So many liberal people think they’re avoiding “gentrification” by freezing the built environment in amber, when what they’re doing instead is turning former middle class homes into aging $1.5 million luxury products

Why are we such special snowflakes about everything? Elevators, fire trucks…what else?

They have explicitly stated that they program these cars based on local social norms. That is the complete opposite of safe, law-abiding driving.

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

This - again and again. Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming". “First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”

One of the biggest tricks of the car industry was convincing us that parking private cars is a public responsibility, turning shared space into free storage for personal vehicles.

More streets where cars are only guests, please!

“Right now, there is just one Waymo setting,” But in a few years, there may be “three or four settings, and one of them is almost exactly like the way that you want to drive.” You mean Waymo & all these AV companies have been lying to us about being safer than humans?! *shocked Pikachu face*

Ahem. youtu.be/w5wOEnddwQU?...

Living next to Walgreens and like 10 different takeout spots when you have a newborn is clutch.

I simply am never going to believe that being someone who already has a home gives you the privilege to deny others homes

My city requires you to pay over $300/year for the school bus if you live within a mile radius of the school. And no we don’t have good bike or ped infrastructure especially not in the winter.

Not a single bit of alt text on this baby.

I haven’t worked on USWDS, but I’ve worked on plenty of gov’t modernization projects. Normally, I would be insulted but that gives these bozos too much credit.

The MBT is sort of becoming the bike/ped version of a stroad. Some treat it as a bike highway while others treat it like a rec path. I don’t know what the solution is. wtop.com/dc/2025/12/d...

Wait, he’s not relying on thoughts OR prayers???

Idk how this flies under the radar. They literally program them to break the law.

The only thing that's stops a bad man with a gun is a good man without a gun but extensive knowledge in selling fruit.

Because when *all* I hear is about e-bikes and nothing about teen drivers (aside from the obvious grief about an individual crash), it becomes hard to see the furor about e-bikes/e-motos as anything other than a moral panic.

I often think about how little a lot of Americans interact with the places they live. It’s just building to metal box to building ad infinitum. Best example I can think of that represents this is the Bradford Pear tree. Look great from your car but they smell terrible for ppl outside of cars.

🎯 I like living next to Walgreens because I’m lazy. Why drive 30 min RT to get toilet paper when I can walk for 10 min RT. Also comes in clutch when you don’t realize you’re out of TP until it’s very inconvenient.

To get around the new law, Toronto will narrow car lanes to add more bike lanes. Love the ingenuity 👏 toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...

An ICE agent drove over a guy and local police are referring to it as a "traffic investigation." www.columbian.com/news/2025/de...

The NIMBYs are resorting to AI slop.

Can confirm. It also helps to ask intelligent (or at least coherent) questions. Local politicians often get rambling statements disguised as questions or complaints from a person who has a beef w/ the city on a very niche and specific issue. And ya know just don’t be a jerk.

American culture: we have to be “tough on crime,” unless it’s a driver—they should be able to do anything they want at any time they want with no repercussions, even if car deaths and injuries are the most dangerous part of our society!

This is basically my manifesto. Everyone should read this!

I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!

“You might be [at your kid’s] soccer game, but you happen to look at a few emails…or tying up a few loose ends at work before you put the kids to bed. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a workaholic who lacks boundaries.” Yes, yes it does mean you lack boundaries.

DC friends, curious to hear what you think about this! open.spotify.com/episode/5drg... @ryanmusser.bsky.social @cherylcort.bsky.social @dcurbanist.bsky.social

If you’re looking to ride one state-side, there is the AeroTrain at Dulles International Airport with rubber tires. It’s fully automated too so you can look out the front and back. AND it has platform screen doors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroTra...

Big news! @thewaroncars.bsky.social will be on @wgbh.org @gbhnews.bsky.social Jim and Margery show tomorrow (starts at 11AM) to discuss their new book Life After Cars Give @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social a call in and a big Boston welcome www.wgbh.org/shows/boston...

"Many well-studied changes show that thoughtful street design is key to reversing course. Narrower lanes that slow traffic, adding curb extensions to increase pedestrian access & visibility, & physically separating bike lanes from car traffic are a few examples." www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...

Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.

It really is just simple geometry. You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.

Take the train.

The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.

No one wants to live on Beacon Hill.

It constantly amazes me how people WANT this stuff flowing into their houses.

It’s too real 🥲

Popularity of Cars Raises Safety Concerns Cars are very popular, but safety concerns go alongside their use. Accidents involving cars are increasing, and many roads are not designed for safety. “There are a lot of unsafe roadways,” said one driver. wnyt.com/top-stories/...

1000% this! And just walking really. You connect way more to your city when walking and biking.

#RECALL: Trek Bicycles with Coaster Brakes and Replacement Rear Wheels; The coaster brakes can fail to engage, resulting in the rider losing control, posing a crash hazard. Get free repair: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Can confirm.

Someone please tell me this IIHS study from 2019 was appropriately dragged and debunked. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

This isn’t his first rodeo either. He was senator from 2003 to 2009.

We need the cargo bike dads to form a brigade and run these down

I love being able to walk downtown for a delicious baguette. No driving needed. Baguette from Bonny Breads 🥖 #walkablecity #walkable #baguettewalkability

Would love to have this across the bridge!