We can narrow our roads. About 45 minutes ago on Lexington, I was waiting to cross the street and had one car stop for me. One car in the other lane blew right past the stopped car, and the one after had to stop short. Drivers do not pay attention to others. We need better streets.

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Sean Duffy says he now has veto power over appropriations passed by Congress and signed into law. He is the dictator over infrastructure funds. If you do something he doesn’t like, you lose the funds passed by Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...

So honored to be in this stack.

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We are back from book tour and we have things to say. Our latest episode takes us from Providence to Austin to Houston to Denver to Boulder...and then to an unexpected destination on the way home. From highway widenings to world-class bike trails, we saw it all! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

The thing that is specifically resonant about the 60 MINUTES incident is how many online versions of the report were recorded on cell phones etc, similar to how Soviet samizdat were often printed on illicit homemade or obsolete presses, lending them a characteristic janky print quality.

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Things can get better.

It's happening!

Ladies, do you like Having a credit card Going to college Wearing pants Voting Leaving a man who hits you Not worrying that divorce means leaving your kids Not being called sugar tits in the workplace THANK FEMINISM

Just gotta say, this book wouldn't be anything without Ben's work. If you haven't read Crossings yet, read it. I am hugely indebted to him. bookshop.org/p/books/cros...

Huge thanks to @thewaroncars.bsky.social legends @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social for hooking me up with a copy of their masterpiece, hot off the presses! Can’t wait to dig into their expansive, optimistic vision of our auto-free future. #roadecology

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Cars are now being programmed to violate traffic rules. What could go wrong? Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall) 🧵

Did you miss our Life After Cars event? Check it out here: youtu.be/RJ0wB7AMWnw Thanks again @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social with @thewaroncars.bsky.social for stopping by to check out Boulder bike infrastructure , Community Cycles, and share insights & opinions from their world

Finished “Life After Cars,” and it’s great! But I have one small quibble with @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social’s ending, especially the part about “engage with local government.” Plenty of advocates should consider the ultimate local engagement: running for office!

heavily inspired by the “Cars Ruin Childhood” chapter of Life After Cars by @brooklynspoke.bsky.social, @sgoodyear.bsky.social, @thewaroncars.bsky.social.

Thank you! And let's make the choir bigger!

Pretty much the definition of "evergreen"

The birth place of the name "The War On Cars" @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social hope you get in a few days early to enjoy the city! Cc: @tomflood.bsky.social @mbonsma.bsky.social @torontomike.com @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social @jasonthorne.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social #BikeTO

I highly doubt that he "gets the buzz." Street guy my ass, what are the chances he walks more than half a block to his enormous chauffeured SUV.

New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers. Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US. doi.org/10.1145/3746...

And guess what? The FCC immediately changed the website to state that the agency is not independent right after Carr's comments!

One surprising piece of research I found when writing the book was that while the number of kids biking & walking to school has dropped by a lot since 1969, the number of kids living within a mile of their school has only gone down by about 15%.

There's broad agreement that transit-oriented development—TOD—is good. But the financing isn't always in place to make it feasible. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we investigate factors that make TOD financially feasible, and point to opportunities for states to move the needle.

I did this interview at Yonge & St Clair, the reporter hoping he'd catch a gig worker bombing down the sidewalk. Instead a pickup truck was parked in the bike lane behind us, and for the entire conversation rider after rider was forced into traffic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today is the last day to order LIFE AFTER CARS from @bookshop.org if you want it in time for Christmas. Select priority shipping and get it by December 24th! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...

People using transit deserve dignity and this isn't it.

This valedictory press release from Eric Adams, the man who said he'd build 150 miles of bus lanes in four years, does not contain a single instance of the word "bus"

Listening (again) to @sgoodyear.bsky.social's interviews with presenters at Vélo City 2025. The theme of #solidarity is so resonant in Alberta, as we confront #bikelash- right now, the prov govt is drafting legislation to hobble municipalities' bike infrastructure. pca.st/episode/5754... #urbanism

We're grateful to & inspired by the many women -in Glasgow, Zurich, Valencia, Toronto, Gdansk & etc- doing the kind of advocacy we want to do more of: teaching diverse women to ride bikes, organizing bike buses, working on "mood shift for mode shift." 🙏🏼🙏🏼 @sgoodyear.bsky.social pca.st/episode/5754...

In case you're wondering, my shirt is "Sacrifices":

These massive blunt-nosed bastard trucks need to be taxed out of existence. They're a consistent threat to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists (especially children).

I asked my library to buy Life After Cars and it showed up today 😊 @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social

makes sense

What a great convo tonight in Denver with @thewaroncars.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. And thank you @kylec.bsky.social we’re lucky to have you here in Denver.

When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground. For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.

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The right to walk safely (or roll, for those who use assisted mobility devices) should be treated as a human right. This type of movement is one of our species' defining traits.

🎵 car is over if you want it 🎶

When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.

someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence

Lots of great and practical information about how to make cities that are great for people!

"One fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18%), and an additional 40% are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10%) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car"

Congestion pricing is working: it's not only lowering traffic and generating valuable funds for transit, but as a recent study out of Cornell shows, it's reduced air pollution by a whopping 22% in the zone, with significant improvements also seen across the city (8%) & region. tinyurl.com/rb6xk3h7

Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers. If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers. INCLUDING DRIVERS. The “war on cars” has always been a lie.

Since 2000, London has added more than 1.9 million residents (+26%), but the number of vehicle miles driven has declined by 10%; it's declined most spectacularly in the center. Outside of London, vehicle miles traveled have increased rapidly over the same period. content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-lo...

These heartbreaking stories are why we fight for cities to be built for PEOPLE, not cars.

This is great to see! And we will be in Columbus soon. My first visit! Really looking forward to it. my.wexarts.org/6613/6614