What do you mean you HAVE to drive almost everywhere?!

Today, we solemnly mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

A gentle reminder for the fascists who idealize the polished white marble aesthetic of the Roman Empire…that’s a myth. Real ancient Roman cities were brightly painted and colorful. Most buildings weren’t even made of marble, they were made of brick…

(Based on a true story) DC’s metro system is famous for many reasons. One is that members of Congress and their staff often will take the train to work, giving the people of DC a direct line to these public servants (though DC is denied having representation of their own).

The lion does not concern himself with the betas, for the lion has transportation freedom and land use liberty 😎

US DOTs and FHA Math doesn’t add up because induced demand is a powerful thing. No matter how many lanes you add, you’re never ever going to fix traffic. And that shouldn’t be the goal! Traffic can only be managed, not eliminated.

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all the brave people in uniform who serve and defend our republic and the constitution on which it is built.

With all the FAA closures mounting due to the shutdown, it sure would be great if America had a robust nationwide network of high speed rail lines so people had alternatives to flying…

A community with a mix of land uses is a vibrant one!

If money make the world go ‘round, then trains make the money! When we invest in transit, we are creating massive economic growth around it. If someone said you’d get $5 for investing just $1, you’d think it was a scam. This isn’t a scam. It’s just good urbanism😎

(Looks at government shutdown causing chaos at the airports, sits back in train seat) We have never been happier that @amtrak.com is a semi-private company 😅

Good urbanism is fighting for its life in the corner! We can and must do better!

Remember this time last year when we had hope? Good times 💔

Thank you to @ddotdc.bsky.social for helping to keep bike lanes clear as Fall arrives & leaves pile up! Too often, bike lanes become clogged as people sweep or wind blows leaves into them. We are pleased to see a DOT which is working to address this & keep all modes of transportation moving

Remember to vote today! Local and state elections make up the majority of odd year elections and they are critical to every day decisions, especially when it comes to the physical shapes of our communities. www.vote.org/polling-plac...

Should the road be wider? (No)

Watching the World Series and almost cried for joy when we say an ad for E-Bikes on national television ❤️🚲

Trunk or Treat Won't Make Your Kids Safer on Halloween!

This Halloween, the real monsters are those who make our communities worse and/or stop them from getting better. Whether they are NIMBYs from across the political spectrum, traffic engineers, or car brains, there’s a costume for everyone this spooky season!

Sigh…Do you know how many planners WISH they could just fire and replace every oversight and review group that is blocking their projects? But we can’t. Because that’s how checks and balances work. A rubber stamp isn’t how you keep leaders accountable 😡

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

The Dallas Silver Line is a great addition to the region’s transit, though it could stand to improve its frequency and land use around some stations. Regardless, we need more suburb to suburb transit like this to give people truly regional transit options!

Loving the new seating they added at 30th Street Station!

You shouldn’t need a car to enjoy the football game! A well planned stadium incorporates transit, biking, and walking as viable means of transportation to go watch your team beat their rivals! #gobirds #nfl #football #flyeaglesfly

How real fans get to the game 🦅 #GoBirds

🎶Everything’s up to date in Kansas City…but they haven’t gone as far as they can go 🎶 The opening of the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street extension, complete with dedicated lanes, shows that when we make good investments in our transit systems, we can have amazing results!

Seems like a skill issue to us 😎 People act like errands are impossible without a car. We find this mindset reflects a lack of imagination and access to adequate public transit.

Dear people watching Tik Tok / Reels on the train without headphones, We will BUY YOU A PAIR! 🎧

Long term, no parking minimums should be utilized for any mode of transportation. In the immediate term though, using the tools which were utilized to induce ubiquitous car use for other modes isn’t a bad strategy. (Inspired by a post by @climateandtransit.bsky.social)

Need another term besides NIMBY for the people who keep blocking new housing, transit, bike infrastructure, or literally any change for the betterment of their communities? Try BANANA 🍌 (We heard this term at a conference and we couldn’t get this image out of our heads 😅😂)

If you think it hurts seeing the White House East Wing get torn down for an eyesore of a ballroom, wait until you hear what else we have destroyed for eyesores in the USA. #meme #urbanism #maga

He HAS to be violating multiple zoning and permitting laws to do this. Like no other government building in DC can just start work this quickly. Either the White House has some crazy exemption no one has utilized like this before or he’s doing his typical “who’s gonna stop me?” approach to the law 😡

Bad urban design, oriented around fast cars, supports tyranny and division. Good urban design, oriented around people, supports unity and freedom!

And yet people will declare that driving is the only solution 🤦

Uber’s new ad is raising a good point, just not the one it thinks it does.

And here is the link if you want to use it! drive.google.com/file/d/1RYDE...

We’ve recreated the DC @wmata.com Metro in Subway Builder!

No but seriously, if you haven’t tried out www.subwaybuilder.com, you really should! This indie game lets you build a fantasy transit system in a range of cities from the ground up, incorporating real census and travel data to determine how well your system would perform!

Philadelphia sports fans tonight 💔

We want to see these beauties putting in protected bike lanes all over the USA ASAP 🚲❤️

When you refuse to compromise, you often create a worse world for everyone. In Philadelphia, a group of rich NIMBYs blocked a zoning variance which would have saved an iconic pierce of Philly public art history.

There are few things more likely to trigger a valid crash out than delivering a perfect line read only to discover that the sound recording app crashed mid-take 🤬

This year Trump pulled $4 billion in funding from California’s high speed rail project. Now, they want to take $2.4 billion of it and redistribute it (plus another $2.6 billion) to other passenger rail projects. This sounds benign, but there are some concerning conditions attached to the money 🧵

The President is playing petty partisan politics with the nation’s infrastructure while his party shuts down the government to try to take affordable healthcare away from American citizens!

Yes, this is a real argument against street narrowing which we have heard more than once. This also applies to fire trucks. Cities all over the world have narrower streets and still have world class fire protection and garbage collection!

But which one do we treat like the bigger danger / gets blamed when there is a crash? Bikes aren’t the danger, cars are. We need to regulate them and build our infrastructure accordingly.

We all know this feeling way too well 😅 (Also, that gathering of military leaders definitely could have been an email)

History (and planning decisions) is decided by those who show up!

Happy week without driving! We’ll be skipping traffic 😎

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! 🧵