Happy 13th birthday to my boy, Jimi. Time sure does fly by...

Car culture never has to take infrastructure maintenance into their own hands, they have the benefits of socialist policies for that. However, it's nice when someone behind the wheel stops to recognize your efforts.

Great episode! Always nice to hear about people pushing back on highway expansions successfully.

If your dog/cat/pet would like to be the #TransitDog #TransitCat #TransitPet of the day, then post a photo of your dog/cat/pet using transit (broadly defined) with alt text, and tag us! Or, if you want to follow us but don't want all the transit pet content, you can mute the hashtags.

Saving turtles is easier on a bike.

I took MARTA to South Downtown to check out the scene tonight. Look at all the bikes!! There are bikes parked all over, and pedestrians on the streets, and crowded restaurants. Very cool.

My Halberd-Leaved Rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) is a-bloomin'. #nativeplants #georgianativeplants

Now that's a great band name!

"My whole thing is pick one. You can’t ride [your bike] on the sidewalk when convenient and then swap to the road when convenient. You’re either a “car” or “pedestrian.” Pick one!" Actually we can. And we should. And often, we have to. 🧵

I liked seeing this new, under-construction bike lane on West Peachtree Street as I walked out of North Ave MARTA Station today! It'll go from Linden to 11th Street for now, but construction on an extension to 17th Street will happen later this year: www.midtownatl.com/project/west...

Today I bike-delivered another 12 bags of fresh food from White Center Food Bank to 6 families in White Center, Burien, and Seattle for the @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use bikes, trailers, and volunteers to deliver food to the homes of people with mobility or accessibility challenges

“Compared with non-active travelers, the cyclists had a 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia, a 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's, a 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia (before the age of 65), & a 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia.” Connecting bike-riding with reduced dementia risk. #UrbanTruth

The number of AI commercials during the French Open on HBO makes me want to punch a fool.

This is pretty expensive, but also pretty neat.

Long weekend travel plans getting you down? There's got to be a better way...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live: Built to Spill Local H Pile Pinback Archers of Loaf Tripping Daisy Failure Queens of the Stone Age The Hives Streetlight Manifesto

This is my dad. Without revealing his age, he's proof that 8-80 infrastructure is life-changing. He lives in a car-dependent Memphis suburb. Last fall, the city extended the Greenline within 0.5 miles of his house. Now he rides 5 miles every day and could get all the way into midtown without a car.

Hey urbanism friends, if y'all enjoy Urbanism+ be sure to check out the discord: discord.gg/kn5aafPHga It's pretty chill and we have a nice little community of woke orange pilled folks that would love to tell you how much they like trains and bike lanes.

Carocracy -Aliens would think cars are the primary life form -Auditors looking at budgets or outsiders looking at politicians would think mobility of cars was more important than mobility of people -Execution of a person committing a minor crime can get support, as long as a #carbrain kills them

Trees are out there fighting the good fight!

Chicago's Archer Ave has been in the news a lot lately - so we went out in April to talk to some advocates who support the improvements, dive into the data behind the project (and safe streets in general), got comment from Alderwoman Ramirez, and a whole lot more!

Biked 11 miles to the grocery store, the post office and to work. Easy commute on the electric Marin Sausalito. ⚡️🚲 #BikeMonth

At what point does gas become expensive enough that my Trump-loving neighbor doesn't idle his truck the whole time I'm walking my dogs?

A different perspective on how cheap gas is at only $4. In Atlanta a couple going to dinner on transit would need 4 $2.50 fares for a total of $10. With gas at $4, that's 2.5 gallons. At the current new car avg of 27 MPG, they could drive up to 67 *shrug* miles to their favorite spot instead.

I know HAWK signals can be confusing to people, but when it's a solid red light it should be pretty easy to understand.

We had our first Porchfest here in our downtown historic district yesterday. Lots of great music, and the streets were mostly closed off to cars which made things so much better!

Can anyone tell me which is the better bike rack design? I feel like users are 50/50

Any politician who runs on a platform of banning political calls and texts gets my vote.

Anyone who knows about water quality things and can point me to any related studies would also be much appreciated!

For this new episode, we chat with Andrew Pofahl, a MARTA Project Manager, and Andy McBurney, a MARTA Service Manager, about what this weekend's new MARTA bus system redesign means for riders (and why some of us are pretty nervous about changes). open.spotify.com/episode/7k9v...

What will they think of next?!

GCN's move into urbanism continues with this new video asking whether cycle infrastructure might be unequitable. Features Andy Bonau and me, one of whom was looking far scruffier than the other...

It's Local News Day! So, today, we're asking you to do a few things. Most importantly: share one or more of your favorite ACPC stories on your social media or in group chats. Tell your friends it's Local News Day and a critical time to support outlets like ACPC. localnewsday.org

The corporate repair playbook: ✅​ Build a device. ✅​ Software-lock the components. ✅​ Quote a repair cost higher than buying new. ✅​ Lobby state govs to kill Right to Repair. ✅ ​Watch the e-waste pile up. A new @climatetown.bsky.social! 👇

The first generation in the modern era that grows up without gas leaf blowers and the like won't know how good they have it.

These Machines Fight Traffic. Our @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social billboard is live.

This might be the first song where someone acknowledges they aren't in traffic - they are traffic! 😛 (You can click the link for lyrics if you don't want to listen)

Light weight Low speed No tailpipe emissions or particulates introduced to air or water Incapable of coming back to earth The US government invented the ideal car 55 years ago

I just love it when the weather is perfect out and someone is sitting in their car idling with the windows down. 🫠

Hey y'all! This has been a long time coming. Introducing Urbanism+ FYP This is a personalized feed that I think strikes a great balance of showing your mutual's posts and discovering new content. The same logic of U+ Live/Trending is used here to give this feed a pool of posts to serve up. 🧵

As promised: PUPPIES BY CARGO BIKE!!!!! Thank you to the inimitable @srfrjulie.bsky.social for spreading joy to her neighbors, her local elementary school and the entire #bikesky community!

Investing in transit generates a five-to-one return on the dollar.

Is it wrong I was excited to be able to report my first bike lane blocker to @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social today while in Atlanta? 😛

The future is bright. 🫠

pretty *cool* analysis of pavement temperature changes following school street installations in Paris, via @marcelmoran.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Few things are as depressing as looking at roads before and after they were widened and reading about how much it cost to make them worse. (Read ALTs for details)

New Climate Town video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm4...