“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility

A protected bike lane on 30th Street in San Diego increased cycling to more than 130,000 trips per year within four years. After construction, usage rose by 120% in the first year and continued to grow. Read the full story by Momentum Magazine: buff.ly/JufGsFr

Get someone who looks at you the way my dog looks at a cheeseburger

If anyone sees Girl Scouts in the bay area selling toffee-tastics please tell me where they are. Please and thank you

My activation phrases...

Come chat with north Berkeley pro-housers today noon-2 at Headlands Berkeley. The Puppy Bowl is playing on the big screen!

These DOs and DON'Ts for housing messaging totally slap welcomingneighbors.us/messaging/ h/t @welcomingneighbors.us

"Can we adjust to bike lanes in our own neighborhood? Yes, we can. We can do this. We have to do it. We have to make adjustments that are uncomfortable in our own neighborhoods. Because we have to do our part on this." - former Berkeley resident Sophie Hahn, May 2022

Too often the City of Berkeley takes action on street safety only after someone has been killed or hurt. Our #visionzero strategy is literally ambulance chasing. Mayor Mamdani wants to be proactive. Maybe @adenaishii.bsky.social will too. And not just with daylighting, which is already state law.

If you are also pissed off about Berkeley leaders doing backwards shit when it comes to street safety, send a letter before Monday. Do it now! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...

As if the dearth of consequences for Trump's misdeeds is not discombobulating enough, I apparently live in a city where our political third rail is putting bike lanes on a high-injury street. Just over a week ago a kid was hit by a car less than 50 ft from my house. (good news: they walked away)

It’s Second Sunday again! Brave the bitter cold and come chat with your friendly neighborhood urbanists in North Berkeley from noon-2pm at Headlands. Look for the NBNow yard sign

If you have any money burning a hole in your pocket for c3 giving, waterside workshops in Berkeley needs a few more donations to meet their year end goal. Donate now! bit.ly/watersidenee...

Heyo, did you know you do have a chance to get your hands on some YIMBY Action merch designed by me? It's cute as hell and there's a bunch of options to choose from. Don't wait too long, you only have until 12/31! yimbyaction.donorsupport.co/page/FUNYSWP...

As someone who loves beavers, I simply had to visit a Buc-ees. What a place. I am transformed

Welp we moved to another street. 2 drivers still ignored the stop sign and flashing lights to pass the bus today! One of them did it as we started crossing the street 😡

The sun is out, the fire pit is on and Second Sunday has started! We are here at Headlands Berkeley until 2ish

3 drivers passed the school bus today, with its stop sign out and my kids exiting. A new record. I told the bus driver to go on a side street that is more narrow from now on. Longer walk to the bus stop now but at least my blood pressure won't spike everytime the kids come home

Kinda bonkers that this is what it looks like < 30 min drive outside of San Francisco

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

Found the perfect angle between my eyes and the sun to make a rainbow on this sign today

Check out Westbrae Makers Pop-Up and Block Party! 🚲 🧰 🧆 👝 🔪 🪴 ⛺ 📰 📖 💎 🗺️ Sunday, December 7 | 11 am - 4 pm @gilmandistrict.bsky.social 1306 Gilman Street Featuring: Blue Heron Bikes; Hida Tool & Hardware Company; Middle East Market and Cafe; North & East Leather; Golden State Sharpening;...

Anyone here with an iPhone who wants to play a fun word game with me? I’m running out of random opponents 😫 match.nimblebit.com/play/c2/14NS

I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Surely one of my East Bay mutuals has a home for Nimbus here and his brother Cirrus. berkeleyhumane.org/adoptable_ca...

Just when I think Berkeley NIMBYs are not the worst, someone proves me wrong. I would say shame on them but it’s clear they don’t have any

Join @berkeleyca.gov at its Harvest Festival, featuring food contests, crop and seed swaps, family-friendly activities, live music, and more! 🍓 🌽 🍞 🥧 🍪 🌾 🌱 🎟 🎶 Saturday, October 18 11 am - 4 pm Cedar Rose Park 1300 Rose Street More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...

This is more of a reminder to myself more than anyone else but, Worrying about your to-do list while you are doing something doesn't count as multitasking.

There’s a special guest this month! My puppy Roz is making her debut

North Berkeley Now’s monthly meetup is on! Join us at Headlands Berkeley from 11-2 and let’s raise a glass to the passing of SB79! 🥳🍾🍻🥳

VICTORY ALERT! wow this made my week

Always happy to be in good company as an E-bike poster child. Thanks for the awesome photo @ericpanzer.bsky.social

Just did this bike ride on an urban arrow in 80 degrees full sun. Please clap

Went for a little shoppy shop in the Elmwood the other day. I didn’t spend as much as I would have, thanks to some of the business owners who showed me where NOT to go.

Everyone is starting to notice our egregious typographical error. We are sufficiently ashamed. Please accept this corrected version of our guide:

Man I really needed some good news this week. Yay! Thank you CA lawmakers

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🚲🚲🚲Let us know via email how to make it safer to bike in Berkeley and strengthen our network of calmed routes and roads. 1) See the draft plan: berkeleybikeplan.org 2) Give input by emailing [email protected] by end of day on September 26. berkeleyca.gov/commu...

Happy Labor Day! Give a union member a high five today

Something that baffles me everyday: drivers who are in a BIG hurry and don’t seem to have time to yield to a human crossing the street in front of them BUT manage to find the time to stop, roll down their window, and yell at said human. Does this happen everywhere or just California?

Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.

Happy 8/27 to all. 🌺🌼🪻🌹🌸 May hundreds of thousands of transit-oriented homes blossom in the years to come 🌺🌼🪻🌹🌸

Berkeley Housers! There are two critical workshops this week!

Unfortunately the draft bike plan for Berkeley is woefully inadequate for delivering bikeable streets for all ages and abilities. It needs serious help and we need to speak up. Read this op ed and email comments to [email protected] www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/08/19/t...

Corridor zoning workshop for North Shattuck is tonight! North Berkeley senior center 6-7:30pm

Never thought of myself as a Cruise Person but I recently had the best time ever on one. Everything we needed was a 5 minute walk away and we never had to get into a car. We let the kids roam free at times. That kind of Walkable Urbanism is so illegal it can only exist in international waters.

Art of the Day - a city street that prioritizes people and homes rather than parking for @yimbyaction.bsky.social! Streets make up most of the public land in our cities, they can be used for so much more besides vehicle storage.

Fun fact! I designed the membership month swag for yimbyaction.bsky.social. It was a delight to work on a topic I feel strongly about! We needs homes for people, not parking for cars

Not sure where else to put this but a man on a motorized vehicle (his “license plate” said “e-bike”) harassed me on the ohlone greenway today. If you witnessed this at Santa Fe & Gilman around 5:50pm today 7/28/25 or if you are the lady who filmed part of it, please DM me.