Breaking character: Ken White has a fantastic post about how "free speech culture" undermines free speech. It's something I've thought about a lot before, but Ken knows way more about it than I do and explains it really well. www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...

Belated congratulations to Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social on her book When Driving is Not an Option from @islandpress.bsky.social ! Her book sparked some thoughts about building a transportation system that works for everyone. islandpress.org/books/when-d...

Belated congratulations to Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social on her book When Driving is Not an Option from @islandpress.bsky.social ! Her book sparked some thoughts about building a transportation system that works for everyone. islandpress.org/books/when-d...

I want to highlight every line in this excellent piece. Logic alone says fund public transit and we all win. @savesepta.com @savesepta.com @severedlimb.bsky.social “Unlike most other wealthy countries, the US has chosen to keep transit going without ever letting it thrive”

I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

who's gonna start the dumb appliances and small electronics company and make a killing? i do not want screens, bluetooth, internet, wifi, NOTHING.

Residents of 14 states drove fewer miles per capita in 2023 than they did in 1996, according to our newly updated explainer and data visualization, "Less Driving is Possible," authored by my colleague @frontiereliz.bsky.social. Lots of good data to explore. frontiergroup.org/resources/wh...

✨ Abundance and Transportation ✨ If you've sent me feedback on the "Transportation for the Abundant Society" manuscript (w/ Jonathan Levine)—thank you! We are turning to revisions soon. If you're interested in reading—feedback most welcome! Here it is: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Thank you!

Ask: I'm hoping to find someone to talk to a graduate-level planning class on traffic signal plans, with an emphasis on #pedestrian and #bicycle mobility and #safety* *actual safety, not traffic-flow-but-lets-call-it-safety Grateful for suggestions! @bikesky.social #BikeSky #WalkSky #VisionZero

I wrote an unusually strongly worded thing about the transit crisis in Pennsylvania, which is coming soon to Oregon and Illinois. humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...

Everything about the situation with busing in Dayton is heartbreaking. We need public transit that’s robust, reliable and safe enough for everyone, including high school kids.

"We used to consume fossil fuels to make ourselves power But now we just look to the sun for each kilowatt hour" This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...

My daughter Robyn is one of these pins. I encourage those who have lost someone or were injured due to traffic violence to share their story on the Families for Safe Streets Community Story Map. This is a link to my daughter's story arcg.is/055LfP0 Please re-skeet! @fam4safestreets.bsky.social

I've watched every minute of the recorded oral comments & read the hundreds of written submissions to @ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.

Want to shape the future of transportation? We're recruiting nondrivers in the U.S. to join a national research project on transportation, access, and equity. Take a 1-minute survey to see if you qualify.

It’s is pretty much impossible to carry a car seat and a toddler. infuriating transit agencies keep replacing fixed route buses with vans — transit access for caregivers of young kids is collateral damage. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

How do transportation investments impact gentrification & related outcomes like displacement? In a new paper co-developed by @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, National Center for Smart Growth, & Toole Design, we examine what the scholarship tells us & survey transportation practitioners on the topic.

In 2021, I was trying to figure out a way to bring attention to how disabled community members who couldn’t drive or couldn’t afford to drive navigated their communities and decided to launch a “Week Without Driving.”

Since Mamdani won the Dem NYC mayor nomination with a free bus proposal, let's talk about free transit. Research suggests that free transit: a—increases ridership b—doesn't get people out of cars c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl d—doesn't add employment e—maybe ups operational efficiency

The leaders of the former TRB committees focused on sustainability have put together this survey to gather input about possible paths forward. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Me too! Join me for this awesome book club with @nondriver.bsky.social (Anna Zivarts) and @islandpress.bsky.social! We're talking about Anna's book: When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.

Really looking forward to this conversation with @tamikabutler.bsky.social Thursday! There's still time to register -- you can join us remotely! It's a webinar hosted by @islandpress.bsky.social's book club! give.islandpress.org/event/page-t...

I made an entry into the "affordable housing construction costs" discourse daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/lihtc-costs/

OF COURSE cars suck, but so many white anti-car urbanists are folks with no concept of how existing public transit infrastructure makes it all but impossible to navigate the city safely with kids UNLESS you have a car. ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood. And guess who that impacts.

Pleased to share some preliminary results from the LA Mobility Wallet Phase 1 pilot program based on interviews with participants. Our first publications focus on what life outcomes participants gained and how the program compares with a traditional transit subsidy program THREAD below!

Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

On Monday, I am talking with @humantransit.bsky.social about the state of public transit in the US, post-covid. Which systems have bounced back & which haven't? Who's doing it right & who's blowing it? What policies work best & which are a waste of time? Got any questions about US transit?

Cc @alexkarner.bsky.social

My last talk sold out, so I'll be returning to Penn Social on April 21 to talk about Metro's effect on the Washington area. www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

Day 16 - Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities

Great op-ed from @alexkarner.bsky.social et al on federal government's hollowing out of research funds. At least 9 transport grants from the National Academies of Science/Transportation Research Board have been cancelled for the sin of attempting to identify strategies to address US's inequities.

#BlackHistoryMonth: It's important we keep doing EJ research and present facts. FYI, the Draft EIS for the 1989 LA uranium enrichment plant reported no people nearby. The site sat between historically Black Forest Grove & Center Springs, founded in 1865 & 1910. @BullardCenter #BlackLandLoss

February 24th in DC. Details and tickets at profsandpints.ticketleap.com/galleryplace/ .

In Chapter 2 of Inclusive Transportation, I tackle "Equity". I provide definitions from others in the transportation space. SPOILER ALERT: I do not provide a definition. I provide a framework to envision "What does equity look like if we can achieve it?” www.inclusivetransportation.org

I encourage those in the US to sign this petition, it is something I've already done. Three weeks after my daughter Robyn was killed bicycling, my younger daughter Rachel was hit by the driver of a car while riding in a bike lane. Had it been a large SUV or pickup truck she would be dead too.

This year I read several dozen books about transportation and cities. These were my favorites. 🧵

I choose to take this as evidence that I am not stupid for struggling to understand this stuff.

A thread on losing a child to road violence. 🧵 I can empathize with Jane & Guy Gaudreau, the parents of Johnny & Matthew, on the loss of their 2 sons, half of their children, on August 29th. My 20-year-old daughter Robyn was killed bicycling June 24th, 2019 doing messenger work in New York City. /1

My three favorite reads of 2024. shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/...

Read the whole thread on how culture is embedded in a built landscape. Born from?

Just a reminder that books in cafes can still be conversation starters. Also, my book Human Transit is 50% off today only at islandpress.org/half.

SO many good books! Look for Multisolving by @bethsawin.bsky.social, When Driving Is Not an Option by @nondriver.bsky.social, Inclusive Transportation by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social, Human Transit by @humantransit.bsky.social, among others.

Okay today for real is the last day to get 50% off Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities at @islandpress.bsky.social . Sale ends midnight PT islandpress.org/books/inclus...

Oh hey, many new followers because of the bike community starter pack. Hello, I'm James Longhurst, a historian of urban and environmental policy. I wrote about the history of bike policy in the United States a few years ago; available from @uwapress.bsky.social uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Just released: NVTC 60th Anniversary Documentary: Advancing Transit in Northern Virginia. [1/2] www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkf...

I wanted to make sure in writing about ‘involuntary’ nondrivers I didn’t alienate people who choose to organize their lives so they don’t need to own a car. @seattlebikeblog.com’s endorsement makes me hopeful I managed it! www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/05/09/r...