The tech reporting we need: exposing how far society subsidizes car and (in the US) especially lethal cars. The tech reporting we have: free parking is a human right, here is a tool to avoid ever paying for the negative externalities of your driving

Today is Car-Free Day! It's Car-Free Day! 🚇🚌🚲🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ People who ride transit walk as much as 30 minutes more daily, increasing heart health, building muscle, & reducing risk of heart disease. Families using transit save about $2,800 annually on rideshare, parking, tolls, & $10,500 on car ownership.

Seeing the Mon incline overhead as I fly down the Mcardle on my bike feels like being blessed by Pittsburgh ✨

“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”

👀 mini Amazon delivery vehicle in NYC

Stephanie Pollack, fmr. deputy admin, FHWA: "[YIMBY] redefined what it meant to be a housing expert [...]" it's not about whether you're a real estate developer or a builder-- you're a tenant or a homeowner, which gives you the ability to get involved and make change. @yimbytown.bsky.social

Maybe at YIMBYtown Pittsburgh 2026?!

Business owners don't know what's good for them and shouldn't benefit from the improvements (even though they will and I hope they happen!)

“It just won’t work,” says guy who runs a winery and has no background in transportation. Everything will be fine, if not improved for all road users. I hope the city stands firm.

Wow what a beauty 😍

I love being able to tap my debit card or Google Pay to get on the MTA trains

New Haven’s fascinating parkitecture, part 2

Fellow YIMBY @maxdubler.com told me he's still following our fight for funded IZ (or no IZ) in Pittsburgh ✊ Follow @prohousingpgh.org for more info! Keep fighting!

Bill McKibben is talking about how revolutionary ebikes are! 🚲⚡

Good morning from YIMBYtown 2025, I'm here repping @prohousingpgh.org 👋🏻

I ❤️ Amtrak

Besides the National Guard troops standing around, Union Station in DC looks better than ever! Shops are bustling, there are more food vendors than the past few years, and also a craft fair setup in the main hall! I got myself a coffee at Blue Bottle.

"Let's be clear: Nothing has been 'fixed,'" [Mobilify] Executive Director Chris Sandvig said. "Riders, employers, PRT, anyone concerned about Southwestern Pennsylvania’s well-being and viability can breathe a sigh of relief – for now."

Back in the land of good transit. @wmata.com is 🐐 it's so beautiful!

Pittsburgh's current approach to inclusionary zoning:

it’s kind of annoying how complaining about transplants has become the new hipster xenophobia

Riding through Dormont ✨ (captured with @dashcam.bike)

Kansas City was one of the first US transit systems to go fare-free. Now the fares are coming back. The city & transit agency had a choice: Eliminate bus service or charge for trips. They chose the latter. (Low-income riders can still ride free.) Good move. Service quality > Free fares

Never forget where zoning came from. If it were about keeping noxious industry away from where people live, there would be 2 zoning districts: one for noxious industrial and one for everything else.

The cruelty and insanity of cutting Medicaid and food stamps while demanding cities crack down on homeless people www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/28/s...

Such a good day! I hit up Open Streets hosted by @bikepgh.bsky.social , and I also hit 1,000 miles on my ebike (I've owned this one barely over a year!).

A note for advocates: Despite the frequency of transit funding crises, they are not inevitable or “natural.” Starving transit is a political choice, and we must name and shame the elected officials who are allowing it to happen.

Sometimes the best way to help open minds to less car dependent cities & ways of living is to just live your life. Ride your bike, bring your helmet inside, talk about your experiences (good & bad) getting around via transit & active modes. Folks get excited when they see what’s possible. 2/2

Rents in Spokane are down 12% as a result of pro-housing legislation, like removing parking minimums, incentivizing housing on former parking lots, and upzoning all residential parcels. reason.com/2025/07/22/r...

But if you're telling yourself "this train is for white collar commuters" or "those buses are for the poor" you will never see the potential of a better service that more diverse people find useful. 8/

hot girls take the train

South Hills residents showed up today to support public transportation!

I can only dream and hope for a day when Pittsburgh PRT gets their act together and communicates with riders as much as WMATA does 😩

A sampling of the cool stickers I picked up at Open Streets

I'll just say this: I find it just as offensive when americans are against people moving to a different city, as I do when they think I'm not allowed in America.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Why are progressives obsessed with “Free Bus Fare”? Who is patient zero for this idea? The bus isn’t expensive. It isn’t a significant portion of a family’s household income. This policy just imposes costs on already struggling transit agencies. Is there some book/article where this idea originates?

Holy moly... Nearly TWO years later, the 'temporary' stop is being decommissioned

Listening to landlord and council member Barb Warwick say that she'd like to see more vouchers accepted in her District

🚨 CITYNERD PITTSBURGH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE 🚨

We’re seeing the consequences of our outdated zoning code yet again. This project would’ve brought 264 new housing units online, including new affordable units. As Mayor, I’ll reform our zoning code so we can bring much-needed housing to our communities. bloomfield-garfield.org/wp-content/u...

Terrible news for Pittsburgh: The 264‑unit Mellon’s Orchard North housing project is dead. 50 affordable homes—gone. Hundreds of apartments—gone. All because of the roadblocks our city puts in the way of new homes. This is what failure through bad rules looks like. 🧵

when it's good, it's soooo good

Thank you to the PRT leadership for your stewardship during this crisis. Funding public transportation is a non-negotiable! youtube.com/clip/UgkxgGa...

Tomorrow is the final set of public hearings to speak on the record about how public transit is vital to you and your community! Register in advance here: www.rideprt.org/2025-funding...

The Seldom Seen Greenway is often considered one of Pittsburgh’s “quirky gems,” featuring abandoned bridges, tunnels, and railroad tracks. While most folks gain access from the bottom of the hillside on Saw Mill Run Boulevard, there’s another entrance at the top of the hill in Tropical Park. 🧵

Fortune cookie writers, welcome to the war on cars

Some of us are starting a Pro-Housing Philly grassroots pro-housing advocacy group here, and we're having a kick-off event next week on 6/3 at the Pen & Pencil Club. If you have liked or retweeted 5 pro-housing tweets in the last year, you have to come! actionnetwork.org/events/pro-h...