If Elon lives to be 100, he'd need to spend >$60M a day to exhaust $1 trillion. $41,000 every sad, sleepless minute.

SF Muni ridership hit 82% of pre-COVID, with >100% neighborhood ridership compensating for slow but steady downtown recovery. SF's investment in transit priority continues to pay big dividends www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Illinois steps it up. Fantastic leadership from Illinois House Majority Leader Eva-Dina Delgado and Sen Ram Villivilam chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/03/s...

Apply and spread the word! If you have any questions or are wondering if this could be a good fit for you, please reach out to - I’m happy to talk.

Follow @mississippifreepress.org and @ashtonpittman.bsky.social for strategy, messaging and inspiration for your work in the other 49 states

Yes! We need more people to gleefully sign up to lose their battles to win the war for democracy, climate, the Constitution and fairness

Forget hydrogen or batteries. Just electrify trains like the rest of the world, with simple overhead line that allows efficient engines to pull power direct from source. Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

Mississippi Democrats flipped 3 legislative seats & broke the GOP's Senate supermajority, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social writes: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

I don't agree with all his policies, but here are 10 seconds of we-won-the-campaign perfection

Illinois steps it up to save transit throughout Chicago metro enotrans.org/article/hall...

"Felony Footlong"

Be like Art Agnos

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

Progress on climate, equity and street safety is dependent upon brave policymakers ready to fight for what's right. And a new generation ready to step up to carry on the work at the next election when there's a setback. Because if you're working at the right pace, there will be a setback

Progress on climate, equity and street safety is dependent upon brave policymakers ready to fight for what's right. And a new generation ready to step up to carry on the work at the next election when there's a setback. Because if you're working at the right pace, there will be a setback

A quick explainer on Montreal’s election: The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal. Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.

This fantastic overview of the obstacles and opportunities for missing middle housing is a greatest hits list of our favourite topics: single-stair, gentle density, zoning reform, will-it-pencil. All described in a wonderfully accessible manner that sums up to: How do we get more quality housing.

My immigrant husband missed Halloween as a kid. He loves a holiday honoring our hidden fears and unexplored personas, our ancestors, and our right to poke fun at hypocritical power figures. Happy Halloween from SF! 🎃

Which is why my Halloween costume is Donald Trump's Evil Gay Interior Decorator

Thank you, @missionlocal.org missionlocal.org/2025/10/sf-h...

More than three dozen streets across San Francisco will be closed to traffic for trick-or-treaters on Halloween this year. Use our map to find where you can take the kids out without fear of big, bad automobiles. missionlocal.org/2025/10/sf-h...

Now is a good time to read up on labor history

There's healthy competition in Calif for best housing + transportation + climate policies and projects. But Berkeley may win prize for MOST IMPROVED. Where else has shifted from most NIMBY to most progressive so quickly?

My mother fled home at 16 and later, through guile, worked in typing pool at Calif Division of Highways, processing eminent domain paperwork to seize homes for LA's Century Freeway, nearly destroying my grandparents' Lynwood home. Like many at the time, she was scarred from the experience

10/10 no notes

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SF made it easy for residents and business owners to remove car traffic for safe community celebrations. Thanks, Safe Streets for All, for mapping car-free Halloween night celebrations. For your own next block party, see www.sfmta.com/block-party-... www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Good afternoon SF -Crane Cove

Sunset Dunes Park may be amazing during its Halloween party, but here's a segment on random late October Monday. 2X speed

Loving @emmbadger.bsky.social's clear analysis of how to make buses faster, more frequent and more reliable. Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Minneapolis built more housing than any other major Midwest city & it’s not a mystery why. They allowed modest density housing types city-wide, cut regressive parking mandates, and made it easier to build apartments near transit. The results: more homes + slowed rent growth.

In 2019 this was a highway. Now it's 1.3 mi of family-friendly, fully accessible, safe Halloween fun. SF @sunsetdunes Park

you know what we could do it hook these all together and maybe run them in special tracks on a schedule

Ok people of Bsky: How do I make this read more "Epstein Ballroom" and less "Elvis"? I've got a few more days for alterations before Halloween

SF's Slow Streets and promenades create safe neighborhood gathering spaces. Slow Sanchez had their Halloween event today with 10 blocks of costumes, candy and mayhem 🧵 1/

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

LA is building a new $1.5 billion freeway into LAX. The very same airport where we just spent $2 billion on the people mover — actually, more like $3 billion, plus another $900 million if you count Metro's investment in the LAX station; so let's just say $4 billion — to make cars go away

As cities think about their future, @hillaryronen.bsky.social is a remarkable voice. We didn't always agree, but she was always clear on her values and knew how to direct bureaucrats to deliver better outcomes. Listen: www.themaybe.org/podcast/loca...

A short thread on Clipper 2.0 and why it's so exciting for recreational access!🧵 sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/c...

In SF, crime stats are way down, some near historic lows. Yet many still complain about "crime." When pressed, SFans may admit real issue isn't crime but untreated mental health and addiction on the street. In order to solve a problem, first we must accurately define it. Then also treat causes

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."

Imagine if we had legalized urban housing production in Calif decades ago. This chart is bad news for rent

NEW from me: California keeps losing tech jobs Amidst the AI boom, the US is in the largest sustained drawdown in tech employment since the dot-com bust And what tech jobs remain continue to leave California for the rest of the US 🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/california...

SF Yes, Queens #NoKings

SF march is getting underway #NoKings

Take a few minutes to actually read the Declaration of Independence today. It's unsettling how much of it resonates with what's going on today. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...