A longtime foe of congestion pricing has found another clean-air fix to hate. Oh, and he takes donations from bus companies.

Assemblywoman @katiebrennan.bsky.social with a fantastic op-ed on the need for state-level YIMBY reforms in New Jersey www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/06/op-e...

Tumy hort. No voot.

Brooklyn has gotten far too f***ing expensive. Why? Because of establishment politicians like my opponent, Jo Anne Simon. I'll always fight to build more homes, for social housing, and for tenants' rights. Courage over caution, and building over bluffing — always.

I asked my state legislators to allow more direct-to-consumer car sales, instead of just removing Tesla's exemption. This is what i got:

Really liked this video from @cityplannerplays.bsky.social on modifying existing low density suburbs to raise density, improve affordability, and de-emphasize cars. With real world examples as well as Cities Skylines 2 stuff.

Utility-scale solar fields are a common NIMBY target, who instead "recommend" covering parking lots with panels, instead. Besides greenwashing, what's the problem with that?

A truly liberating tool

“We had already promised to deliver The Reconstruction Papers, a collection of essays aiming to provide a program precisely to put liberal democracy on the right footing for the long term. This past week, we finalized it and sent it to our printer, and opened up pre-orders in the US.”

Bcs "American food" can include anything consumed in US borders, i propose we refer to the cuisine this guy is trying to describe, from Kids Menu food (burgers, fries, tendies, seasoning-light spaghet) to "trad" Thanksgiving food, ambrosia salad, & any salad covered in mayo as Mayflower Food.

"The right-wing party that proposed the cap... predicts it will help clear traffic jams". How is a country with such an amazing train system so stupid?

We deserve this.

“The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 of the first Trump administration, now made permanent by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 under the second, was the single largest upward redistribution of wealth in modern American history.” www.liberalcurrents.com/yes-we-can-j...

If you want a template to contact your legislators about this, here you go: actionnetwork.org/letters/make... Sorry if it sucks.

Oh, you think Amtrak is bad _now_?

If it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems. The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.

Nellie Pou @repnellie.bsky.social voted to defund transit. Why. Why wasn't she primaried? www.congress.gov/119/meeting/...

New York has a massive opportunity to coordinate building new public facilities like libraries with thousands of housing units. New Utrecht is just the start…

New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries. So we're building both. Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.

I will live skeet my reactions to this book. Punisher in 2017, a WaPo+PBS correspondent clearly wrote this pre-Trump, believing the next POTUS+Congress would be full of reasonable-ish people capable of overhauling the tax code like we did in 1986 under Reagan or in 1954 under Eisenhower.

Come join me, @mtkonczal.bsky.social, Becky Chao and friends to hear more about this report at 3 pm ET / 12 PT! (Invite link at the bottom of the linked post) newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/our-new-ho...

My local police dept made the usual post: ebike riders must soon have insurance, check the MVC website for the latest info. I asked them if they still intend to enforce the insurance rule, now that the MVC exempts low-speed ebikes. Let's see what they say.

Some (not police) are arguing that all ebike riders must now wear motorcycle helmets. This was shared by Jesse's eRides on FB:

I was just walking thru my quiet Cherry Hill neighborhood, & passed by the gated "townhouse/condo" complex across the street. They prob pay out the ass for that 24/7 security detail at the gate. Imagine that, needing a wall & security in a quiet suburban neighborhood.

mattbruenig.com is gone :'(

I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.

🚨IT’S OVER🚨: THE AP HAS CALLED THAT NITHYA RAMAN WILL MAKE THE RUNOFF FOR LA MAYOR, AND SPENCER PRATT WILL FINISH IN 3RD PLACE

Trump is out here closing streets & taxing carbon & you "urbanists" are mad.

Steves describes his decision as a response to what he sees as a failure of public priorities, not a model to be relied upon. www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n...

If you're in South Jersey & going to NYC, it's much cheaper to drive to Hamilton Station (outside Trenton) & take NJ Transit, than to drive into Philly & take Amtrak. Same total travel time incl driving. Do better Amtrak.

These Amtrak prices, man. Philly <=> NYC should not cost this much for coach.

The guy who said there was an Iranian drone mothership hovering off the east coast when NJ was plagued by commercial airlines. www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/06/at-d...

It's not really helping the transition to renewables when solar contractors act so scammy.

PBS will live on in New Jersey! NJ PBS — which risked going dark in July — will now be managed by Montclair State University. "At a time when local journalism faces growing challenges, today's action keeps this essential service alive in New Jersey." newjerseyglobe.com/media/montcl... #PBS #TVSky

I got a home energy assessment & the guy is poopooing heat pumps for hvac & tankless electric water heaters (i can't heat pump it bcs i don't have a basement). What do?

"Philadelphia is the only school district in Pennsylvania that is unable to raise its own revenue." Well that's stupid. www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

I know we hate big tech but AirTags are so good.

Unless it's the NJ Climate Tax/Dividend Act, idc. Businesses say the cost of this bill will just get passed into consumers. Good. Do it.

pretty much all "micro plastics" found around the world are more accurately described as "car tire dust" would describing them as such mach action to reduce them more or less likely? I know my answer

It begins, the debate over whether people earning $250k-$500k per year need a $$4k-$6k check from the state.

More like Who Altman

Wild to imagine the people who vote for someone based on their position on the ballot. Candidates want the top spot to get a boost from voters hooked up to life support machines.

I would recommend reading Beard's magnum opus, SPQR, after reading another, more intro Ancient Rome book. She assumes a lot of prior knowledge & weighs in on historical & archaeological debates/myths that a newbie doesn't care about. Thomas Martin's Ancient Rome was decent & brief.

Bus passengers are more than 70x safer per mile than car passengers. They save thousands of dollars a year. They log 30 million rides a year in Hudson County alone. So why are we still building parking decks? Today is election day. Read the case for BRT on JFK👇 betterblocksnj.org/2026/06/02/i...

ahem. hello. I am back. Primary School is back. but only for New Jersey, only for now. enjoy. primaryschool.ghost.io/new-jersey-2...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill's mishandling of protests outside the Newark ICE detention center, with violent state troopers running amok, is a national embarrassment To make it worse, Sherrill invoked the vile "outside agitator" trope of 1960s segregationists My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...

Ras Baraka just enacted a curfew in the area around Delaney Hall, making it unlawful for protestors to demonstrate there or even be there after 9 PM.

Can I say something without my fellow YIMBYs getting mad?

Join Indivisible Princeton: (1) Donate to support Delaney Hall detainees and their families. (2) Then join us for our First Fridays at Four sidewalk vigil along Stockton St. in Princeton to sing out to @mikiesherrill.bsky.social "It's Okay to Change Your Mind." www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...