For the past 100 years we’ve had a choice between kids and cars and for 100 years we’ve chosen the cars.

Evergreen west coast wake up story

Big Tech wants you to believe that you can’t do anything, from writing a sentence to finding a restaurant, without AI. It’s frankly an insult to humanity

The Automobile: The ultimate machine for independence and freedom. No government infringing on my civil rights in MY metal box! Unless I’m trans. Or Black. Or Brown. Or disabled. Or poor. Or an immigrant.

✅ Returned to campaign management ✅ Won SF Democratic Party endorsement (and not without a fight) I really love my job and organizing every day to keep career politicians from holding onto power. Even better, we’re making space for the cool people to lead. Now onto ballot language filing…

The demographic reality is unrelenting. What happens when you have 70 million baby boomers pushing 80 and still driving big SUVs on North American roads? A whole lot of accidents waiting to happen. lloydalter.substack.com/p/we-may-soo...

Ok the showy Oakland cars are getting a little out of hand

(youth pastor voice) now, let me tell you about another bilingual transit-riding wasian icon from oakland, california

Welcome to the California Democratic Party Convention

He’s reliable, a little eccentric, and always there for her. “BART was made for people like me who were raised by their city,” she writes. “...he shows up late and he shows up loud, but he shows up for me always, and that just might be the most Bay thing about him.”

Hi my beloved bicycle was seemingly stolen in Millbrae over the weekend; I know it’s a long shot but please holler if you see it out in the Bay, on Bike Index, or a marketplace :,)

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

@nogodsnomayors.com hit close to home today in the best way Former Mayor Tygar Twyrls Bigstyck and I used to organize together in San Mateo County. Super nice guy, great politics, could always count on him for a good vote. He’s also an author!

I was just called “kind of like a muppet”. Is this a compliment or an insult

Transit riders fully returned to transit in 2022, and surpassed bridge recovery in 2024! Riders are taking fewer trips per-month because we don't go to the office 5 days of the week, but transit has more unique riders now than in 2019 mtc.ca.gov/tools-resour...

Murder is legal in America as long as the weapon is a car

I think the media understands the difference between e-bikes and illegal e-motos. They are intentionally conflating the difference between legal e-bikes and illegal e-motos to stoke fear and get clicks. It's could destroy the e-bike revolution if we don't find a way to stop it.

A California legislator wants to require a license plate to, get this, ride an e-bike. Not only does this bill fail to keep cyclists safe (the cars are the problem, not the bikes!) but it incentivizes more dangerous and polluting modes of transit. Oppose the bill here:

Today East Bay Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan introduced the "E-Bike Accountability Act", proposing mandatory registrations & license plates for all Class 2 & 3 e-bikes. Learn more & join us in opposition to this counter-productive proposal by signing our petition at bikeeastbay.org/SayNoToEbike...

you can’t reform this.

Good. Keep going

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Some from Toronto

“Never Closed” 📍Atlantic City, NJ

A parent at my kids’ school was abducted a few hours ago. Please help us help the family with legal expenses and care for their elementary school son (who doesn’t even know his dad was taken yet 💔): gofund.me/20a5b26ab

Recap from two big hearings on HB 4085 - a bill sponsored by people who don't live in Portland and that would open the floodgates for robotaxis in Portland, despite it being opposed by the City of Portland. bikeportland.org/2026/02/09/c...

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Socialist Katie Wilson was elected Mayor of Seattle and secured a superbowl win in her first month on the job. Makes you think.

I am a big fan of Bike Party

To get the real San Francisco experience you must ride the Visa Tour Bus

One of my favorite people to work with is in need of financial support after a horrific incident. If you've been an Amtrak employee or customer, and have ridden the cardinal, you likely know Heather. If you can, please donate to help her recover. www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...

Read Class Struggle Unionism

Maya is one of the coolest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. If you’re feeling disillusioned by the current state of the world and want to do something impactful, donating to her is something impactful! ⬇️

“Wow Tempo seems great, the state must be pouring millions into projects like it”

Swag, as we late 1990s babies used to say. @renzaro.com

Reminder that Anne Frank died of typhus and not in a gas chamber.

Happy Monday, folks! I’m at San Mateo City Hall tonight, where the council is set to consider spending several million dollars to rip out bike lanes installed in 2022 in favor of more parking spots for cars. Yes, really. 🧵

If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders. Our call to action is simple: 📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp bit.ly/deletetheapp

Just filmed a Miles In Transit video about @rideact.bsky.social TEMPO bus line, history of East Bay BRT, and the diverse neighborhoods of East Oakland. @milesintransit.com @renzaro.com

Unions aren’t just a response to bad bosses, they’re a tool in our toolkit against fascism. Imagine if hotel staff had the power and protections to shut down hotels during raids!

The BART accordion/violin duo have been playing much more bella ciao as of late 🧐

Last night Gov. Newsom and MTC agreed on a $590 million loan for Bay Area transit! This move averts major service cuts at AC Transit, BART, Caltrain and SF Muni in the next year. mtc.ca.gov/news/agreeme...

Place, America

The attacks on everyday people in the streets of Minneapolis betray the values of safe, thriving communities. These aren't isolated tragedies: they're the result of a system that treats public space as a battleground and our neighbors as expendable. Full statement at bikeeastbay.org/minneapolis-...

This is what corporate greed looks like. Common sense governance would outlaw this situation from ever happening.

New York had an olive oil mob! Olive oil fraud is one of the most lucrative scam businesses in the WORLD. You know nothing of olive oil.

Larry Krasner is criminally underrated and if you don’t believe me check out this Fox News headline

The “self driving” car at the end of the day is still a car. Investing in it is still going to continue the wrath of car dependency.

A driver parked in the bus lane delayed my bus by a minute, causing me to miss my train that comes every 20 minutes. This shouldn’t be an issue.