A wealthy safe streets advocate could do the most good by paying a team of maybe a half dozen journalists to aggressively and comprehensively report every single traffic death in every major city. Depicting the horrifying human cost, FOIing PDs and DOTS, contextualizing it in policy choices, etc.

Doubling down on forced car dependency is *not* the path to addressing climate change. Any city or state that isn’t investing in ebike subsidies and separated bike infrastructure is missing out on more affordable climate, health and livability wins via bikes.

Hoboken has had zero traffic deaths since the beginning of 2017. By contrast, Philadelphia had 134 traffic deaths last year, 59 of which involved pedestrians hit by vehicles. What can the city learn? Advocates say a “culture of accountability” is paramount. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Philly ended their current fiscal year with $1.2B surplus and my neighborhood fb group and preschool are desperately posting all the community fridge locations prepping for the end of SNAP benefits. Let's rebalance that immediately. And buy a street paving machine or two.

Was picking up trash near our house last night with my kid and somebody asked if we were accepting donations. I expected him to give me a candy wrapper. He gave me a $20 bill and said thanks for cleaning up the street! 🎊🤑🗑️ I shoulda given him a link to build a network of public trash cans instead

'To sum it all up: “A good part of each day’s work goes to pay for the travel necessary to get to work.” (Ivan Illich).' - I went to grad school for transportation thanks to I 66 in Arlington Va commuting to Tysons Corner from Southeast DC

On-street cyclehangars (secure, covered bike parking), but the cover is in the shape of a Range Rover. More of this please!! movepeople.substack.com/p/bread-bin-...

Happy to lend out my cargo ebike in my neighborhood for a week or two for someone to try out and I'm sure I'm sure I'm not alone in that!

What does a 'class 3' ebike look like? I pedal up a sweat to briefly hit 16 mph between stop signs to fetch a forgotten pre-k item. It can go to 28 maybe downhill with a tailwind? I've seen a lot this week about the menacing unregistered beasts lurking... hide yer kids from the class 3s!

Kelly Drive in Fairmount Park has been engineered to remove most pedestrian crossings and amenities, to speed up traffic. A thread with 8 examples of things that have been lost, with historical images. South to north. 1. A staircase from the river trail to the Girard Ave Bridge, and Brewerytown:

Urbanists should start an annual celebration of public transit. Call it Dia de los Metros.

It's pumpkins on bikes season everyone! How are you celebrating?

First time in 6 years the Transit logo on my clothes has been recognized in the wild. TSA agent loading bags onto the belt: "you work for Transit?! That's my APP!!" Buses and trains and bikes yall

Preparing myself for this recurring conversation.

BEFORE / AFTER. Here's what the school pick-up was like BEFORE at our children's elementary school. A real rodeo. Lots of near misses. Cars parked in the crosswalks. Distracted drivers pulling up just when hundreds of kids are trying to arrive on foot or by bike. This June we changed things... 🧵

Today in Carry Shit Olympics I present an 8 foot folding table on the back of my @ternbicycles.com HSD

With SEPTA cuts Amtrak is saying it may be forced to cut Keystone Service between Harrisburg, Philly, and NYC: www.inquirer.com/politics/sep... This would significantly impact tourism and business commuters. It would drive up Amtrak prices for anyone who travels between DC, Philly, NYC, and Boston.

To the Navy Yard where there is a 1/5th mile track to learn proper balance bike technique!

Biked 2.6 miles to Rittenhouse from my house. Counted 17 cars with illegal license plate obsurers on my trip. That's 6.5 toll/speed camera violators per mile! Where's @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social to bring them to task? Can I use the Laser Vision app for this too?

There's no bike rack anywhere near the front of my kids pediatrician and it's broad st so there's 30 ft of sidewalk and parking in 3 lanes and almost no greenery and it makes me irrationally livid to lock my bike to a sole parking rules sign outside of a car wash

This times a million. Just give me some skittles I'm good.

Perfect Sunday morning racing toys down the stream at Sister Cities. 9/10. Only thing better would be protecting this bike lane with concrete and making a bike lane on Arch in front of Trader Joe's!

Come home from two weeks away. A mouse has been eating snacks and pooping in the pantry, back yard is nothing but huge weeds between pavers, one of the led overhead lights in the kitchen is haunted/flickering, and trash day is still 2 days away with trash from before we left 🫠🫠🫠

My vision for Broad Street. Imagine watching an Eagles or Phillies parade from under that tree canopy.

Sickos: “HAHA… YES!”

Subways are fine. Know what else is? Riding my bike in cities. Had a conversation last weekend about "being brave." I'm not brave. It's fine. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

Learned a new term from a DC transplant today: RIF- if you get "riffed" at your job it means you got permanently laid off. Reduction in Force. Sad use of an otherwise cool word.

I think I've developed a bit of a reputation because I have received pictures from two separate friends of their new @ternbicycles.com today. I get it, I get it. I know what I like.

Philly Santa loves Yuengling too

Thanks for the trip to the ballpark @septaphilly.bsky.social ! Great seats and a great ride down here ❤️❤️⚾️⚾️

Question: will youth sports mean I will subject myself to spending all free time subsumed by physical activity performed by children who aren't good at it? Will I lose even more of my freedom to parenthood? Is it worth it? Something I ponder twice a week at swim class...

My response whenever folks ask if I feel safe raising my kids in the city is "Philadelphia is safer than it's been in my entire lifetime" and then I watch their eyes bug out. But it's true! And it's only getting safer! This is the case with many major cities, but people choose not to believe it.

Let's have the kids play on the interstate instead! Fun for the whole family.

Installing bike lanes (and removing parking spots 😱) increases business and employment! Install more of them please! trec.pdx.edu/news/study-f...

A beautiful way to hit 1000 miles on the bike on the new part of the schuylkill river trail

Came down to see the #stotesburycup2025 rowing regatta finals but it was cancelled :/ oh well this beer garden will have to do

"What do you do in the rain tho when you don't own a car?!"

So good. This is exactly every conversation I have with older people when I tell them I bike.

What better place to park on Broad besides the street or the median? The sidewalk! Much better than the empty dedicated driveway obvi

Can I just reply "oh but it's completely paid off"?

How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go? After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that. Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

The year is 2350. Humanity has established a colony on Mars and supersonic trains criss-cross the planet. American commuter railroads' conductors still punch holes in little paper tickets to confirm tickets have been checked, while running 1960s train held together with paperclips.

I like referring to my partner's Tern as our minivan. Mine is more of a crossover SUV (Sustainable utility vehicle) carrying groceries home

Trip to the kid's dentist before school means we break out (and poorly install) the rain gear

I was there for this transformation! It was so effective and turned a stroad wasteland into a place for people. My dream for Broad Street!

Adult friend and my 3 year old both needed to hitch a ride home from lunch. Good thing we have @ternbicycles.com in #southphilly 🦸‍♀️🚲

Quiz time: Am I about to board an international flight from a major US airport or am I headed to a remote village in the bush? Boarding from the tarmac is a vibe #phl #americanairlines

James May and I have so much in common, who knew?! Love watching Top Gear and The Grand Tour and love roadtrips and sometimes car shows, and hate driving/parking cars in cities! www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...