MoCo MD people - want to do a small thing that makes a difference? Attend this on-line public hearing to say YES to sidewalks around the Manchester Place Purple Line station! Don't let the NO folks (if any) be the only ones there! (You might also ask why there has to be a public hearing for this.)

a terrible year to be an e-bike rider in Princeton, after the state introduced mandatory license, registration, helmet, and insurance requirements, and Princeton University just flat-out banned all e-bikes from its campus and surrounding roads.

Two recent Fairfield County meetings: one trying to block a new coastal park, one trying to remove school zone speed cameras that reduced speeding by over 80% Copy/paste these demographics to every NIMBY meeting in the state

The most effective way to stop companies like Amazon & Fed Ex from blocking bike lanes is to build protected bike lanes. When bikes are physically separated from traffic, illegal parking becomes much harder & cyclists are safer because of it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/19/b...

The business model of delivery companies (as well as ride hail & food delivery) requires their drivers to park illegally. Bike/bus lane ticking isn’t inherently bad, but if it doesn’t change behavior then it’s not effective. Fundamental restructuring of delivery activity in cities is needed.

South Bank, London in 1976 and today

There is little as freeing and empowering as being able to load all of your paddleboarding gear and your dog onto a cargo e-bike and ride 8 miles through the city's bike infrastructure down to the beach. Imagine a #LifeAfterCars. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #PNWdogs #Portland @thewaroncars.bsky.social

"...neighbors argue that aggressively driving or distracted motorists simply cannot see them until it is too late." Aggressive and distracted drivers you say? Well there's your problem right there.

@amtrak.com should cash in and call the Albany, Utica/Rome route to Syracuse "The Odyssey"!

When I use the expression "traffic violence" it could not be any clearer than in this case where the driver was intentionally using his vehicle as a weapon!

Every time a violent driver hits a safety feature with their car, a human gets to live the rest of their life.

@mta.info when?

Smart planning and investments producing positive results. What a concept...

New research shows direct link between traffic and crime. They theorise that the root cause is a breakdown in community ties. When cars are allowed to dominate, people retreat indoors, lose trust in their neighbourhood, and stop looking out for one another. #ReimagineDublin

Would you think this HAWK signal was a good idea? And if so, compared to what?

Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not

Why is Kemi Badenoch never asked about the hefty funding the Conservative party has taken from the oil industry and its lobby groups whenever she talks about her decision to scrap her commitment to Net Zero?

Imagine opposing the transformation of an abandoned, derelict power plant into a gorgeous coastal park because of “traffic.” Naturally there’s no consideration that anyone would bike or take transit The ultimate combination of car brain and MIMBYism www.thehour.com/news/article...

In other words they are doing their job

NHTSA “normalizes” crash deaths by miles driven instead of by total population. They need to stop.

NHTSA is taking an undeserved road safety victory lap. US crash deaths were higher in 2025 than in any year during the 2010s. On a per capita basis, Americans are 2-5x more likely to die in a collision than a Canadian or European. NHTSA refuses to admit it approach has failed.

A report on how to increase capacity at track level at NY Penn Station has been published. This would be part of the Trump/Byford 'Penn Transformation Project'. But the proposals fall far short of the capacity needed to maximize the benefit from the Gateway Project...

Virtually every country in the world *except* for the US is responding to the Iran War in a rational way -- ie, trying to reduce their reliance in imported fossil fuels.

Ahhh, the Berkeley special. "Equality and inclusion, but not in a way that changes my neighborhood."

Maryland’s new “super speeders law” will require certain drivers to have a speed-limiting device in their vehicles to maintain driving privileges. It's an alternative to having their license fully suspended or revoked due to speeding violations. https://bit.ly/4pvGGuX

And the wanker of a seller just closed the returns process! 🤬 And I'll be rethinking on using eBay as they have made changes to their crap returns system & made it even worse as you now can't get them to get involved when the seller screws you over & pretty clear the sellers knows this!

This could have been 4 parked cars

The new Yaphank station opened today. This project took nearly a decade from when it was first announced in early 2017. The whole point of relocating the station was to make it easier to access, but the new station is actually harder to get to than the old one! www.thelirrtoday.com/2026/07/yaph...

