1976! 50 years ago. And things have only gotten worse (unless you're affluent). @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Soil.

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

That’s funny, because Nate Swanson, who used to be the point guy on Iran at the NSC but got fired because of Laura Loomer, warned of this in an article written four days before the war started. It was called “Why Iran Will Escalate.”

Are you a non-profit or public agency who could use a transit display for your clients, staff or the public? I have the tech, and Metro has some $$$ to make it happen! DM for details!

“Engineers, pilots, air traffic controllers, and ground crews made aviation extraordinarily safe not by polling passengers, but by treating safety as a non-negotiable foundation, and then inviting the public to make choices within that foundation.”

It's shocking but I also see a lot of inattentive driving by parents with kids in the car, especially with regard to pedestrian safety. I also see aggressive driving, especially by parents driving large, heavy vehicles.

The rise of Hitler salutes and chats on college campuses is reminiscent of the 1959-1960 swastika outbreak that spread all across the US and the world. newrepublic.com/post/207877/...

Ferguson: "The cheapest bridge you build is the one you start today." Actually, the cheapest is the one you don't build.

Our tax dollars at work.

transitics.substack.com/p/trump-admi... The Trump admin is claiming that trans ppl traveling are committing fraud if their documents don't match their "biological sex at birth." This is discriminatory, invasive, and is the next step in using ICE for targeting people to send to concentration camps.

As @jortscity.bsky.social (I believe) has regularly said, the biggest sin in our bipartisan immigration failure isn't about the border. It's about how we've completely given up on creating a path to citizenship for the undocumented people here. The imagination just seems to not be there.

Just how terribly is the US’s electric vehicle transition going? Well, in January 2026, US EV sales fell by 41% compared to 2025. EV market share fell to just 5.1%, from 8.3% last year insideevs.com/news/790092/... European EV sales, meanwhile, increased dramatically, reaching 19.3% of the market.

We're implementing the largest expansion of Sammy’s Law in city history: lowering speed limits to 15 MPH at all eligible school locations by the end of our first term. And we’re not waiting to start. In 2026, we’re reducing 800 locations to 15 MPH, for a total of nearly 1,300 School Slow Zones.

“Give us money/minerals or we will kill you”

If other places don’t seem comparable enough, we have 2x the fatalities of Canada.

We can’t even fund the road maintenance of our existing sprawling infrastructure and we are going to build more of it?

We want our leaders to be worried about us. Trump only worries about himself. One wonders how his mind understands the world other than being outraged he is not an omnipotent dictator.

Solid article. It’s important to note opponents are concerned about spillover parking that seemingly isn’t well-managed. Active management of street parking has a panoply of benefits, and usually can pay for itself.

North America's 92% car trips aren't due to a preference for driving, but rather the direct result of zoning, parking mandates, and sprawl. True freedom means not being tied to a car. 🚗

IDK what reality this NYT crossword author lives in but I want to live there.

Wait the smaller truck is even more effective at the job? WTAF. And this is why we can’t have safe streets?

This is from 2022 but it's still true. Seriously if you cut out all police dramas from your viewing you suddenly realize how many fewer things you can watch.

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

The federal government is explicitly arguing that "wearing black clothes" at a noise demonstration is "enough to convict the eight defendants accused of material support" for terrorism. The outcome of this trial cold be catastrophic.

This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

I'm generally glad I did other things with my life instead of becoming a lawyer. But I'm sad to miss out on being able to Motion to Quash. I need other ways to use that word daily. "grant the Board’s Motion to Quash. It will also grant the Board’s Motion to Partially Unseal the Motion to Quash."

After San Francisco adopted performance-based parking prices, retail sales rose dramatically in the areas with demand-based prices. Retail sales in the control areas, where the old fixed-rate meter rates were left unchanged, lagged behind.

I love it when a city adopts parking reforms to spur economic growth and winds up with cleaner air as a bonus. Here's just one of the many parking reforms San Francisco has adopted that have achieved these results.

Pete Hegseth last year shut the Pentagon office focused on trying to avoid civilian deaths. And now we learn that the Iranian girls school struck by a U.S. Tomahawk missile had a robust inline presence and its playground was easily visible on Google Maps.

By adding a bunch of zero-passenger trips in the least efficient transport mode, Uber is bad for the climate, bad for cities, bad for transit, bad for traffic - and bad for its drivers, who are making sub-minimum wage while tech bros get rich. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

They're utterly clueless.

When we’re taking funds to fight climate change and using them to subsidize multibillionaires and sports efforts they could fund themselves… I can’t even.

"the soldiers assaulted the Palestinian prisoner and sodomized him with a knife"

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Almost all US candidates and elected officials have been homeowners, at least until recently. That underrepresentation shapes policy and influences how politicians talk about housing, often focusing more on homebuying/mortgages and less on the crisis facing renters. newrepublic.com/article/2076...

Police in Kentucky shot Doug Harless dead in his home the day before Xmas. After local prosecutors did not get an indictment, many are asking the FBI to investigate. Instead, Kash is doing this deadline.com/2026/03/kash...

Last night I was introduced to Railroad Tiles, a fun Carcassonne-ish game where folks build their own cities and transport networks. As an urban planner, glad to say I won by focusing on a great pedestrian network (and converting a car to a walker). And… luck. :)

hey what if we made the entire government and the entire economy out of corruption

Wrote something for @thetimes.com about why JFK Jr. is popular again. IMO, what you're admiring isn't just his handsome looks and style, but the fact that he lived in walkable urban neighborhoods and had enough time for exercise, hobbies, and a lover. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

Sickening. People finding killing people fun. This is the toxic masculinity we talk about. It’s deadly and inhumane.

Two astronauts meme: “It’s all gender?” “Always has been.”

The US has extremely low fuel taxes compared to other countries The federal gas tax hasn't been raised by 1993 People justify not investing in biking and walking infrastructure because the US is a "users-pay" transportation system When we've already been subsidizing drivers for decades

An emergency

We shut down USAID but: www.mediaite.com/politics/pet...

Episode 43 of the Kilauea eruption is a BEAST. They just zoomed out and uhhh this may be on its way to setting a record for tallest lava fountains. What on Earth. 😍🌋 Cam 2 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

VIRGINIA!!! A MAJOR parking reform bill just cleared both chambers 🏛️🏛️ and heads to the Governor's desk! ✍️ People > parking. Always. Let's finish the job!

"Yes, building less dangerous cars and more forgiving roads would help address the US’s sky-high tally of roadway fatalities. But another way to save lives deserves far more attention than it gets: Stop forcing Americans to drive so much." @davidzipper.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...