Grant Olsen
@SolvesProblems
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transportation design; customer experience consultant; business continuity; puns. My mental math skills are OK a.k.a. average.
Ames, Iowa
Joined March 2010
"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 https://t.co/ztPPhMEGEj
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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
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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.
Crash energy = (1/2) x (mass) x (speed squared) As vehicle speeds rise, so does the severity and likelihood of crashes. Blame physics. All those years ago, Isaac Newton was trying to tell us that traffic calming is a pretty big deal.
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Pickup truck driver injures 5 people driving inside Texas mall. This is why a Walmart has bollards at entrances. #MallSecurity #TruckViolence
https://t.co/7F8x3yqqFu
npr.org
A pickup truck driver fleeing police careened through the doors of a JCPenney store in Texas and continued through a busy mall, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by officers.
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Iowa State Patrol officer catches a speeding turkey going 110 mph on Interstate 35 on Thanksgiving Day.
Shoutout to the men and women keeping our roads safe this holiday season. This morning, Sergeant Taylor pulled over a driver on I-35 in Decatur County. Believe it or not, the driver actually ASKED FOR A WARNING!
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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?
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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
A 29-year-old St. Paul man had an open bottle and was driving more than 100 mph when he crashed Wednesday near downtown Minneapolis, killing a woman and injuring several others, charges say.
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The Washington Post editorial board should not resign. They should publish the endorsement and make Bezos fire them. #WashingtonPost
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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
95 in a 55, 132 and Dodge. Officers are working a city wide speed enforcement grant. Slow down, drive responsibly.
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They: "Speed limiters on the electric scooters!" Me: "Crash kinetic energy is directly related to weight, so we should put limiters on the vehicles heavier than scooters." They: "You can't suppress freedom!"
Motorist jumped the curb, took out a fire hydrant, and crashed into my neighbor’s home
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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
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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.
Studies have repeatedly found that drivers will go a comfortable speed based on roadway design, regardless of posted speed limits. If roadways are designed to make drivers feel comfortable traveling at high speeds, they will do so.
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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
The only one eating dogs is RFK Jr. #Debate2024
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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.
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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. https://t.co/sfdYDPgJu3
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"All I am asking for is safety." Ankeny homeowners in the D.R. Horton development '36 West' are frustrated that Horton won't fix sidewalks and ramps that don't comply with ADA standards. City of Ankeny says they won't intervene because it's a private development.
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