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Or like @activetowns.bsky.social / #JohnSimmerman ?

Hoping @ianrbuck.bsky.social / @streets.mn can connect with @urbantruth.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social for a podcast just like they did w @thewaroncars.bsky.social @douggordon.bsky.social!

The Manhattan Institute is seeking to criminalize more and more protest. FIRE has invited two prominent Manhattan Institute figures — Ilya Shapiro and Heather Mac Donald — as keynote speakers at their 2026 conference.

I am so wildly outside my expertise here but I read this report from Amnesty and they do seem to just go through, with a fairly good amount of referencing, how actively seizing information en masse can directly breach human rights? They go into expression / equality in a fair amount of detail!!

AI data centre wars @theageaustralia.bsky.social

Not sure about taxis, but the paper notes that the number is very similar for Lyft/Uber

I'll say it a gain: A city full of robotaxis will be a city full of congestion.

New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...

Bowling alone

I'm old enough to remember in 1998 when First Lady Hillary Clinton referred to a "vast right-wing conspiracy" and was roundly mocked by all the VSPs in Washington. Well, guess what? It was real then, and it's even bigger and more powerful now.

We love to see it! Housing up, incomes up, population up, diversity up. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/02/a...

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Thanks! The Netherlands follows your approach - helmets are allowed but not mandatory. Millions of people ride bicycles daily without helmets and yet total injuries are not higher than in nations with mandatory helmets.

Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some. I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws. Build safe infrastructure.

I think that this is generally true but not true for the relationship between the NYPD and the Mayor in particular. Plenty of cases where the mayor is sort of helpless vs institutional power wielded by cops and the NYC Mayor vs the NYPD is not one of them. He really can fuck them up if he chooses

They want us to be afraid. And angry too. And they definitely want us to stay dependent on cars. THAT’S the real conspiracy. #UrbanTruth

There are a LOT of great global Bluesky urbanists and organizations that are definately worth following — this past STARTER PACK of mine is just a taste. Who is it missing? I hope a lot more are joining and participating here every day. Please help spread the word. #UrbanistShoutOut

"Deaths per mile also suits the interests of auto executives who would rather discuss ideas to make their products safer than those that would limit their use." - @davidzipper.bsky.social @urbantruth.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @wesmars.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Robotaxis are grabbing headlines, but autonomous vehicles that are owned, not shared, could dominate our self-driven future. That would be very bad news for cities, the environment, and anyone in a human-driven car. Me, in @bloomberg.com 🧵 (Gift Link)

Hard to believe I’m even writing this. Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C than its annual average.

Have you read my deep-dive history of estimating global CO₂ emissions? From the first documented effort by Högbom in 1894, via Arrhenius, Popular Mechanics, Plass, Revelle, and more through to 1999: robbieandrew.github.io/www_docs/t/E...

@urbantruth.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social @nancymaclean.bsky.social youtu.be/tlQOw6qpblY

STUDY: “We found that the way neighborhoods are planned and maintained mattered for happiness, health, and trust. Our findings suggest that mixed-use neighborhood designs that enable residents to shop and socialize within walking distance to their homes have direct & indirect effects on happiness.”

@davidzipper.bsky.social @wesmars.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @urbantruth.bsky.social

Can never get enough of @davidzipper.bsky.social ‘s insight on mobility and urbanism bsky.app/profile/lanr...

Making It Safer To Bike Gets More People To Ride Bikes, Shocking Study Shows

"The best transportation innovations enhance accessibility" - @davidzipper.bsky.social www.davidzipper.com/why-i-do-wha... @urbantruth.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @reenamahajan.bsky.social @sflkirk.bsky.social @streetfilms.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social

Mayor Johnson’s new proposal would ban hidden fees, create a registry to track rental units and establish a new agency that would serve as a hub for tenants and landlords.

Soda taxes save lives

Xavier Morales at The Praxis Project shows how community mutes #BigSoda with stunning long-term success. Berkeley shows the way. @media-studies.bsky.social @realfoodmedia.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social @marionnestle.bsky.social @changelabsolutions.bsky.social @katherineschaff.bsky.social

A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that. www.wired.com/story/future...

Before (2020) / After (2026) Rue Xaintrailles in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. There are so many changes happening in the streets of Paris that my first opportunity to take a photo of this street is in 2026 even though the trees were planted in 2022.

If we want fewer road deaths in the US, we should build more viable public transit.

But it’s deaths per capita, not deaths per mile or km, that gives a complete picture of road safety. A key reason Americans are in so many fatal crashes is that they drive so much! A few causes: 🔹 Parking minimums 🔹 Height limits 🔹 Single-use zoning 🔹 Anemic transit & train service

Americans drive a lot more than people in other rich countries. If we didn’t drive so much, we wouldn’t die in so many crashes. It’s a simple point, but one that NHTSA, traffic engineers, and many road safety org’s have yet to learn. Me, in Bloomberg 🧵

What about the physical enormity of the US? Does that force people to drive more? No, it doesn't. Canada is an even more spacious country, and residents drive a lot less (and are <1/2 as likely to die in a crash).

Yes, and that's the point! More density --> Less driving --> Fewer crashes

Just saw a paper abstract posted that concludes that, in highway traffic safety, total kinetic exposure correlates positively with crash rates (in shorthand, less driving —> fewer crashes)… Post was been removed (maybe to put up a full-paper link), but since I wrote may take, wanted to share. …+

You know who really, really hates data centers? Women.

Particularly, it being a newfangled conspiracy to some wicked ends (which it of course cannot be because, as you note, the cities already are like that). The extra ironic part is that as @urbantruth.bsky.social have pointed out, there is an ACTUAL conspiracy of the one hour city in the Americas.

Less driving —> Fewer crashes A simple but crucial point, from researchers including my podcast partner @wesmars.bsky.social. "Measures of auto-dominance – particularly automobile mode share and VMT – are most strongly associated with higher fatality rates." doi.org/10.1136/ip-2...

If only the Royal Commission into Driver Behaviour saw this!