AV's will "create efficiencies" - people said the same thing about Uber/Lyft. Show me examples or proof that VMT will decrease. Not interested ideological optimism. Past experience with the car industry has shown that the profit motive eventually undermines the promise of benefit to the public.

Some jobs should be automated, and this is one of them.

a 2-part tale of how off-year governor races have consequences

Yay new jersey!

In the United States: For every one person killed in a fire, more than 10 are killed in traffic crashes. For every one person injured in a fire, more than 100 are injured in traffic crashes.

Why does this debate over street widths matter? Because an increasingly large body of evidence shows that wide streets increase traffic fatalities and injuries. That really matters, because traffic fatalities and injuries are MUCH more common than fire fatalities and injuries.

@runsascoded.com updated his visualization, showing the efficiency of different modes of transit between NYC-NJ. Lincoln tunnel bus lane is the winner - and it only operates for 3 hrs a day! Investment in private vehicle infrastructure, is not a good use of state or city resources. hbt.hccs.dev

What the fuck.

The e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS is available for just $1.99 on @bookshop.org for a limited time! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...

Yet ANOTHER pedestrian saved by your friends at the #WorldBollardAssociation

The Turnpike Authority's traffic analysis said they did not need the Marist High School property for a new 440 on-ramp because another was just 5 blocks away. They eminent domained it and acquired it anyways. But in current plans, the property will no longer be used for the unneeded on-ramp.

There is a 45-percent chance of serious injury for a pedestrian when a driver hits them at 30 mph. That chance drops to 5 percent when the driver is piloting the car at 20 mph.

One thing the crank opponents love to say is that #openstreets are very bad for the physically challenged. On @34ave.bsky.social for 1 hour walk I grabbed just a few quick shots of the dozens I saw with canes, wheelchairs, electric scooters & other devices. It's like this daily. Ask users.

What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office? —60,000 new social housing units —15 express bus routes —Completion of city's full bike network —Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard —1000 new pedestrian streets —300 new hectares of parks

GOOD NEWS out of New Jersey: Both the Senate and Assembly passed a three bills aimed to protect immigrant communities! 🎉 These bills ban anonymous ICE agents, protect our private data, and codify the Immigrant Trust Directive. Our state is saying loud and clear, 🗣️ Fear has no place here!

The new mayor of #Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, celebrated his victory last night by riding to city hall on a Vélib' bikeshare bicycle. He's promised 60,000 new social housing units 15 express bus routes, 1000 new pedestrian streets, completion of bike path network...

2026: 101 dead on New Jersey roads this year including 34 pedestrians and 1 cyclist, every single one killed, either in or by being hit by a car. 7 people died on NJ roads over the w/e. Do elected reps even care? But they did abolish killer ebikes. 101 people dead in 81 days #safestreets #bikesky

Prospect Park will be bordered by protected bike lanes along its entire perimeter (except for one leg) once the city wraps up construction of a sidewalk-aligned bike lane on Ocean Avenue.

But Paris is a HOLD for Socialists, the party of current mayor and urbanism heroine Anne Hidalgo

I want fully staffed public pools, and libraries that are cathedrals to public goods and a society where walling yourself off with money is viewed as sociopathic.

2026: 98 dead on New Jersey roads this year including 33 pedestrians and 1 cyclist, every single one killed, either in or by being hit by a car. Shocking rise in the last 24 hours. When will the state start taking this scourge seriously. At least they abolished eBikes... 98 people dead in 78 days

Amazon owes more than any other other company issued fines through the city's citizen idling enforcement program. buff.ly/tRv2gVn

I, too, am calling for people to cut oil demand. In addition to these ideas, also try demanding: -adequate funding for transit operations, -protected bike lanes, and -an end to freeway expansions.

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon on Monday announced a “JC Spring Clean Up” initiative that will see Department of Public Works employees deep clean major streets and bike lanes and fill dozens of potholes around the city. jcitytimes.com/city-deep-cl...

