There is much chatter, a lot of it negative, about e-bikes in CT, specifically youth on e-bikes. We wanted kids outside, independent and off video games, right? Let’s put some harm reduction practices in place (safety education for drivers and riders) and keep going. This is an exciting trend.

Sidewalk selfie 🥰

✨elite commuting experience✨

The CT Public Transportation Council requested data on the delays. Sharing @ctdot-official.bsky.social report here:

I love taking the train. The conductors are all amazing. The Hartford line for the last few months (at least) is a mess. Not being able to rely on arrival/departure times and this morning, even having a train, is brutal. Fare increase? I don’t think so. 🫠

It is okay to primary an incumbent governor. He should run if he wants but so should anyone else who has a different idea on how to do the job. There isn’t anything noble about warming a bench.

Okay, but how much money does the city of Hartford actually get for this music festival that is blocking access to the park?

Did the community engagement and grant writing with Charlotte Sappo in 2020, got it in 2022, and now in summer of 2025 there is going to be a sidewalk that connects the high school to the town hall campus/library! 😱😁

Vibes 💺🚉😎

Breaking news: CT’s ebike incentive program WILL have a third round.

Re CT gubernatorial prognostication: it makes sense that a candidate would run unopposed from their own party for a second term. For a third term, they should welcome primary challenges and CT residents are owed choices.

I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.

This is our pitch exactly in Connecticut: we’ve made it illegal to build everyone’s favorite places in the state. End parking mandates and make it possible to build more of the traditional Connecticut Main Street! www.courant.com/2025/05/22/o...

A @nytimes.com report card on congestion pricing in lower Manhattan: It seems to be working without many of the feared costs. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Last mile but make it fun

I enjoy being chauffeured to work 🛤️🚉

One of the biggest shifts in going from an advocacy focus to transportation planning is recognizing that so many conflicts could be avoided with better communication AND some benefit of the doubt extension.

Pretty commute route this morning.

Experienced this three times now in the last week on the Hartford Line- pulling over to wait for Amtrak train to pass. Delays range from 10-15 minutes. 🤔 anyone else?

I’ll take a couple of those m8s on the Hartford line. I dig the table though!

Seminal study on how the world's population could sustainably feed itself - the EAT-Lancet study - recommended shift away from meat to more plan- based diet It faced fierce backlash We now know that backlash was fomented by PR company paid by the meat industry www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Looking ahead to season two of the ConnectiCUT Book Group for people who want to chat about climate, urbanism, and transportation. For more details and to get on the mailing list, go here: tinyurl.com/CTbookclub2025 #NutmegSky #BookClub #ClimateScience #Urbanism #Transportation

UCONN IS BACK ON TOP OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 👑 The Huskies are 2025 national champions.

OH MY GOD THEY DID IT! #UConn #NationalChamps

"We must never assume that people in cars are car advocates." Here's my take on the great new @ianwalker.bsky.social (et al) paper on the causes of "motonormativity" -- the belief that driving a car should not be judged as other activities are. humantransit.org/2025/03/your...

People I see on e-bikes: - Seniors staying active and living their best life. - Moms, dads and kids actually enjoying the school run. - People getting groceries or running errands - Service workers commuting on an affordable vehicle “E-bikes aren’t cheating. They’re winning.” - @pflax1.bsky.social

Advice for those considering next round of #SS4A #VisionZero road safety grants: "...communities seeking future discretionary funds should start gathering their materials now in preparation for an unusually tight application window..." Don't give up & read for more suggestions👇

The way this whole thing has just been a raging success in every possible circumstance… gothamist.com/news/mta-see...

Unqualified success. The clearest, most inarguable public policy success in ages.

some more congestion pricing Ws: Broadway attendance: up 21% Restaurant reservations: up 7% Pedestrian traffic: up 4% Retail sales: up $900M Commercial leasing: up 61% Subway crime: down 37% Car crashes: down 50% Honking complaints: down 69%

Letting the MTA give out automated camera tickets to drivers blocking the bus route outside the bus lane has sped up buses. Who knew

Connecticut DOT: Camera-Alert System Stopped Hundreds Of Wrong-Way Drivers #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics

EBikes are safe, practical and a seachange for transportation.

Love hearing how well the economy is doing but its pretty meaningless unless people have a place to live. Right now there simply aren't a sufficient number of homes to fill these jobs www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/in-n...

Friends, Connecticut is poised to do some amazing things on the housing front this session. We're staring down the dam finally breaking This crisis started long ago, the last few years were spent in denial of where we ended up, that denial is turning into acceptance and maybe solutions

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NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Optimize Sound Transit, Split System into Urban and Regional Lines www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/21/o...

The Top Countries on the World Happiness Report Love Riding Bicycles. momentummag.com/the-top-coun...

Great video on the Northeast Corridor. 1 in 7 United Statesians reside in this area. A vital investment in the country's economic engine means robust rail. (www.fra.dot.gov/necfuture/ab...)

Lovely www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

TRAINS! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/t...

March Meeting tomorrow night (3/19/2025) in New London and via Zoom ⤵️

An incredibly useful and timely article, studying the rollout of EVs in Norway and its impact on travel behaviour. Part of the conclusion: “… it is crucial to rethink policies that prioritise EVs by properly aligning them to strategies aiming at reducing car dependency…”

Seventy years ago, the writer Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster: “This is pyramid building with a vengeance, a tomb of concrete roads and ramps covering the dead corpse of a city.” He was right. We just didn’t listen. Me, in CityLab 🧵

4 e-bikes at daycare pick-up today + 1 parent who says he’s going to get his bike ready for next week. 2 years ago, I was the only one.

At a community board meeting in Middle Village, a debate played out over Intro 606 - a proposal to license e-bikes at the city level. A local bike group, Ridgewood Rides, showed up to defend cyclists and made some headway after being grilled by the board.

Great session on separated bike lanes on higher speed roadways! #bikesummit25

I wonder if the Murano at 21st and Market is also banning Teslas from their garages? Nope Zero e-bike fire deaths in Philly and NYC has reported a 67% decrease (2024 vs 2023) after sensible battery regulations were implemented.

London expanded its ultra low emissions zone to its outer boroughs in 2023—limiting what types of cars could enter—and the results have been spectacular in terms of pollution reduction. A huge benefit for public health.