transportation design; customer experience consultant; business continuity; puns. My mental math skills are OK a.k.a. average.
Ames, Iowa
Joined March 2010
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"It really is barbaric that in the year 2025, we're still getting energy from the toxic, explosive mess of digging, processing, transporting, and burning that is fossil fuels..." @weareyellowdot on Martinez refinery fire
I wonder if Stellantis designer Nicho Vardis realizes a Ram truck driver could kill or seriously injure him if hit #JUUUSTRIGHT with the product he worked on.
#DriveYourOwnStory #RamTrucks #BigGame #RamHeavyDuty #KineticEnergy
Kinetic energy of
a 75,000 pound semi truck and trailer
traveling at 65 mph is
a 3,200 pound car about 300 mph.
Highways = physics roulette.
To match k.e. of 3,200 pound car going 65 mph,
a semi truck and trailer at 75,000 pounds
must stay under 15 mph.
Pickup truck driver
injures 5 people
driving inside Texas mall.
This is why a Walmart has bollards at entrances.
#MallSecurity #TruckViolence
npr.org/2024/12/22/g-s1-3961…
Iowa State Patrol officer catches a speeding turkey going 110 mph on Interstate 35 on Thanksgiving Day.
Hey, @amazon
Why have you added friction a.k.a. sludge to the return process?
I used to select a store name and drop by any. Now I have to pick a specific location to get the Confirm button to activate?
Driving 100 mph. Found open liquor bottle after Minneapolis crash.
Killed 1.
Injured 9, including a toddler.
"Court records indicate [driver] had a revoked license and previous convictions for careless driving and driving with an open bottle ..." cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/d…
Grant Olsen retweeted
The Washington Post editorial board should not resign.
They should publish the endorsement and make Bezos fire them.
#WashingtonPost
The definition of insanity:
[ create public message
'slow down' for 70 years and expect different results ]
When you design Dodge as straight as a rifle barrel, don't be surprised when drivers act like bullets.
Omaha
Person from Jesup, Iowa killed by 14-year-old licensed driver in a parking lot at a Walmart in Independence, Iowa.
Jesup woman killed in crash in Independence Walmart parking lot thegazette.com/crashes/jesup…
Grant Olsen retweeted
I'm just gonna point out...
All these cars can fit about 5 people each...
A bus could probably fit around 40 or 50...
A single Amtrak train could fit 300.
When are we gonna make this happen??
Here's a look at folks headed north on I-75 as #HurricaneMilton is due to make landfall mid week. This is about 60 miles north of #Tampa and as you can see the left shoulder is now open to add another lane to help people move along. All tolls in FL also suspended. @knxnews
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If all the speed limit signs in your town disappeared overnight, would your street designs communicate how fast people should drive?
If you have properly designed your street, it should be self-enforcing a.k.a. self-explaining.
The best traffic engineers have done this.
Grant Olsen retweeted
Al Franken Harvard Class of 1973 could team up with his classmate Jill Stein on the Franken-Stein ticket.
@CornelWest @BillKristol @EJDionne @IgnatiusPost @WalterIsaacson @Lawrence @DrJillStein @alfranken
Grant Olsen retweeted
Reality: US cities are full of drivers going 15mph over the speed limit while playing with phones in 5000lb vehicles with illegal tinted glass.
Police: Let's ticket cyclists going 1mph over a little known speed limit on a mixed use trail.
The Iowa State Cyclones radio call from play-by-play announcer John Walters.
Kyle Konrardy hit a 54-yard field goal in Kinnick Stadium.
Cyclones over the Iowa Hawkeyes, 20-19, to win the CyHawk trophy.
