On June 12, 1817, German inventor Karl Drais rode his dandy horse (Draisine or Laufmaschine) - the first design that put two wheels in a line - 14 kilometers in and around Mannheim for the world's first bicycle ride. Happy 209th #BicycleBirthday, BICYCLE! 🚲 🎉

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

Fellow Angelinos… Remember who this POS is before you vote.

End anti-freedom, anti-choice, deadly, costly, big government car ownership and driving mandates. NOW. "More than half of Americans are at least willing to consider giving up their cars entirely." www.jalopnik.com/2144250/half...

My friend @rokhanna.bsky.social is absolutely right. When the President of the United States threatens genocide against millions of innocent people, Democratic leadership should stand in clear moral opposition — not hide behind procedure.

I’ve researched the entire history that led to the 25th Amendment and what followed and wrote about all of it nearly a decade ago. Since then — and, in part, due to its limits and complications — I’ve only called for Section 4 to be invoked on two dates: January 6, 2021, and today.

The wars that you almost certainly oppose start in front of your house, at the curb, where you'll also find the bus and bike lanes that your neighbors oppose. It's immediately adjacent to the infill housing your neighbors also oppose. That NIMBY opposition is the cause of Ford F150s AND oil wars.

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The US needs to rebuild the train networks we used to have. No, we aren't the Netherlands, but this isn't about coast-to-coast trips. It's about connecting local neighborhoods, cities, and regions to help eliminate forced car dependency.

Outgoing Mayor Anne Hidalgo championed a car-free agenda, leaving Paris greener, cleaner and better for walking and biking. Take a journey through the city to see how it's changed. Read more: bloom.bg/41n0HIF 📷️: Getty Images

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

We purposefully dismantled a robust national rail network and replaced it with forced car dependency. Seeing high-quality European sleeper cabins for €55 highlights the freedom we lost to decades of social engineering and auto industry subsidization.

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What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc). Mobility in cities is about space. Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.

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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

DJ set along the LA River bike path

CicLAvia and Netflix are teaming up for an immersive Stranger Things experience along Melrose Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 23, from 9 am to 3 pm. Enjoy 4 miles of car-free streets from Fairfax to Vermont—walk, bike, jog, skate, or just vibe! More info: ciclavia.org/ciclavia_mel...

💯 I'm a city planner in my bones. What's more important to viable cities than supporting people: Their access to healthcare, food, housing, and their basic right to flourish in all their diversity? Fossil fuel & AI-oligarchs believe cities can exist without free-thinking people. They are wrong.

Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry. The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand

LA River at Fletcher yesterday

The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection This is how bribes work. popular.info/p/quid-pro-p...

Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.

Despite being completely blind since the age of 12, opera tenor Andrea Bocelli cycles with the guiding hand of his partner, Veronica Berti Happy #BicycleBirthday, Andrea! Born September 22, 1958

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

Looks dumb, right? Too often, this is how we design cities. #CarDependency

You hear transportation engineers (especially for state DOTs) say stuff like, "People want to drive. We're not in the business of social engineering." Honey, your profession has socially engineered our society since the 1950s. It's time to invest more fairly across transportation modes

I don’t know what Trump will announce tomorrow. What I do know is that it will involve lies. Because it’s Trump.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Trump confirmed alive. Nation lowers flags to half-staff.

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social , you have stiff competition

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

“I can’t bike for transportation. I have to get my kids to school & sports practice, groceries for a family of 4, etc.” Me too, but I’m lucky enough to live in city that doesn’t force car dependency on my family for every trip we take. More cities should ensure residents have this freedom. 🚲 ❤️

South Park X Trump

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

Hit-and-run suspect arrested in wrong-way crash that left bicyclist injured in Orange County

I ride my bike everywhere... I obey ALL the rules of the road... I have been hit by cars four times last year... ONLY one stopped to check on me... I sympathize with this biker.. www.tiktok.com/@tizzyent/vi...

Since getting my e-bike 2 years ago, I’ve put in 12,000 miles.

Several of the current senior Trump officials say the president and his team feel “emboldened” by how many major corporate entities and other private organizations have bent the knee in recent months. More

“Since Trump’s election, CBS has been systematically abandoning any pretense of journalistic independence…Colbert’s cancellation isn’t about ratings or changing media habits. It’s about silencing one of the few remaining voices on network television willing to consistently challenge Trump.” Share.

By me: Trump’s spending bonanza for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual emissions generated by 68 gas power plants or the entire country of Croatia, new analysis by @cplusc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The electric bicycle is a game changer, and so is the 'electric bicycle' for wheelchairs. But only with networks of smooth, high-quality, bike & roll routes. #wheelchair #yyj #bcpoli #bikesky

Even if you assume the legitimacy of ICE operations, the idea that a fucking truck-mounted machine gun is necessary to carry them out is insane. This is about intimidation. This is them letting us know that the streets of the United States have been militarized.

I’m choked up seeing this—it’s shameful. Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood. We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?

Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets. He'll make a great mayor

Huge news today: Big Balls Out. Also, Big Balls Out.

CNN: Three sources tell CNN that according to an early U.S. Intelligence assessment, the U.S. Military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back a few months

L.A. Taco has confirmed with the family of 20yr old Adrian Andrew Martinez, who was taken by ICE while working at Walmart in Pico Rivera, is a US citizen who was speaking up for his coworker that was detained. ~ @eltragon.bsky.social

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