here's the cover of the report

No women, no safety Women on bikes are the indicator species of a city’s cycling health. If you don’t see many of us, it’s not about lack of interest — it’s about safety. Day 13 of the #carfreechallenge2025 #yegbike @bikeology.bsky.social

Just visited NYC earlier this month and the public transit is clean, reliable, and fast. I rode trains, buses, a boat, and a tram. I wish we had this level of transit service in more cities. (tap to ride OMNY is amazing, too)

I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase. “This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.

By popular demand: I've opened a Kickstarter for a HOP T-shirt! If I get 50 preorders I'll do a print run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

I love a progressively more accurate y-axis.

Lyon, France has a similar metro population to Cincinnati (~2.2mm). So here's a scale overlay of their fixed transit system over the Cincinnati region. (Subway + Tram + Funicular + connection to regional rail).

Can someone please make a horse-bike and see how that tests out?

A final week's worth of diary comics are up on my patreon! patreon.com/mgillman And for anybody with a trifoliate orange growing in their hedge: 1:4 ratio of juice to water (this'll use up a lot of fruit), sweetened with honey to taste, and optionally with a small pinch of salt if you're into that

#SingleStair nyra.nyc/articles/can...

As someone who has to be creative and make stuff all of the time, I find that I'm WAY BETTER at it when I'm in the midst of a few good books. If I skip reading for a while (too busy!) my work actually suffers. Brains are weird.

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!! Parents and communities are starting to organize to protect speed safety cameras. Interested in getting involved and organizing with your community? Sign up at this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1t0p...

Had a incredible conversation with two folks yesterday: one from Australia, and one from UK. We Americans already know our healthcare system is 'not good' and that it obviously can be better. But it was wild to be reminded about how truly awful our current setup is, and how much better others are.

Speed limit means the maximum.

Editor Commentary: The Great Ohio Gerrymandering Farce has lifted its curtain once again at the Ohio Statehouse odditorium of human wonders in scenic downtown Columbus.Will Ohio voters get a fair, competitive map? No chance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/24/t...

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, foolish land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars driving too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

The Sneakers forensic audio navigating and scene cut to the resevoir is one of my favorite cinema moments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuIh...

In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically. rdcu.be/dbFbB

A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.

Hey Evan, these signs are illegally placed.

There were 44 documented car crashes in Cincinnati yesterday (Sept 10)

I have to pay a $70 tax on the replacement lock for my entry door #tariffs

Our dragon adventurer has completed his quest. He's traveled through thorny bramble patches and winding vineyards, and he’s returned not with gold, but with a song on his lips and a treasure in his pack: the legendary Concord grape and the wild blueberry. Kwen is back.

We cannot allow ourselves to let this kind of speech or thinking to become normalized. Domestic violence is no joking matter. The sentiments expressed here are repulsive.

The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.

A lot of research went into this one --- I've been reading old articles and legal filings to understand WTF happened to #Ohio: open.substack.com/pub/rachelco... #redistricting #gerrymandering

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

If y'all make an AI me, you can guarantee that my real spirit will haunt you and curse your family for eternity.

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

France has activated hard mode for public buildings: They must be 50% bio based. Denmark uses a ratchet mechanism to transparently hunt down life cycle emissions of new buildings. What does your country do?

New BONUS episode: "Cars Drive Us Apart, Subway Takes Unite Us." Some recent studies explain just how destructive cars are to the social fabric of our communities. Plus: our take on David Byrne’s Subway Takes appearance—and his take about urban bike etiquette! www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

july strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1912

We've got 35 sets of these posters left. This project came from my evergreen frustration with our important messages getting trapped on social media algorithms. Good stuff for posting on your local community bulletin board, classroom, office door, etc! squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/scie...

This happened here.

🚨 🚨 As Speaker Johnson takes aim at Newsom’s effort to counter the Trump effort to steal the 2026 election, let me introduce the Speaker to somebody. This gentleman came to power from what is arguably the least accountable statehouse in the nation… 1/

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: “Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”

"We must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be."

If you see this, post a ghost.

Cincinnati, let's fix this, too.

theyre all gonna comply immediately because tech engineer types have killed their own souls stop using ai immediately, publicly shame people who use ai, this technology should be erased from our world henceforth and if you wanna get in my face about oh well theres this application that-dont care

No, I do not want a summary of the things I am making. These are my own communications. Why would I need crapped out summary of it? I actually enjoy thinking for myself.

Interested in a quick look at some vacant hillside land near me? ko-fi.com/Post/4361-Ba...

Change the zoning, change what gets built. New Zealand made townhouses easier to permit, and more townhouses got permitted.

Gonna say it ad nauseum - we know what to do for safer, cleaner, healthier, more humane living. What we need is the political will.

I'm a ratepayer & car person & I want a LOT more cycle lanes & public transport. Also here's pages & pages of evidence of why cycling: Increases business Good for your health Good for the environment Good for business docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Low hanging fruit.

127 Valencia St Mt Auburn Cincinnati Urban infill development opportunity ko-fi.com/post/127-Val...

oh hey the journal of the american planning assoc. reviewed mah book 'Eliason’s detailed observations about problems with North American building codes and planning frameworks provide an important starting point for change.' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I particularly like this bit: "e-bikes are replacing cars more than they are replacing bikes"