Happy Friday everyone! Here's a fun video about the impact of grass in our environment.

Suburban lawns are not directly caused by cars but, as we're familiar with by now, are an externality enabled by cars. And perhaps it'll offer you a little hope in how to turn a legally mandated setback for your home's driveway into something a little less environmentally damaging.

http://archive.today/2025.10.29-000434/https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/society-accept-robotaxi-death-waymo-21123178.php

Alec Steele tours Brompton's manufacturing floor.

Hi. I haven't traveled here before. I'm just trying to follow the rule. I am hungry though.

This is a video of a walking/dancing/leap-frogging/three-legged half-mile race against a bus. Will the bus beat them or will cars get in the way of a packed bus?

Photos: https://imgur.com/a/DZYPb2Q

More info: https://fixthel8.com/

There's plenty of bad news out there, so here's some good news.

I was looking through recent legislation and noticed that Washington's legislators have passed several bills that are anti-car and pro-housing! These bills target removing minimum parking and building housing that doesn't force suburban sprawl.

SB 5184 - Concerning minimum parking requirements.

HB 1491 - Promoting transit-oriented housing development.

SB 5471 - Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.

HB 1096 - Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

Here's some news articles about them if reading legislation isn't your jam:

WA legislature passes nation-leading parking reform bill

Washington Legislature Sets it Sights on Transit-Oriented Development…Again

Sen. Goehner gains bipartisan support for ‘middle-housing’ proposal to boost new construction and improve affordability

Housing bills to watch as the Washington legislative session enters its final weeks

Josh Poertner goes into detail about tariffs and the current trade war affecting his company's bicycle products. He leads with SILCA's new mini electric pump, but also goes into why his US-made manual pumps became manufactured offshore due to a much earlier round of tariffs.

Change isn't easy but it's possible. A little good news for everyone's feed.