I joined NY’s Cutest on the Bergen Bike Bus that they ride to school every Wednesday, rain or shine. We’re adding bike boulevards and more pedestrian space on Bergen and Dean Street, from Court Street to East New York Ave. It was a wonderful kind of day.

they’re starting with the most demented drivers but Albany has finally had enough. this is happening.

mayor Mamdani is rolling out the green carpet for the Bergen Bike Bus 🥲 #bikenyc

It’s really simple. There are two kinds of rich people: ones that were friends with Jeffery Epstein and ones that have their own kind of home-grown Epstein operation going on. The President is both.

I'm releasing Slider, a web port of Animal Crossing (GameCube): turtlekiosk.github.io/slider Features: - PWA offline support - Controller + keyboard + touch screen support - Import/export save data (compatible with Dolphin) - Variable window size / fullscreen support - Mutable audio

Also, this pizza place used to have its seating on sidewalk, narrowing access. It’s great to no longer pit one sidewalk user from another when there is so much space at the curb.

the civitas institute is looking for feedback on their groundbreaking proposal

This deserves a pulitzer

A really well-explained post: www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...

The reverse purge: on this day, laws are enforced

This is really the key point of our new report: even before it was eliminated, NY's monthly transit pass was one of the most expensive in the world. Now, with only a weekly fare cap, it's tied for *most* expensive. Reasonably priced fare passes are one of the best tools we have to boost ridership.

"They later learned that the truck had dragged Komilova two blocks before stopping, Azizov said." jfc. look at the design of that cabin. why isn't "vision zero" @nyc-dot.bsky.social buying cab over engine trucks?

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

#ArtemisII My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A few years back I donated to a kickstarter for a live transit map from Metroboard and promptly forgot that I had. This arrived today and the kids and I are mesmerized.

Went thru 34th Ave in Queens on a recent afternoon. It's incredibly pro-people, pro-neighborhood, pro-city. Just a fantastic place. It raises the question of why we don't have dozens or hundreds of streets like this [clip is from 2024 but it's the same afternoon scene].

Maps like this are trying to bully you. It is in the nature of county-level data to suppress the distinct characteristics of urban populations. Central Seattle is no less real because it doesn't have a county to itself.

is there a key fob for this new style of dock or do we have no choice but to use the app

this is the origin story for every MAGA

Sometimes when two things are broken it’s framed as a problem blocking fixing one of them. We have to switch to action instead of inaction, and it’s ok to do a Pied-a-terre tax with an expectation that it will be even better when we fix tax assessments.

Queens get the crazy

there must be a total of like three people who are taking advantage of this promotion

BELOVED BICYCLE

Part of pushing back against car culture, driverless or otherwise, is pushing back against the idea that everyone has a right to be dropped off directly in front of their destination.

>we’ve hit the complete chaos, plummeting approval ratings, and endless staff turnover phase of the Trump Presidency

The Mets have opened the Strait of Hormuz

these are tears of joy tonight

this mf is using a mouse with an iphone

Disband the Port Authority.

"You — yes, you, the person reading this — could prevent the next deadly crash in New York City. Call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie at (518) 455-3791 Tell him New Yorkers are counting on Assembly leadership to include the Stop Super Speeders Act in the final budget."

trees as cooling infrastructure! this is a fascinating story from @smaldo.bsky.social:

suspend your campaign

More Japan urbanism thoughts: There is very little on-street parking, and, where it exists, it is short-term and paid.

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

In a way, it’s sort of nice to be able to stop worrying about the Mets playoff chances already. A bit of nostalgia, a bit of time freeing up later in the summer. A silver lining.

They aren't on 🦋, but propelbikes.com is looking to hire a mechanic. Thought i would pass it along.

Diana Moreno (Zohran's successor) reminds everyone the 31st St fight is not about "whether you like bikes." There is an objectively correct answer the city must follow. This is the perfect point I want to hear politicians make EVERYWHERE. (@dianaforqueens.com)

Killing O’Reilly: The Passing of Time

John Apple

cc @mayor.nyc.gov

My latest for Streetsblog! The recent DOT announcement that it is going to redesign Grand Army Plaza is excellent news. Now, with the leadership of Mayor Mamdani and Commissioner Mike Flynn, there's an opportunity to be even bolder. Let's not miss the moment.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

And Mike Flynn is completely right to ignore, disregard, dismiss those alleged 20,000 residents. The city needs a unified streets plan, and that is totally incompatible with every neighborhood’s crank population (which is always far smaller than 20,000 people) getting a heckler’s veto.

"a crowded maze of elevated zones" It's one 2-way raised bike lane on one side of the street. Might be 6 inches high. "parked cars in the middle" Just like the protected bike lanes on major Manhattan avenues. We're at "72nd St isn't Amsterdam Ave" levels of "This isn't Amsterdam." That's a win.

[rips bong] we used to call them immigrants and they built this country

[rips bong] we used to call them immigrants and they built this country

All right, this piece has triggered me so I have to yell a bit (though this is bluesky, so I realize I'm just preaching at the choir):