Make sure to wear hi-viz everyone! /s

AC Transit is considering the purchase of 47 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Buses (FCEB) costing over $1.7M per vehicle! We are concerned this will worsen service for riders because 2018 and 2022 FCEBs have proven to be unreliable and expensive to operate actransit.legistar.com/LegislationD...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Chicago / Illinois folks (really, all of us) — this was posted on other socials by your governor. Def keep a copy handy and pass it on.

To put this loan amount in perspective: California is spending $500 million to widen a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 in the northern Bay Area (through a wetland, no less). But $750 million to save the *entire* Bay Area’s transit systems is apparently infeasible.

Why is @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov breaking his word to help save Bay Area transit? It is just appalling and politically idiotic. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Without this promised emergency loan from the state, millions of people in the Bay Area will suffer due to the steep cuts to transit service, the worsening traffic, and the rise in pollution. We need to turn out in big numbers Monday morning & get loud actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...

Gov Newsom still hasn't signed the $750m loan to Bay Area transit agencies that would get us to the Nov 2026 funding votes. He has eight days to act. Please take a moment to call his office at (916) 445-2841 and use the attached script, copied from a @transbaycoalition.bsky.social.

The Teslabot's creepy blank face reminds me of the "humanoids" from the 1979 Disney film "Black Hole." Nightmare fuel when I was a kid.

Grocery run by #cargobike.

Racism is fashionable these days apparently

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Way to go @sfmta.com!

"Its OK, no one will ever walk here." - Midcentury Oakland traffic engineers.

Alameda TMA is doing a lot of exciting stuff. I hope they find a great person for the role. Also, part of my HOA dues goes to supporting its work.

Maybe spending millions on an enormous fake beach isn't such a great idea after all.

Incredible #BikeBus today in Oakland CA! Very gratifying to see some younger families hopping on the bus since we're aging out of elementary school next year. Let's keep it rolling! *Look how many cars we aren't*

I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.

I’m going to miss my direct bus connection to the airport. RIP 20.

Via @bikeeastbay.bsky.social I'm co-hosting a campaign orientation & public comment prep session on Zoom this Weds evening starting 6:30pm, registration via the link above. Everyone is welcome to join in whether or not you're planning to comment at the Aug 7 meeting & vote.

"Compared to other modes, [walking and biking were] found to have positive relation with mental and physical health of an urban commuter." doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...

Some decision makers are recommending closure of the Richmond San Rafael Bridge trail on weekdays and a decision will be made soon. The time to act is now! Sign the petition to tell them you support 24/7 access! bikeeastbay.org/rsr2024-2?ce...

This is fantastic news. The weird contraflow dogleg to the left onto Grand from northbound Harrison has been in effect during construction and I've already been nearly taken out by turning drivers there several times.

So grateful @sfbayferry.com and @cityofalameda.bsky.social started running the Water Shuttle on Tuesdays. Now I only have to deal with the Park Street car sewer on Mondays.

A man with a scorpion bite. A woman with cholera. A diabetic who needed insulin. A 3-year-old boy. They all died when the U.S. stopped sending medicine to Sudan. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

We WON! Huge collective victory thanks to the tens of thousands of people & 120+ coalition partners who spoke out, rallied, dropped banners, and everything else to make this happen. Big ups to Sen. Wiener & Arreguin & Asm. Gonzalez for leading the charge in Sacramento.

Answering some of the Qs about Cuomo's campaign, one by one... First: What about the sexual harassment charges? Aren't they in the past? (Spoiler: No, and especially not since he's shown no interest in change or repentance.) amandalitman.substack.com/p/the-case-a...

Boycott Uber. Take public transit, bike or walk. If you must use rideshare hail a cab or call a Lyft. Do not give Uber your money.

📣ALERT📣 Bus and train service in California is under threat as the state is DAYS AWAY from finalizing its budget with Governor Newsom's MASSIVE CUTS to transit service funding. Call your reps and tell them to REJECT Newsom's cuts and instead FUND TRANSIT! www.movecalifornia.org/state-funding

I hope @bikeeastbay.bsky.social files a Public Records Act request to figure out how an anti-bike, anti-pedestrian special interest group was able to hold a photo-op in the middle of a freeway. Let's see if Caltrans will let us hold a counter-rally there.

Just in time for #BikeMonth, the Bay Area Council is planning a “rally” Weds @ 8:30am in support of closing the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge trail. Anyone want to ride up & meet me there tomorrow morning? Anybody w a loud speaker bike & good playlist? www.grandviewindependent.com/bay-area-cou...

Let us know online or in person about proposed spots for 11 new bike share docking stations – racks where users can rent and return bikes and e-bikes for one-way trips across Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville. Weigh in: 1) In-person meeting on 5/14 2) Online survey by 5/21 berkeleyca.gov/commu...

Yasss. Station #4, in particular, would be extremely helpful for me when I get my cargo bike serviced at Blue Heron Bikes.

Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social

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"I wish the path to the lake wasn't blocked by encampments." * Finger on the cursed monkey's paw curls. *

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

The hits keep coming to Oakland. The collapse of the office market was a stressor to CRE & stability of our banking sector. Adding multifamily to the pile is VERY NOT GOOD for safety & soundness at a time our Federal govt is making major policy errors & gutting the FDIC:

Trump has just hung the "now open for business sign", saying he'll do specific (tariff) favors for specific companies. CEOs will see massive gains from lobbying, and huge costs from criticizing the White House. It's an effective way to suppress criticism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...

United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting (thread): 1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter. So most of the pain of Liberation Day is still with us.

The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*

If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Alameda CA says #HandsOff

Impressed the crack White House economic team not only found the Heard and McDonald Islands—an uninhabited Australian territory which is a two week sail from the mainland requiring a permit to visit—but that they managed to figure out the optimal retaliatory tariff to impose on penguins.

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege