A car driver is orders of magnitude more likely to kill a pedestrian than an e-bike rider

Minimum weight of a Toyota Tacoma over the past 30 years. 1995 2,560 lbs 2000 2,910 lbs 2005 3,140 lbs 2010 3,430 lbs 2015 3,645 lbs 2020 4,075 lbs 2025 4,145 lbs

Now *this* is the correct response to a surge in the price of petrol and diesel – well done Victoria! Don't cut fuel duty. Cut demand!

"The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..." "Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr ​​Zelensky toured Gulf countries under attack from Iran, signing defense and security deals that harness Ukraine’s innovative military prowess while trying to portray fighting there as part of a global battle against allies Iran and Russia.

BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...

Cities can now achieve “what was once thought impossible”: cutting air pollution by 20–45% in little more than a decade. 19 cities, including London, San Francisco and Beijing, cut levels of both PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by more than 20% since 2010. buff.ly/hsm3JlY #ShareGoodNewsToo

Counterpoint: That people are willing to take time and gather in places that are actively hostile to gathering shows how motivated people are to fight back against fascism. This is good.

Large crowd is gathered now for the No Kings protest in Juneau

Overheard in a coffee shop on K Street last week. Lobbyist guy: "I'm thinking of writing a 'new type of novel' about eco-terrorists accelerating sea level rise w/ scientists as the heroes," then talking about work w/ Meta. My guy, just read Kim Stanley Robinson and change your life.

Ron De Santis bans sociology from the core curriculum at state universities, and in particular, forbids any teaching or discussion of cults, their characteristics and psychology. Wonder why. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Deuter Aims to Make Streets Safer by Stopping Super Speeders

One person in this photo deserves a 20% WNBA revenue share and it’s not me. Congratulations to the WNBPA on their historic labor agreement.

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Please, I am begging people: never again repeat the claim that only two people were killed in the occupation of Minnesota.

These Wall of Sound scaffolding plans are so sick. Parish told me about them while I was reporting the book, when they were in storage. This is the first I've seen them. He told me an engineering team was hired to draw them up. Dead weren't fucking around. www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/220...

Personally I have growing concerns about drivers who hit-and-run two teenagers, seems like a bigger issue than the scooters

what happened to if you have time to lean you have time to clean. or does that only apply to me making $7.25/hr to sell shitty frozen yogurt and not the highly paid murder squad

Steal this (quote from a hopefully future) book.

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

Give us balcony solar!

This is INSANE particularly now

68% of households in Paris proper (population: 2 million) do not own a car.

This cruelty is being done in our name. Shame on this administration. Shame. 13,000 third country deportees so far. Many were ordered deported decades or even generations earlier, but no admin previously would have considered something as inhumane as this as a means of carrying out a removal.

Normally the Democrats have to point out that we're starving the social safety net to feed an insatiable war machine, but Mike Johnson just went right out and said it.

Aaahhhaarrrrgh! Why can’t we have nice things?

Illinois bike advocates. Join us in Springfield on April 17th to help make the Land of Lincoln safer for everyone who walks and rolls. @rideillinois.bsky.social secure.rideillinois.org/nx/portal/ne...

"Research has found that when cities invest in safer infrastructure for walking and cycling, the benefits extend well beyond people on bikes. In many cases, drivers see smoother traffic flow, safer streets, and even shorter travel times." Non-technical summary. momentummag.com/just-7-ways-...

Kudos to LADOT for repairing/refreshing the damaged mini-roundabout at 4th and New Hampshire in Koreatown. SBLA added an addendum to last week's post about the site. la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/13/w...

The guy who launched a sneak attack on Iran wants to talk about Pearl Harbor.

It's cool how all the little terrors never stop.

Super excited for the major salary increases in the new W CBA, but I can't help but cringe at seeing the revenue share reported at "nearly 20% across the length of the deal." The PA started negotiations asking for 40% (already significantly lower than NBA players) & got forced down to less than 20?

No more talk of "transit death spirals" in New York City. Since Central Business District Tolling Program (congestion pricing) was introduced in 2025, ridership on #NYC subway is up to 1.28 billion/yr—a 7.7% increase. 72,600 fewer cars enter Lower Manhattan/day. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump's policies have destroyed the rule of law and brought back 70s-style stagflation. But my wife says we have to stop using CeraVe because they test on animals. I have never felt more politically homeless.

men showing genuine affection for each other, celebrating something they did together, as a collective. let this be a model for masculinity, not the fake hardo military bullshit

"The bill for Trump’s windmill vendetta is still running. That’s one expensive game of golf. And it’s one American taxpayers will be paying for many years to come." By @lizdye.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

“Crypto and AI are people, my friend”

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

I think I'm gonna be mad about this forever, actually

"BYD, which recently surpassed Tesla in electric sales, said early this month that its newest charging stations can charge an EV with the company’s updated 'Blade' battery from low to 70% in five minutes. In nine minutes, it can be almost fully recharged." www.wsj.com/business/aut... (gift link)

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Why walkable neighborhoods aren’t just about distance link.theoverheadwire.com/vk3m4 CU Boulder Today

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

The war & AIPAC are nightmares, but so is Joe Kent, one of the most openly fascist figures in Trump’s regime, a comrade of Proud Boys and Fuentes, a man who says Black Lives Matter was a child trafficking ring, a guy who complains that Hitler is misunderstood. Don’t take the bait.

Millions more Americans will likely donate to nonprofits as a result of changes to tax laws, but those changes will also likely reduce the overall amount of money given to charity.

Finding parking can take a lot longer than Google/Apple Maps suggest. For instance, navigation apps ignore time drivers spend looking for a spot and then walking from it to their destination. Result: Trips that are stressful and travel planning that’s biased toward cars. Me, in @fastcompany.com 🧵

So…it’s not. This is every Trump project, ever, btw. If he’s able, he will stiff the masonry contractor and sue the drywall guys.

6 kids. god dammit www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

It is wild that people fight sidewalks. Not sure I can carry on around here.