I would add to Aaron's great list that low-floor buses also means you don't have to navigate stairs to get on and off the bus - a huge accessibility improvement

Good Morning!

Free rides on us tonight! Starting at 8 p.m. until the end of special late-night service. Remember, don’t drink and drive when you’ve got a free ride waiting for you on us. *Additional SB trains will depart from SF at 1 am, 1:30 am and 2 am making all local stops to San Jose.

The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org calmatters.org/investigatio...

By Lake Merritt

Cool to see an Aclima air-quality measurement car in Oakland. @aclima-earth.bsky.social

Bike tour with my buddies along the Normandy Coast. 10/10

EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.

First time seeing this crosswalk treatment on Clement Street.

two conversations happening all over oklahoma this week: 1. hottest christmas week in living memory, 30 degrees over seasonal average 2. hey hey, gas under two bucks a gallon

San Francisco still maintains a policy of free parking at all meters on Sunday. Why? It: - encourages car travel - discourages transit use (which is not free on Sundays) - limits open spaces near small businesses Our car-centric status-quo continues!

In 1976 there was a temporary bike lane on Michigan Ave, bring it back make it permanent #bikeCHI

Wrapping the lit review for a new study and there wasn't a single part of it that required (or would have benefitted from) generative AI. It was crucial for me to *read* the papers out there, search through reference sections for other relevant works, and slowly build my understanding of the topic

This corner day-lighting in Japantown is a great spot for a bike corral:

Don't see this sort of illegal license-plate cover as much these days - designed such that it obscures the lettering when viewed from the side to avoid tolls.

Pac Heights

Pour one out for this Jaguar owner who is too hard up to afford a license plate! Steiner Street.

He's got my vote! www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

Khan & her team “have looked at whether food delivery companies, which wield significant power in the city, are complying with laws that protect their drivers, and whether landlords are complying with a newly enacted law barring many real estate brokers from collecting thousands of dollars in fees.”

Closed out the year with Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London." Beautifully written, and a reminder we have so much work to do to build a more just society (and cities).

I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

A 'success' only in cutting life-saving aid around the world, and critical research at home: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Sanchez at 24th St has maintained a bit more of its "slow street" than most others in SF.

Noe and Mission

@yetanotherurbanist.bsky.social Enjoyed your video on drive-thrus and walkability.

One thing I really love about the various Open Streets days in NYC is getting to check out some of the very cool old churches we have in NYC from new angles without having to worry about getting hit by a truck. And there's no parked cars obscuring the views!

The New York Times assesses Mayor Adams' transportation record: On the legal requirement to create bus and bike lanes, "the Adams administration has fallen short every year." Why? "Transit advocates say that a number of projects were stymied by politics or corruption."

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

EXCLUSIVE: I received a copy of the letter sent to developers today halting construction on all 5 offshore wind farms being built in America. What’s new here is the close “coordination” with the “Department of War” in determining the “risk” poised by these wind farms. And the threat to “cancel.”

Powerful reporting by @60minutes.bsky.social - highly recommend watching it. Weiss has no place atop CBS News.

Unifying goal of this administration is to spike electricity prices www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

This is the problem of housing as a speculative asset more than a used good - it incentivizes a reduction in supply that benefits incumbent owners.

Oakland rain 🌧️🌧️

Piedmont Ave, in Oakland, is a lovely stretch of small businesses. But, gosh, could use a wider sidewalk.

Abandoned auto-body shop turns into housing. Potrero Ave.

Retractable bollards are great! We should have them in front of many streets where we hold farmers markets: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...

Sanchez Street - no room for a bike lane, but plenty of room for perpendicular-parked cars!

Ginkos. Mission.

Outside the Ferry Building. It's good to have options

Fog hugging Yerba Buena Island

Paper I worked on all summer just got accepted. So excited to share it with you all soon! 🥳🥹

You either allow more housing to be built to meet demand, or you create increasingly complicated and expensive ways to deal with the lack of supply

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

It's a glorious park, as a roadway it was closed constantly because of sand/wind conditions, and there's a parallel road directly adjacent that serves local traffic. So of course we're gonna do this all over again.

Before the next storm 🌧️🌧️🌧️

This whole series is enrgaging. China is building the future, the current US administration is chasing the past. www.nytimes.com/series/power...

And this entire metro system has platform screen doors and is automated (3 minute headways) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

First look! Lyft's next gen e-bike: @lyft.bsky.social @baywheels.bsky.social

More new housing for Rincon Hill!

I remember riding MUNI in SF with someone I knew, and noticed they didn't tap their Clipper Card. "Oh, I don't pay" they said, like it was a personality trait. Where does this free-loading sentiment come from?