Even if we're to believe that the kid "ran from his mom and into the street before he was hit," as the cops claim, we need streets that allow kids to be kids. As @sgoodyear.bsky.social says, children "dart." That's what they do. Lower speed limits enforced by design would prevent these tragedies.

Gotta call bullshit. Note how this concern is never brought up for one-way, one-lane streets with no bike lane with parking on both sides leaving no room for drivers to pull over to make way for emergency vehicles. Same thing with big arterials such as Flatbush or Atlantic that are often jammed.

"School Streets" have become a thing to watch. Even the loudest high-traffic neighbourhood trumpets will mumble "Except outside schools, of course", but this ignores how (1) kids don't live next to their schools and need to get to the School Street safely and (2) kids go to places that aren't school

if you ever use the word agentic irl we can’t be friends

Make it stop

This kind of neglect send the message that cycling is a cute pastime and not a serious mode of transportation that people rely on. Weird behavior for a bike share company.

I do not understand why we need cars that are not driven by people, when the option to expand and optimize public transit is right there.

Food delivery orders in nyc today should include a mandatory 120% tip.

Unofficial* snowfall amount in Manhattan as of 1 pm: 6.5” *based on the picnic table in front of our building

This year I have come to appreciate that this is a tool for childhood independence and parental freedom

“One of the things I’m interested in is how we move from just counting miles of things we build to, What’s the impact? What’s the result?”

"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*." —Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.

“In Utrecht, the bike is not an end in itself. It is a means to create a liveable, healthy, climate-friendly city for all. The success can be admired in the inner city. It is lively and yet quiet at the same time. Here, it's noticeable: Cities aren't loud; only cars are, and they play no role here.”

My kid and I biked to school this morning. We wore a hat and gloves. It’s okay to go outside if you want to, I promise.

The American obsessions with the latest coolest technology regardless of expense and with the (often imagined) freedoms provided by the automobile are unrelenting.

Don’t worry, the e-bike that did this isn’t allowed to go more than 15mph.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Zohran Mamdani you must keep the city’s historic bike boom going nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a...

The value of #schoolstreets #openstreets #plazas cannot be measured by cranks. But ask children - they know our streets are out of balance. Broadway near UnionSquareNY! #Urbanism

Very happy to cast my early vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to be the next mayor of NYC.

“Kids make mistakes. Kids get distracted. It's our responsibility when designing cities to think, what is that child's experience and how do I ensure what I'm doing will have a positive impact. as opposed to putting the burden on their caregiver to ensure they're safe.” biketalk.org/2025/10/2541...

Pumpkin on a @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social in Central Park

I reread this every so often and I'm struck every time by how great it is unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet. Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile? My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

Gale Brewer’s sudden reversal of support for universal daylighting is supposedly not about preserving a few free parking spaces, but all evidence suggests otherwise.

What if New York City’s restaurants and bars didn’t have to pack up their curbside outdoor dining set-ups at the end of November? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/10/f...

"The Waymo Driver is generalizing well" 🤖💀 The only thing that makes this dystopian hell inevitable is acting like it's inevitable. There is no reason @nyc-dot.bsky.social needs to accept & encourage robot cars in our communities. Maybe let's go all in designing NYC streets for people instead?

I actually agree with Jimmy Nederlander about bike lanes in Times Square but not in the way he means it. We shouldn't have narrow bike lanes along the curbs near Broadway theaters. What we should do is completely ban cars from most of the theater district. variety.com/2025/legit/n...

New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

@nyc-dot.bsky.social is making up math here. There are roughly 300 intersections on the UWS or ~2,400 potential daylighting spots, many of which are already bus stops or fire hydrants. @galeabrewer.bsky.social got some bad information. Why are we bean counting street safety in the first place?

New York isn’t Amsterdam, they said.

More than two dozen bikes at drop-off every day this week at my kid’s school. You love to see it. Our next mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social should give @nyc-dot.bsky.social a mandate to quickly transform NYC into the safest city in North America for kids to bike. The demand is there & growing.

The dysfunction of NYC's streets in one photo. Private cars get the majority of space while everyone else (including bus riders) fight over what's left. Let's hope mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social takes up this issue with the urgency and at the scale that's needed (see: Anne Hidalgo/Paris).

We expect more from CM @galeabrewer.bsky.social than this. There are ways to make the UWS more appealing for families and more livable for everyone. Continuing to fight over every single free parking space ain’t one of them. That’s the kind of thing that’s actually chasing families out of NYC.

Street improvements aren’t a popularity contest decided by who screams the loudest and most often. Letting a tiny minority hold the curb hostage because they want to keep getting something for free should be embarrassing for a progressive politician in 2025.

The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵

My most memorable parking story is that time they repaved my street in Brooklyn and there were no cars parked on it for a couple days and we met a bunch neighbors across the street who we had never talked to before because the cars had always been in the way.

It takes about half an hour to get used to it. And less than that to ask: “Why the fuck can’t people have this everywhere?”

Note to @nyc-dot.bsky.social pedestrian signal is damaged at La Salle & Amsterdam

My son loved this book when he was younger, and we loved reading it with him.

Neighborhood streets, where kids used to just tool around on bikes, haven’t changed. But what probably has changed is the kid’s friend’s dad, who lives next door, likes to drive his SUV fast and thinks people shouldn’t be in the street.

Hat tip to everyone who didn’t rank Cuomo, who talked to your friends & family about not ranking Cuomo, who posted Don’t Rank Cuomo signs in your neighborhood. And of course to everyone who canvassed for a better vision of New York City. Feels good to vanquish the baddies once in awhile 💫

90 minutes left to NOT rank Andrew Cuomo. Don’t miss out on the fun! Send that creep back to the suburbs.

Andrew Cuomo walks to the garage where he keeps his muscle car which he drives around midtown. Meanwhile…

Every man who knows a man who is voting for Cuomo should be sitting that man down and asking why in the ever living fuck he would vote for a sex pest. Friends don't let friends vote for sex pests

Answering some of the Qs about Cuomo's campaign, one by one... First: What about the sexual harassment charges? Aren't they in the past? (Spoiler: No, and especially not since he's shown no interest in change or repentance.) amandalitman.substack.com/p/the-case-a...

Happy early voting Friday. Have you told everyone you know not to rank Cuomo? It’s not too late to spread the word. 🗳️ Vote 🚫 Don't Rank Cuomo ✅ Rank Mamdani & Lander plus 3 more candidates who are NOT Andrew Cuomo.

If we want this to stop, “Don’t rank Cuomo.”

Send this clown back to Westchester. Don’t Rank Cuomo 🚫

New York, welcome to The War on This Car. Tell everyone you know: Don't rank Cuomo.