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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Thanks @brenttoderian.bsky.social for the awesome tour of Vancouver. So great to learn more about the housing and livability of this beautiful city.

What a great chance to talk with @parismarx.com !

So glad to spend time with these inspiring people.

This was such a delightful and eye-opening tour!

Group shot! With @tomflood.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social. What an all star team 🤩

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

The most successful cities will be the ones that give people safe, affordable, efficient, enjoyable freedom of choice in transportation.

keep thinking how these generally aren't free but are heavily subsidized in EU (our daycare in bayern was ~$130 a month, annual transit pass in vienna is just €365 for amazing system)... and that this affordable aspect is not radical - it is in fact liberating www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

my kids woke up talking about the book talk - and specifically about one of the audience questions (was there a singular event that radicalized you in the war on cars?) for my wife - getting right hooked *in an unprotected bike lane* for me - living in freiburg's incredibly quiet car-free altstadt

Had fun meeting & chatting with folks from cycling, safe streets, transit, & urbanist spheres before & after attending a talk by some of my favorite car-free advocates. Got my copy of the book And yes, I biked to & from it! @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social

For the past year or so, I’ve been collecting signatures from influential people in the space. I already have @brooklynspoke.bsky.social, @sgoodyear.bsky.social, and @nerd4cities.bsky.social’s signatures, so I wasn’t sure who I’d get to sign my Orca card for this trip.

Lots of love for lidding I-5 in Seattle (or just getting rid of it?) at the "Life After Cars" book event at Town Hall with @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social. Get the book and join our fight at www.lidi5.org.

“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.” @pbump.com #Virginia www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...

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I'm so sad I wasn't in NYC for the Zohran win...we are out on the road with our book for a couple of weeks (yes, I voted early). But I *was* on a bus here in Seattle at the moment I found out, so I think that's pretty good.

As @jamisonfoser.bsky.social notes in this thread, autocracy delivers bad quality-of-life outcomes and Dems can have success saying that! His newsletter, which you should subscribe to, was prescient on that point.

Daycares in our neighborhood are no longer answering their doors after morning drop-off. Parents have to call the daycare when they arrive and they let them in for pickup. It's insane how we live now.

*taps sign*

The lesson federal immigration officials are teaching the public is not to trust any part of government. bsky.app/profile/radl...

This is my main take away from this election. Urbanism and Micromobility are a main consistency in NYC now. We've fully burst through to the mainstream and can deliver for candidates, like we did for Zohran. Politicians and the media might want to take note

I just don't think the idiots in the Trump administration realize how much normie moms are going to be incensed at their kids teachers and caregivers being carted off—especially when daycare is so damn expensive and hard to find. It's a collision of everything people are infuriated about.

Some political experts will want to dismiss @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win as a New York phenomenon. But in reality: The bold, progressive candidate who campaigned on a real affordability agenda won. And affordability candidates won all across America.

Via The Charlotte Ledger | On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County voters gave a thumbs-up to a sweeping transportation plan that aims to spend $25 billion over 30 years in perhaps the biggest public works initiative in state history. www.theassemblync.com/politics/mec...

ICE-loving sheriff loses his election in Bucks County, PA, to a young progressive candidate. Apparently, people really don't like it when their neighbors get kidnapped and disappear. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/buck...

My only note is that should be a Mets cap

oh, Pete.

Cannot wait for Austin! Read up, everyone, we have a lot to talk about!

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Waking up on the West Coast thinking about my hometown and 🎶 Mamdani 🎶

Is a ‘Life After Cars’ Really Possible? - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/04/i... via @usa.streetsblog.org, @keawilson.bsky.social, @thewaroncars.bsky.social, and @sgoodyear.bsky.social

Congratulations to our friends @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social on the publication of "Life After Cars". And thanks for including a few words of wisdom from the two of us!

bravo!

I know I need to focus on my book launch this Saturday, but all I can think about is the NYC mayoral elections. Oh my word. I live in Winnipeg!!! Come on, NYC, show us your humanity for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social

let's do this

A vote for Cuomo is a vote for Trump. A vote for Cuomo is also a vote for Cuomo, which is disgusting by itself.

Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.

This is terrible news.

Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

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So here's something hopeful: I have canvassed a billion times for political campaigns. Usually you get doors slammed in your face, get yelled at. When you phone bank, most of what happens is no answer or immediately people hang up. (1)

Slow down, man, I’m already sold

New awareness campaign

One of my low-key favorite parts of the Mamdani campaign is that he walks around the city. People who love cities walk around their cities, but few political candidates do so.

With quotes from the inimitable @sgoodyear.bsky.social! The costs of cars are everywhere around us, as cars are everywhere around us…

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