We have choices. We can bankrupt our transportation system repairing car roads. We can buy giant vehicles for everyday errands. We can pay high gas prices. Or we can build reliable transit & wide, safe, connected bike lanes. It's our future. Speak up for what you need. (Amsterdam protest 1970s)

We should rename "Congestion Pricing" as "Clean Air & Healthy Communities Pricing" to see if we get better uptake in cities* around the globe. (*Except Portland, OR ofc, which has banned it in statute and, I assume, forfeited its VPPP.)

@jerseycitynj.bsky.social - this is great news! We (SafeStreetsJC) launched this petition in fall 2024 and it's one of the most popular petitions we've ever had. People are desperate for police to address the dangerous driving on our streets. actionnetwork.org/letters/jers...

Top city officials made a commitment Thursday morning to end “fixed posts” and embrace a data-driven approach to policing. jcitytimes.com/solomon-brea...

Buses here are too often stuck in traffic even though they provide millions of rides a year. Hudson County needs to finally build BRT on JFK. Go Ron! #FixJFKBlvd #VisionZeroNJ

Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

"[Minicars offer] an affordable, clean alternative for short distance travel, saving emissions & serving a diverse demographic that includes marginalized groups such as older people, rural populations and individuals who receive low incomes. Yet they remain sidelined in sustainability discussions."

The Congressional Republicans are equally responsible - every single one of them needs to be voted out. They are accountable for this economy and all the fucking war crimes.

Watching Trump teeter on the edge of blowing up the world economy because of a combination of hubris, strategic incoherence, mendacity and outright stupidity, might be the most extraordinarily depressing thing I have observed in my entire life, or read about in any other period.

"It’s a shock to learn just how few parking meters New York City actually has. Philip Miatkowski, a policy expert at the activist group Transportation Alternatives, told me there are a mere 80,000 metered spots out of 3 million — 2.6 percent."

Think about the damage to city streets if this pattern continues -cities need to get ahead of this. Number of operating licenses / VMT charges / congestion fees are all key to making sure that AV's reduce rather than supercharge overall driving on our streets.

The recommendations in this piece are key, in cities space is a precious resource. Where, how, and for how long vehicles can operate are key questions for creating economically viable, walkable, and pleasant cities. Cities are now clawing back years of bad policy, let's not repeat that mistake.

Care free car free ☘️

Let's do it! Govern audaciously!

It's time for Jersey City to do the same. There's no reason for study after study before lowering the speed limit, we know it saves lives. What are we waiting for????

NEW: Mayor Mamdani announced that he will reduce speed limits on streets in front of 800 more public schools by the end of the year, a welcome expansion that underscores that slow implementation of Sammy's Law since it passed in 2024. buff.ly/0zCMfLD

The FIFA World Cup is mere months away. It's a great opportunity to reimagine how we use and view our public spaces (especially our streets)! https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/12/memo-to-mamdani-make-this-summers-world-cup-a-car-free-paradise

“Mohammed, five, Othman, seven, who was blind and had special needs, their mother Waad Bani Odeh, 35, and father Ali Bani Odeh, 37, were driving through their hometown of Tamoun late on Saturday when Israeli forces opened fire.” Shot in the head and face. Executed with their parents. No words.

Today Mayor Solomon directed Corporation Counsel to file for an injunction to keep Heights University Hospital open. HRH failed to follow state law. Jersey City will fight to prevent a community hospital from being closed illegally. #ChristHospital

The beginning of hard fought for increased PATHTrain frequency starts this weekend and the SmartLink card begins its farewell tour. www.nj.com/news/2026/03...

More sales for businesses, more sales tax revenue for the public, easier parking, and cleaner air. What's not to like?

After San Francisco adopted performance-based parking prices, retail sales rose dramatically in the areas with demand-based prices. Retail sales in the control areas, where the old fixed-rate meter rates were left unchanged, lagged behind.

It’s a trick question. On the sidewalk, hidden behind the streetcar, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is walking to work.

welcome to New Jersey, this wasn't even the only nakedly corrupt pardon doled out the same day

"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in #airpollution - Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20% www.theguardian.com/environment/...