With friends like these… @repricklarsen.bsky.social also supports the EV fee. 🙃

"Sure, not every person and not every trip. Maybe not even as a complete replacement for cars. But as a standard household tool? Absolutely!" Bikes (electric or non) can replace (dare I say it) transit trips. Especially in dense cities depending on where you're going. electrek.co/2026/05/18/w...

It’s quite incredible to see so many Boston drivers just completely ignore the BUS ONLY signs and drive down that lane anyway. Why are people so shitty?

In Massachusetts, we are now in the “find out” phase after fucking around for 46 years with a 2.5% property tax increase cap and bad land use.

I think there is, as ever, a nugget of truth here in that Americans feel like they *get massively less* for the taxes we pay in perceivable improvements in QOL, and the taxes we pay are paid in a way designed to be MAXIMALLY ornerous.

Great video from @evanedinger.bsky.social about this exact topic as it relates to the World Cup. Our public space is an international embarrassment. youtu.be/307RZ3stxNg?...

Apropos of everything, I’m tired of the “it costs too much” excuse our country uses when it comes to improving the public realm and life in general. Is it too much to ask for our public infrastructure to not look like shit? We can’t even get my city to mulch their damn tree boxes downtown. 😭

There are people (most Americans TBH) who cannot fathom any other way of getting around to do errands than via a car. I’ve even heard someone call themselves an “avid walker!” Everything that is not car is for exercise or leisure.

Separated bike lanes = 44% FEWER DEATHS

For those who don't know, every year police from around the country come to DC and commit crime sprees.

We should probably start thinking about regulating cars in cities with the same energy some people want to ban Ebikes.

The Yes Yes Yeses

Almost like cars have some sort of ideological hold on us, independent of any supporting facts or statistics.

What if Shakespeare was a Masshole? This is a thing of beauty.

As I always say, all I want is for e-bikes to be discussed in a way that aligns with the actual risks and takes into account the larger context of traffic violence and the fact that cars are still the most dangerous. We need less talk about bans and crackdowns and more focus on infrastructure. 1/

“E-bike users have increasingly been observed violating safety rules” So @princeton.edu is going to ban cars on campus too, right? Right…? www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...

Just one more.

This country is vile.

Museumification refers to the process by which a city’s culture is “preserved” or staged as if it were a museum exhibit—often prioritizing the display of heritage & aesthetics over lived, evolving infrastructure, affordability & daily connection—especially for locals & workers. Love his insights.

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

Someone needs to explain to these people that not liking the outcome is not the same as not having your voice heard. There was an election for mayor less than 6 months ago. The two guys who hate bikes got less than half the votes cast.

“We know what it takes to get to zero deaths in a city; it’s not some mystery. But if we keep using dangerous roads with bad land uses, we’ll end up waiting for AVs to save the day.” Something tells me this is exactly what we’ll do. 😞

💯 We ask engineers to “plan” which just ends up being traffic models.

I cannot be the only person who did not know there is a difference between Freedom 250 and America 250 until today. 👍🏻 America 250 👎🏻 Freedom 250

Leadership is almost always walled off from reality, experiencing cities exclusively through a windshield. I absolutely love seeing AOC out in the actual streets on an e-bike. ​And to the annoying safety-scolds about to complain in the replies...spare me and give me a break.

“No immediate charges” Why does our society accept this as normal.

The Advocate.

Democratic-run cities are unable to get out of their own ways on smoothing the path to making permanent and cheap something everyone outside of a few cranks likes. bsky.app/profile/yona...

A great 🧵 about how autonomous vehicles will not solve an epidemic of traffic violence. Worth the full read. The TL;DR: changing to less violent modes is the only solution that actually works. Please encourage your elected officials to embrace data and facts over feelings. #RealVisionZero

*Taps the sign* @alt-text.bots.bacalhau.org

If designed inclusively, cycling infrastructure offers independent mobility to those with physical impairments who are left behind by car dependence. For many people housebound or reliant on others for transport, two—or three—wheeled travel isn’t just a form of movement, it’s a form of empowerment.

Soooo does this mean no more US military putting around in the Persian Gulf?

losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice

To quote @tomflood.bsky.social, “Pilot road to be removed, not enough uptake says City - Drivers encouraged to check city website for alternative car routes and future road opportunities.”

This is happening across the state and particularly in the Greater Boston Area. Lexington is cutting teachers, Malden failed to pass a tax override, and Beverly is talking about $1000 fees for school hockey. What do these cities all have in common? ⬇️ Reposted bc Malden != Medford

Marco Rubio: "Imagine an Iran that, instead of spending their wealth, billions of dollars, supporting terrorists or weapons, had spent that money helping the people of Iran. You’d have a much different country. So we are always hopeful that that would exist over there.” But not here.

It's the inconvenience that I enjoy.

I really want to try this and see what happens. Any ideas on what to put out?

Against homeownership populism publiccomment.blog/p/against-ho...

A major housing bill that would discourage building rental homes “reflects a peculiar type of American populism that combines a right-wing fetish for suburbia’s homeowner society with a left-wing distrust of investment capital,” Henry Grabar argues.

The result of banning corporate ownership of SFH-rentals is not more affordable homes for sale that the people renting can afford to buy (Assuming they want to buy! Some people like renting!)

They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...

For real when will out governments stop doing this stuff? They KNOW what works to prevent pedestrian fatalities, but again again they come out with this atrocious nonsense.

The way to stay safe on or near an ebike is to stay away from people driving cars, who kill nearly 40k people annually in the US, and well over 1 million people worldwide.

Corporate ownership of single family house rental Discourse makes me insane because none of the neo-Brandeisians are willing to come out and say "I think that lower middle class SFH renters should be evicted and forced to live in apartments so that upper middle class families can buy those houses."

Crossing the street in front of a Waymo at an uncontrolled intersection. 0/10 do not like

We need to stop prioritizing parking lots over people. Today, I assembled a roundtable to discuss our Building Up Illinois Developments Plan — and the consensus was that we need to act fast. Looking forward to passing it and getting to work in our neighborhoods.

Bsky friends! I’m going to be in Emeryville/San Francisco this week. I won’t have much time outside of work, but are there any PBLs or trails I should check out? Or anything else you think is cool :)

Corollary: 1) Ban corporate owned single family homes 2) poor people now can't rent in high opportunity neighborhoods and also can't qualify for a conventional mortgage 3) you don't have to deal with poor people around the house you inherit

Pretty sure that list covers half my NIMBY bingo card.