Your friendly neighborhood car dependency researcher here. If we want to get people out of car dependency, we need to let people who are car dependent talk to us about what's keeping them in car dependency. It's really not enough to say, "you should be less dependent on your car" I've tried.

Living without a car in much of America sucks. Given that, there are two options: 1. Give everyone a car (which will increase traffic and emissions) 2. Make it suck less to get around without a car (which will decrease traffic and emissions) I don't know about you, but #2 seems better.

ICYMI, this week Manhattan BP Brad Hoylman-Sigal held a forum on through-running for Penn Station. Watch ETA's executive director Blair Lorenzo, the RPA's Tom Wright, and NYU Wagner's Polly Trottenberg debate how through-running can improve service and capacity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3i...

Note that in California (and in most states) reckless driving prohibitions already also apply to bike riders. So enforcement against dangerous behavior that is affecting the safety of others is already allowed. Calling out wheelies categorically adds nothing to public safety.

Hawaii’s new anti-wheelie ordinance vs Oakland’s Slow Street signage. Who did it better?

It’s an actual Dream Come True for me! Today I am driving a Muni Bus wearing the iconic Landor Livery, the true colors Muni is meant to display, designed by the great Walter Landor in 1975, introduced alongside the greatest logo in transit history, the Muni Worm.

You can bike here on the Empire Srate Trail and get in for free! Kingston is nice, including Boice Dairy ice cream near the trail in the "Midtown" neighborhood.

Maybe it’s just me but this feels more accessible than free parking for all drivers.

Jesse Watters' disgusting humour disrespects millions of women and girls who have been violated by US military and imperialist armies By @cjmbaillie.bsky.social

Imagine if we had the kind of constant scare coverage of the dangers of car crashes accompanied by demands for more restrictions on cars that we do for crime issues

I would love to upgrade my @hellgatenyc.com subscription tier just as soon as they stop publishing NIMBY trash like this. I really like them on most things! It's a shame they're aggressively wrong on the biggest problem facing NYC. hellgatenyc.com/monitor-poin...

NEW: We’re very pleased to announce the addition of Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social as an ongoing collaborator with the Urban Truth Collective, author of “When Driving Is Not An Option.” Read her bio and watch for our first collaboration shortly! #UrbanTruth www.urbantruthcollective.com/about-1

still thinking about how Hochul pushed a law that would legalize more housing in Long Island and in response all of the chud republican politicians started talking like woke grad students

“The law also bans electric bikes and other devices with motors exceeding 750 watts or capable of traveling faster than 28 miles per hour from public roads, bike lanes, sidewalks and other public areas.” The 28 miles per hour capability limit should apply to all motor vehicles, not just bikes.

I’ve been on two packed trains shortly after midnight tonight - a D and a 2 - that had extensive dwell times so NYPD officers could saunter down the platform pretending to do something. This is a time-wasting make-work program, not a public safety initiative.

My god. All the most anti car people I know are parents who want to let their kids walk to school or the park. Like, *all* of them.

That’s funny. Much of the “anti-car” stuff I see is from parents who want safe streets for their kids. Many of them still own cars, but they want to be able to bike with their kids. They want their kids to be able to walk to school.

This project is on a high frequency transit corridor and shouldn’t require any parking at all, but some people would rather see people be homeless than not have a space to park their car. There should be no requirements to house cars when any person is unhoused.

This is why square tubing is the best design. No, you can't prevent all theft, but square tubes aren't susceptible to the quiet stealth of a pipe cutter.

Bike advocacy is about FREEDOM. The most AMERICAN mode of transportation. No license or registration or insurance requirements. Legally allowed almost everywhere. Hop off and suddenly you are a pedestrian too. Anti-bike is anti-freedom, which is anti-America.

Riding the bus? Very safe, generally speaking. Getting to the bus? Different story.

“You just hit an innocent child and you did not stop to at least see what happened instead of just driving away,” said the sister of Aicha Camara, 4, who remains hospitalized. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/17/c...