Tag: driving
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The Desire for a Road Trip
Reading Time: 4 minutes Almost every time I get into the car I wish I was going on a road trip. I wish I was driving from point A to point B and that the drive would take hours, rather than minutes. As much as I hate “commuting” between point A and point B on…
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A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019
Reading Time: 5 minutes According to streetlight data walking in the US has declined over the past three or four years. The decline was by up to thirty six percent from 2019-2022. The clearest reason for this is that 2019 and 2020 were walking honeymoon periods. By this I mean that for the duration of…
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The Amplified Case for Car Free Cycling and Walking Routes
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the near future we may see many more self-driving cars from many different manufacturers. If this is the case then we should think about reducing the number of roads and lanes devoted to cars. As robots drive cars, rather than humans so safety distances no longer need to exist, because…
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Driving in the rain
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yesterday i drove through the rain for two hours at night and it was so demanding that i stopped the audiobook to focus on driving. It was harder to see the lines, and the rain was heavy enough to impact visibility. I made it but i would think twice about…
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Tomorrow I Have The Long Drive
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tomorrow I have the long drive. For 12 hours or so I will be driving the car with few stops and plenty of time to daydream.
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Trip Desire
Reading Time: 2 minutes This morning I found that I did have trip desire after all. As I drove out of a village towards the East I found that I had this desire. I did want to go for a long drive, and go on a trip. It has been January 2019 that I haven’t…
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Looking Back In Time
Reading Time: 2 minutes For a few days now I’ve been looking through thousands of pictures to make sure that they’re synced from iCloud to the Photo app before they’re deleted. In so doing I noticed how far in front of a group I was hiking a few years ago. Instead of hiking with the…