... [this year, borrowers who later purchased] will travel more than 328,000 miles on e-bikes."

https://communitypedalpower.org/blog/2024/10/celebrating-one-year-of-the-e-bike-lending-library/

So, here's some math.

• The E-Bike Library has had an average of 97 loan requests per month since the start of April.
• 60% of those loan requests are for cargo bikes.
• If I were to loan all bikes for a week at a time (as i'd really like, both for borrowers and my own sake), this would mean I'd need around 20 cargo bikes.
• In reality, I have 8 good ones and 2 mediocre ones that I prefer not to loan.

Not great.

I think that most of the evidence is that Waymo cars are driven significantly more safely than the average human-driven car.

I think there is evidence that Waymo is worse about its interactions with cyclists than it is with other cars. This is a thing that is harder for some good reasons, but I hope is a significant focus for Waymo, especially as it continues to expand operations in San Francisco.

It is unclear whether this means Waymo is less safe for cyclists than a human driver.