Eric Aderhold

I write code, 🥌 curl 🥌, read books, watch sci fi, and spend altogether too much time on the internet.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@GrochestTom @seattledot Most people walking around even at night are wearing dark clothing. If you can honestly claim not to see a person-sized object in your direct path you need to change your behavior.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@GrochestTom @seattledot As a pedestrian I have a responsibility to myself to avoid risking my own life. As a driver I have a responsibility to others to ensure that I drive slowly enough that I can get a complete view of the road ahead. This includes looking for people wearing dark clothing in my path.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@uapseattle @typewriteralley And frankly...if someone wouldn't even think of riding a train unless Sound Transit builds a $200k parking spot just for them and lets them use it for free, maybe the train isn't for them. Surely there are other people who could become train riders with much less public subsidy.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@uapseattle @typewriteralley Bus->train->downtown = $3 each way. Maybe no time savings over driving downtown, but definite money savings over cost of parking/fuel/vehicle wear.

Drive->train->downtown would be cheaper and often faster than driving directly downtown even if parking at the station cost $10.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@uapseattle @typewriteralley If someone would rather sit in traffic on I-5 and pay $20 to park in downtown Seattle than pay $10 to park at the station and skip traffic that does seem strange to me, but to each their own. That opens up a parking spot for someone who leaves for work after the lot fills up now.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@GrochestTom @seattledot People often walk around their neighborhoods wearing normal non-hi-viz clothing, yes. We are all required to look out for them when behind the wheel. Use your headlights and slow down.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@uapseattle @typewriteralley If the parking never gets close to full you're charging too much. The idea is to price it high enough that a few spaces remain open but low enough that most still get used. Number of people starting to bus/bike/walk/carpool will exceed empty parking spots. Ridership won't suffer.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@uapseattle @typewriteralley The more you charge for parking, the more people will decide to get to the station by some way other than driving. This opens up more space for people who are less able to make that choice and really need to park.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@trainsbikesbus @Qagggy I'm all for reallocating street parking to better uses. More bike lanes, bus lanes, and trees please!

As long as street parking does exist and people park their cars there full-time, lack of charging in that location prevents those folks from switching to EVs.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@longfjeld @a67deff8dea4 @but_cyclists And we're back to my question: when computers become demonstrably safer at initiating movement than humans, is having someone to blame for each crash more important than having fewer crashes?

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@the_transit_guy But how are folks supposed to drive to the beach with all those homes in the way?

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@Spottnik Cool. I noticed that the block of Stone Way in Fremont that was closed for a couple years was just reopened with simple paint bike lanes. What's up with that? Why not make hardened bike lanes a basic requirement for newly built streets?

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@Cherylm56588591 @norcalpunkman @SaveStandard @PattyMurray Their lives would be more able to include evening social activities if their work hours were better synchronized with what other people do. If you work 7-3 you're going to need to go to bed earlier than someone who works 9-5.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@Cherylm56588591 @mr_jay_pea @SaveStandard @PattyMurray No, 9 AM meetings are just as unpopular in mid-summer when the sun already rose four hours ago even though we were on DST and it would have been five hours ago otherwise.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@Cherylm56588591 @mr_jay_pea @SaveStandard @PattyMurray That's essentially what China does. No time zones, everyone officially uses Beijing time. It's all arbitrary. As long as we've settled on "whenever the clock says 9" as the time to work, I prefer setting "9" closer to sunrise in winter so it's not 5 hrs after sunrise in summer.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@Cherylm56588591 @mr_jay_pea @SaveStandard @PattyMurray I work in tech. People complain about 9 AM meetings being too early as it is. Shifting it by three hours is a complete nonstarter. People would start polishing their resumes if you even suggested such a thing.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@mr_jay_pea @Cherylm56588591 @SaveStandard @PattyMurray Status quo is my kid needs to head out the door toward the bus nearly two hours before I'm expected to start my work day. I don't expect office start times to change. Shrinking that gap by an hour means more family time together.

[Eric Aderhold @eaderhold]

@mr_jay_pea @SaveStandard @PattyMurray More days starting school in darkness means more time after school in light. That's the trade-off, one I think is worthwhile. We're already *commuting* to school in darkness for a big chunk of the year. That's where the supposed danger comes from, and we're already doing it.