In 2023, sfbabc built the first Bay Area gurriella bus bench in Berkeley to call attention to inadequate seating. In 2024, city leaders committed to installing benches at AC Transit stops. July 2026 the first round of new bus seating arrives.

Honored to be featured in Building Beautifully’s latest video about transit construction costs! Sharath puts it best: “We keep treating cost blowouts as inevitabilities instead of looking to the rest of the world out of misguided notions of exceptionalism.” Watch now! youtu.be/iIET6M3phqA?...

Speak out tomorrow against this undemocratic, anti-transit rider, and all together bizarre set of recommendations to the AC Transit board from consultants actionnetwork.org/events/speak...

Congrats Phillies on hurting my feelings a 2026 Giants fan amount

I road the brand new protected bike lane on Franklin St in Oakland. It’s great youtube.com/shorts/xTzfM...

The World Cup just ended, but Los Angeles is already looking to 2028. Will the infamously car-centric region pull off its "Car-Free Olympics" goal? buff.ly/yxtxEfL From @renzaro.com:

Americans aren’t car-obsessed because cars are great. We’re car-obsessed because of a century-long corporate propaganda campaign. youtu.be/zt1DBsvwVfU

ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have in the first place with Palantir. First Medicaid officials shared data about millions of people with ICE. ICE then shared that data with Palantir, according to a new court filing reported on by @NPR. /1

Feels like we need more of an anti-war movement in this moment. I'm not convinced anti-war protests move policy in Washington (possible exception for Vietnam?), but they do make it clear we do not consent to senseless war. More than reason enough! Says the guy who isn't about to pick that up.

This special World Cup episode of @revealnews.org looks beyond the spectacle of the game to the organization behind it: FIFA. The association stands to take in billions, while fans face soaring ticket prices and host cities pay massive sums for transportation & infrastructure.

I will die for my country San Francisco

Me @ Open the Great Highway

Nobody disputes that having access to a car in a car-dominated society is good. It gives one access to jobs, healthcare, food, education, social opportunities and more. All we're asking is for people to go one step deeper and ask why access to such basic rights requires buying and operating a car.

“The best time to start a public bank is 20 years ago,” Misha Steier (Public Bank Coalition) said. “the second best time is now.”

And that’s just the fraction of ‘em that actually lost their jobs!

Why do we need all these datacenters? Well, consider this: every scam email you get now also has a whole fake website filled with fake content to make the sender domain look legitimate. And that has a team of fake employees with fake bios and fake publications. So you see how quickly it adds up

Giving my straight friend the pass (letting him sit in a chair weirdly)

“The law also bans electric bikes and other devices with motors exceeding 750 watts or capable of traveling faster than 28 miles per hour from public roads, bike lanes, sidewalks and other public areas.” The 28 miles per hour capability limit should apply to all motor vehicles, not just bikes.

The jig is up

You know what to do, Bluesky. www.alberta.ca/report-conce...

Pennsylvania Republicans have, for the 5th consecutive year, left transit to die. Why does White House hopeful Gov. Josh Shapiro keeps approving their budgets? My latest for @usa.streetsblog.org

New data center reporting requirements, mandatory recess for kids in grades K-5, and a pension bump are among the issues that made the cut. Mass transit funding and skill game regulations did not.

With two people dead in Memphis in four days and one the same week in Houston, that's four people federal agents have shot and killed over just nine days. July 5: Tyrin Johnson July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo July 8: Alfonso Ivy July 13: name not released yet

Hey Chicago! An ICE contractor is trying to buy our parking meters — and City Council decides whether that happens THIS WEEK. We've got time to stop this, but we need as many people as possible to fight back: tinyurl.com/icepark

Traditional masculinity or "manliness" in the context of cars, much like in the context of everything else, is not about physical fitness or ability but about dominance. It is about consumption. Taking up space. Putting one's needs over those of other people. Etc.

Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a budget today, nearly 2 weeks late (compared to last year’s 5 months) ➡️ NO funding solution for rural transit and paratransit services ➡️ Agencies across the state (except SEPTA & PRT) expected to go through with cuts & fare hikes

I just had a 20 minute conversation with Lindsay Graham

I am Rose’s big strong boy and I was very helpful in carrying the grocery basket yesterday.

You know kids, back in my day, they let you walk right across this thing

UPDATE: Lawmakers negotiated a $50.8B budget last night. The proposal includes school funding and an increase to teacher pensions. Funding for fixed route and paratransit service in 65 of 67 counties is still up for debate.

Soon-to-be victim of the Great Ben Franklin Bridge Collapse of 2026

Being gentle and kind is a radical act friends, don’t forget that.

Why are you as a man not being gentle and kind

“I think the victim believes they’re telling the truth” is a very gross attempt at denialism without facing consequences. Why can’t Mandelman just say he believes that Manny Yekutiel assaulted Brad?

The Nazi tattoo should’ve been enough. Vet your candidates!

ACAB includes Waymo

Alameda County's e-bike incentive program that has put affordable e-bikes in the hands of thousands of residents is about to end! Urge the Ava Board to extend the Bike Electric program through 2027. Sign the petition and make a public comment supporting the program: bikeeastbay.org/extend-avas-...

If you're not terminally on twitter, you may have missed that the Supervisor from District 6 is asking Elon Musk's chatbot to justify killing civilians in Gaza. These posts seem frankly unhealthy and unhinged, as well as being racist and violent.

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

I’m not even a soccer person but the Bay’s soccer clubs are such strongholds of local culture it’s hard to look away. City ‘til I move to Colma!

Many cities and counties are quitting Flock’s AI surveillance cameras (including this domino effect in Wisconsin: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-fl...). But the board of Alameda County, home to Oakland and Berkeley, voted to contract with Flock a few days ago. oaklandside.org/2026/07/01/2...

This is my friend Zach. Zach does a very good job of making Sunset Dunes, SF’s 3rd most popular park, a great place to be. There are people who don’t like parks. They’ve spent 2 years trying to make Zach’s life worse. Zach is very cool. The other guys suck and are uniquely evil. Be like Zach.

Ballot measure to give Zach a sword and diplomatic immunity

Why take transit where you live anyways? That’s the easiest place to own a car! - Kansas City officials, probably @renzaro.com explains how two different networks are moving the Heart of America, and why the separation is angering residents.

Motonormativity means a lot of people are unaware of these two facts: Fact #1: Rural transit is a thing that exists, even in the US. Fact #2: Disabled people use and need transit.

Pennsylvania legislators are late to pass their 5th consecutive budget. Who’s getting hurt the most? Disabled and rural transit riders. My latest for @usa.streetsblog.org:

The American Semiquincentennial of Humiliation

wellness culture has gone too far. your kids don’t need a “macrobar”, they need a normal fucking granola bar and unfiltered apple cider

it's been over a week since venezuela got hit by earthquakes. >30k people are still missing. it's really easy to feel hopeless right now. i've made this post to share how you can help from canada by supporting (1) trusted orgs & (2) local donation drives if you're in canada, pls share :) 🇻🇪🇨🇦 (1)