Friday Funny
Friday Funny: New Transit Mode: White House Briefing Room Podium
TIL that there are no podium helmet laws in New York City.
Friday Funny: The Onion Likens Gentrification to a Butterfly's Metamorphosis
The satirical website takes on the darling of community and economic development: the local craft brew industry.
Friday Funny: Atlantans Rely on Humor to Deal With Series of Highway Mishaps
No freeway no cry.
Friday Funny: Chattanooga Says it's 'Literally Perfect'
City branding got jokes.
Friday Funny: The Future of Mobility Is Now
A new ad by Swedish public transit agency Västtrafik pulls quite a bait and switch.
Friday Funny: Only the Onion Would Offer These 'Tips for Urban Biking'
The satirical site The Onion produces a set of totally invented, not-to-be-rusted safety tips for riding a bike in cities. We're not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Friday Funny: A Survey to Rate the Greatness of Driveways
Yeah, this is a weird one.
Friday Funny: An Imaginary Snowplow Takes a Lot of Days Off
Fans of @BobGunderson and @BicycleLobby will want to check out the Chicago winter version of the sardonic fake Twitter account, @606snowplow.
Friday Funny: The Best of the Best Gentrification Parodies
Sometimes you have to stop and laugh about the big problem with no immediate nor obvious solution. You might even learn something while doing it.
Friday Funny? Cards Against Humanity Crowdfunds a Hole in the Ground
"When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
Friday Funny: Sprawl Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Imagine a built environment that starts from a central location of Scottsdale, Arizona, sprawling outwards until it covers 70 percent of all land on Earth.
Friday Funny: Some Cyclists Hand Signal Better Than Others
The satirical website The Onion once again casts its gaze on the habits of cyclists.
Friday Funny: Fact Checking 22,000 Years of Climate Change
Every now and then, it's good to laugh at the absurdity of climate change denial.
Friday Funny: An 'Excuse Generator' for Transit-Related Frustrations
The MBTA Excuse Generator probably won't work on your boss, but it does provide humorously imaginative reasons for why your train made you late to work.
Friday Funny: Sheep View Goes Where Google Street View Can't
Some local residents of the Faroe Islands created Sheep View 360 to document the 18 rocky islands that make up their home—and now Google is lending a hand.
Friday Funny: Souvenir Photos of Your New York City Bus Ride
A satirical post by ClickHole imagines a world where bus trips are treated like a trip to Disneyland.
Friday Funny: The Serious Side and Long History of Competitive Race Walking
There's only a few more days left of the Olympics, and that's sad, but there's still time to learn about the wonders of the sport of race walking, formerly known as "Pedestrianism."
Friday Funny: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Tiny Houses
The satirical site The Onion took a break from a busy week lampooning the Olympics to sets its sights on the tiny house movement.
Friday Funny: Turning Urban Planning Into Poetry
The Bard of Avon would be proud.
Friday Funny: Seattle Street to Pay Homage to Pac-Man
The people's choice: Pac-Man.
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