The Trump Administration is revoking grants for bike and pedestrian projects all over the US, and the reasoning is literally because these projects aren't for cars! 🧵

We were pleased to see this at shul this morning (even though we took transit to services) Shana Tova to all who celebrate! 🍎🍯

Build high speed rail and transit to own the libs!

Skip the traffic and car payments and just cruise while chilling on the train, bus, metro, tram, or whichever mode of transport you prefer.

Make it make sense 🤔 Both of these cannot be true at the same time! Either the trains are empty because no one is riding them or they are packed and overcrowded.

Who approved the original reel?! In no universe is a overly wide highway a good example of “New Jersey’s natural beauty”, especially since it’s part of the larger problem of forced car dependence which is destroying said natural beauty with suburban sprawl 🙄

NoMa in color is an excellent example of using public art / murals and an ever evolving urban design to activate the public realm and increase civic pride.

A major YIMBY win out of California with the passage of SB79! This should be a model for states all over the USA to help address our housing shortages without creating more unsustainable forced car dependence sprawl. Way to go @scottwiener.bsky.social

Today, we stand united in remembrance of the lives lost on 9/11. As America’s Metro System, we honor their memory and the resilience of our community.

No thanks to the national guard 🙄

To commemorate one year since we first launched a series which helped to put us on the map, we have gone back and re-dubbed the series with a real narrator and remastered it! Please go and give it a look ❤️

State Senate Republicans keep offering band aid solutions for the gunshot wounds they inflicted upon PA’s transit systems! We must keep up the pressure to get a sustainable funding solution passed for SEPTA and all of Pennsylvania’s transit systems! Thanks @joi4mayor.bsky.social for inspiration!

This! We try to explain to people over and over again that vacancy rates can be a very misleading (or at least incomplete) indicator of the housing shortage in a place.

Tapping into the capital budget to pay for the operating budget is a band aid solution which buys time now at the expense of the future of SEPTA. We are glad that service isn’t being cut, but this isn’t the sustainable way to do it 😓

It’s been an…emotional…few days 😅

You can’t claim credit for something you tried to stop and are still gutting! You need to fund your own projects such as…

It was our honor to join @yimbydems.bsky.social for the first ever National Summit on the Housing Affordability Crisis! We need to make housing easier to build and make it more affordable for millions of people. So many of our nation’s problems tie into decades of poor urban planning decisions!

Thank you Fan Duel for doing more to help keep PA moving than Senate Republicans in Harrisburg!

Get on our electric vehicle level 😎 Look we understand that EVs are critical to a long term sustainable transportation future, but if they don’t break the cycle of forced car dependence, there’s only so much good they are really doing.

Happy Labor Day! Today we celebrate all the hard working people who build our communities and keep them running.

We just finished our first long form video! Please go and check it out ❤️

People want to be by the water. Some cities make that safer and easier.

Citing homelessness, crime, & safety, Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the Federal DOT will be taking control away from Amtrak, the private train company (who’s majority shareholder is the federal gov.) currently running the station. 🧵

We couldn't get an invite to the actual debut event and riding the train was outside our budget, so we decided to get an angle no one else would as the first ever revenue service Acela Liberty train departed DC Union Station at 6:50 am on August 28, 2025.

It’s a love story, baby just say yes…in my backyard!

This is a view you don’t want to miss ❤️ And pretty soon the only way to see it will be from an @amtrak.com as SEPTA is forced to cut service on the Trenton Line 💔

We all benefit from better bike and pedestrian spaces. It reduces the carbon footprint of moving both goods and people! It creates quieter and more welcoming communities! It reduces vehicle miles traveled, better managing congestion!

“Daddy, does this train go fast???” (Little boy on the Amtrak) ❤️

If the President wants to make DC Beautiful Again, we have some great ideas on some places he could start! Oh, and he could get the National Guard out of the city!

The upcoming SEPTA cuts are going to hurt everyone!🧵

Arcades are a seriously underrated piece of urban design.🧵

Never forget what we lost, and what we can reclaim! Though the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana today is still an excellent example of human scale design and walkability, it is fairly insular from a transit perspective. This was not always the case though.

Oh fun, they are occupying the transit too 🙄 (DC’s Metro is one of the cleanest and safest in the world. This is not necessary nor helpful in the slightest! Take the money you’re wasting on this show of force and put it towards increasing frequencies or expanding the system instead!)

First next gen Liberty Acela @amtrak.com leaves DC at 6:50 am! Sadly the train tickets appear to have been selling so fast that it’s beyond our budget 💔 We will still try to be at the station to see it off though! Hope to get a chance to ride soon!

Did we plan our honeymoon so that it would overlap with the launch of @amtrak.com’s new Mardi Gras service? No. But that timing really did work out for us ❤️🚉

These are dark days for Pennsylvania transit. These cuts are going to hurt EVERYONE in the commonwealth. Shame on Senator Pittman and his State Senate Republican allies for this avoidable catastrophe! 🧵

To everyone in DC, keep this handy for the next 30 days +

To all the members of the Planning Pride, we apologize for our sudden absence the next week or two, but we are rather busy ❤️ Rest assured we will be back to our regularly scheduled content after the honeymoon.

Good urban planning shouldn’t be a partisan issue (bad urban planning certainly isn’t). 🧵

Who’s a good little urban planner? ❤️🐾

The @amtrak.com Acela Liberty trains are finally getting ready to hit the rails in the Northeast Corridor at the end of August! We’re going to try to be on one of the first trains. Hope to see you there!

Once you notice that nearly all shows and commercials use the exact same couple of sets for external city street scenes regardless of where the show is taking place…you can’t unsee it…

Pennsylvania transit is speeding towards the end of the tracks! We need to stop these devastating cuts now! 🧵

Hank, we have the same reaction when we see pure plastic bollards without any concrete barriers 😅 Now this being said, even pure plastic barriers are better than just paint!

And these idiots are often the ones making decisions about how to address congestion and transportation needs 😓 We need transportation freedom to reduce the impact of congestion by giving people choice in their transportation options!

We are fighting an uphill battle to defeat forced car dependence, but it’s a fight we are ready for 💪

This basically is how these meetings seem to go 😅 We don’t need wider roads or self driving cars. We need transportation freedom!

When designed right, bike infrastructure is actually found to improve the response times of first responders! Don’t let ignorance stop good urbanism!

The Single Amazing Attractive Act will drive the return of great American Transit! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

The fact we’ve had this conversation verbatim MULTIPLE times is…telling 😅 Cars don’t make you any less dependent or controlled by the government than taking the train. If anything, it can place you under greater control and dependence.