One of my favorite authors is speaking at my local indie bookstore @loyaltybooks.bsky.social. On a beautiful day for a walk. Love it.

California! Make the call. Climate, democracy... it's all wrapped up in this bill.

We should not have to pay for safe streets with our lives.

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Killed 100 yards from the family home. By the public infrastructure his family's taxes paid for. #deadlybydesign

When pedestrians regularly cross mid-block because that’s where the bus stop is & the signaled crosswalk is hundreds of feet away, a pedestrian getting struck by a driver is not accidental, it’s the predictable result of a transportation department policy or decision.

🚌 Strategies used to turnaround Akron’s bus system: 1. CEO used to be a bus driver, now rides the bus with customers 2. Run buses every 15 minutes, 7 days a week 3. Concentrate on most needed services 4. Reduce job requirements “If we’re not using our product, why should anybody else use it?”

today is super bowl for the apple and honey emojis

Can't make it to @ggwash.org's fall mixer this Wednesday and bummed about it? Show your love and buy a pay-it-forward ticket for another member of the community. It's the best way to be there in spirit if you can't be there in person. ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

Beg button: "WAIT to cross Colesville Road at East West Highway." Pedestrian: “Wait?! We’re always waiting! I’m tired of waiting!”

From ACT Team Bluesky's correspondent in Paris (France): Reallocating road space to people in buses and people in bicycles.

From ACT Team Bluesky's correspondent in France: “Many bike lanes are more of a suggestion than a separate lane.  Nonetheless “regular people” use them and bikes and cars appear to coexist pretty well.”

Hello DMV kids who love walking the dog, riding a bike, buses & trains: the GGWASH Fall Mixer needs you! Kid-friendly activities for you & other stuff for any adults you bring. Tell your parents: Childcare will not be provided. Just like in DC, “kids ride free.”" ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

This is the public infrastructure we need: a free public toilet with soap, an area map, and a water fountain. #urbanism

There will always have to be cars and trucks cuz you can't make deliveries on a bike!

Public toilets with soap without a user fee are possible. 📷: ACT Team Bluesky's correspondent in Paris

“Moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average”

#yimby in Virginia.

Suicide Prevention Month is a reminder that mental healthcare is a necessity, not a luxury. Preventing suicide means building stronger systems of support, expanding access to care, and reminding people they are never alone.  If you or a loved one needs help, call or text 988.

When you don't have walkable or bikeable roads by schools, these are the consequences. They're expensive in so many ways.

Happy 20th day of the month, when we pause to remember that since 1982 for every 20 cents of federal $ spent on transit, 80 cents go to roads. And that the only time fed $ went to transit operations was in 2020/2021, during the worst of the pandemic. usa.streetsblog.org/2020/11/18/t...

What's wild about the 85th percentile is that lots of US states use it to set all speed limits, but the original idea (from the 1930s) was to let observed driver speeds shape speed limits on **rural roads**. It was never intended for urban areas w/pedestrians & cyclists!

Last night on our way home this block on Bryant had 4x as much bike traffic as car traffic. At 9pm on a weeknight. Build it (a network of protected bike infrastructure) & they will bike.

#HousingShortage has radicalized a guy who'd rather talk about the difference between oxfords (shoes) and derbies (shoes).

This view is very popular in the ‘moms of kids killed by cars’ community

EBikes should go 30mph and have their own wide, dedicated lanes. this is achievable and an actual transportation revolution if we can get the infrastructure built. Ebikes are car replacements with none of the downsides of car ownership.

How do you get to zero pedestrian traffic deaths? 1. Lower speeds 2. Improved pedestrian and biking infrastructure 3. Increased public transit options 4. Better enforcement Any city could do this. They used a data driven approach. Most cities know where their problem areas are.

We need more bike libraries that include all types of bikes for all ages and abilities.

One of the most unheralded parts of making streets safer for children is the amount of time it frees up for parents.

#transit hero

If younger people can't afford to live in your county, your county doesn't have a future - no matter how much the older, more affluent homeowners might hate the idea of change.

Did you know transit is 20 times safer than driving a car? Each year, public transportation prevents more than 2,500 injuries related to car accidents. Take Metro!

Anemoia (noun): longing for a [transportation system] one has never known.

Congrats @ggwash.org on winning an APTA Local Coalition Grant! DC TEN will roll out the narrative-setting strategy around the "transportation time tax," a messaging campaign that will give language to the experience of transit trips taking longer than car trips @wmata.com @eleanornorton.bsky.social

THIS is spiritual leadership. I would like statements from Jewish leaders wrt Jews & non-Jewish employees of Jewish orgs at risk of ICE w/similar thoughtfulness. I would also like to see clear language stating that all Jewish spaces are regarded as sanctuary from ICE now. Never again is now.

When policy is a success the positive outcomes let you refer back to it over and over again beyond just the “we passed a bill” announcement on signing day.

Here's the joint statement re: Mahmoud v Taylor from the authors and illustrators of the LGBTQ+ picture books involved. I appreciate you reading and sharing this. It was the decision we expected, but are devastated to read nonetheless. pen.org/press-releas...

Anecdotally, adult status seems to affect a finding of fault for both non-motorists and drivers. -Non-adult non-motorist, adult driver? Non-adult found at fault -Adult non-motorist, non-adult driver? Non-adult found at fault.

Air conditioning is an absolutely vital life-saving technology on a swiftly-warming planet, and people who claim it's somehow more shameful to cool a home than it is to heat one are idiots. I wrote this a few years ago and still stand by it: foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...

Your June 20 reminder that by tradition, not law, federal transportation spending is split 80-20: 20 cents on transit for every 80 cents spent on highways. Along with your June 20 reminder that the actual spend on transit is less than 20%. enotrans.org/article/expl... #transportation #urbanism

This is simply one of the most thoughtful and nuanced explanations of the role that cycling infrastructure plays in Black and Brown communities. Definitely worth a read. When I started Oonee I was shocked to see so many pols treat 🔒🚲 as 2nd tier issue. That was not my experience growing up in BK.

Uh, #climatecrisis and so #transit & #density.

"This bridge is going to be a big, long-term, expensive proposition. Adding a [shared use path] facility like this is a very small incremental cost while you're building such a large, important bridge." A destination-worthy path itself if built, also part of the American Discovery Trail

"Subway crime decreased to the second-lowest level in 27 years, with major crime dropping 18.1% (465 vs. 568) during the first quarter, and zero murders in the transit system for the first time in seven years." - New York Police Department www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/ne... #transit #urbanism

In the US, transit ridership recovery from the pandemic has closely tracked service recovery. More service = more riders. Of 285 US urban areas, just 35% had as much service in 2024 as they had in 2019. And these have had much higher ridership recovery than those with less service (91% vs 74%).

#NoKings had excellent, on point signs.

On my way to a #NoKings protest, saw another in Chevy Chase, at the corner of Connecticut Avenue & East West Highway. 3.5 hours later, people were STILL protesting at that intersection.

Astonished at size of #NoKings protest in Bethesda, MD today. Never, never seen a protest there of this size. People not just on both sides of the streets but packing the median; folks driving by not just constantly honking, but some with signs & flags of their own.

This is just f'ing awesome: tiny little solar power plants are sprouting on German balconies. A *million* of them now! This needs to be legalized in the US, ASAP. I want my own balkonkraftwerk.