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City Councilman Unearths Magical Zoning Amulet theonion.com/city-co...

submitted 31 days ago • 55 comments

The WA House just approved SB 5501, which prohibits employers from requiring driver's licenses as a condition of employment, unless driving is an essential function of the job. It passed 61-36. This bill is headed to the Governor's desk! app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...

submitted 60 days ago • 4 comments

Sad state of affairs in transportation safety.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

This new administration is putting safety as its last priority.

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's chaos at the US Federal Transit Authority, as unpacked by a former FTA grants manager in a detailed and thoughtful post: www.transitorienteddiscoveries.com/blog/i-was-a...

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

About 35,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first privately funded airplane to break the sound barrier during a test flight reut.rs/3E9xfO4

submitted 131 days ago • 8 comments

I'm not getting worked up about this one at all. I've known for a while that Google Maps invests a lot in localization to the extent of even drawing borders differently based on where a device accesses Google Maps from.

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

The SF Bay area is aging. Map from MTC's 2024 Coordinated Plan: mtc.ca.gov/digital-libr...

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

The people colluding to create housing shortages in order to jack up the price of homes and rent are mostly single family homeowners, not nefarious corporate actors; and they’re doing it in public at your local planning commission, not in smoke-filled conference rooms or whatever.

submitted 135 days ago • 21 comments

Good article summarizing some of the executive orders that may impact transit from @apta-info.bsky.social. aptapassengertransport.com/president-tr...

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

Trumps executive orders "could imperil billions of dollars in funding for projects that states have already begun working on... for everything from roads and bridges to broadband and withstanding the effects of climate change." This could get messy. h/t @yfreemark.bsky.social

submitted 137 days ago • 4 comments

OpenStreetMapping intensifies... if I can figure out how to add this as a custom layer.

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

timezone-boundary-builder release 2025a is now live: github.com/evansiroky/t...

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

One of these days I may need to go to Doklam myself to figure out what timezone they really observe over there.

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

BlueSky hasn't fully arrived yet. Nobody seems to have mentioned today's 2025a timezone database release.

submitted 142 days ago • 1 comment

There's probably a esoteric reason for why this construction project has left a tiny portion of the previous building's outside wall intact.

submitted 143 days ago • 1 comment

We are thrilled to announce SB 79, a new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social that will legalize multi-family housing near transit. We are excited to co-sponsor this landmark legislation with SPUR, @streetsforall.org and the Bay Area Council.

submitted 143 days ago • 9 comments

I think there's something to be said about how there's too much process to get infrastructure and housing projects approved, but this seems like a pendulum swinging too far in the direction of deregulation when potentially even safety precautions are thrown out the window.

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Starting to wonder if I should limit my kids from watching certain PBS kids shows like Nature Cat or Wild Kratts. Too many times there are villains that are trying to build homes.

submitted 144 days ago • 1 comment

Diridon Station conceptual designs on display in Diridon Station.

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Climate change is real and getting worse, so we're eliminating red tape to rebuild low-density homes in high-risk areas (and requiring insurance sales) while retaining the regulations for high-density structures in low-risk areas and for clean energy production and transmission.

submitted 146 days ago • 21 comments

Went skiing at Dodge Ridge. Decided to make a side trip to Sacramento on the way home. Taking a bus from Stockton.

submitted 146 days ago • 1 comment

Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...

submitted 150 days ago • 30 comments

Los Angeles wildfire boundaries via Catenary right now. Stay safe out there.

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Free Big Blue Bus transporting people from Palisades and Santa Monica to the Westwood Rec Center! www.santamonica.gov/blog/palisad... Pick-up locations: - Ocean Ave + San Vicente Blvd - 7th St + San Vicente Blvd #PalisadesFire #LosAngeles #CAwx

submitted 151 days ago • 9 comments

KTLA's @GeneKangTV reports from the perimeter of the #PalisadesFire where crews needed to clear vehicles using a bulldozer to make access for firefighters. Live coverage: trib.al/tBDjKJ0

submitted 152 days ago • 6 comments

Wow, no California state deficit this year! apnews.com/article/cali...

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

Yikes, I hope everyone in SoCal gets through this ok.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

tl;dr if you already have a housing shortage, then raising the median income will actually cause homelessness. The only way out of this trap is to ensure that housing production keeps pace with wage growth.

submitted 154 days ago • 20 comments

I'm concerned I'm turning off my 4 year old to statistics since he's lost his first two coin toss battles with his sister to decide who gets something they both want.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

I’m fine with limiting the speed of e-scooters and e-bikes just as long as we do the same for every vehicle on our roads.

submitted 154 days ago • 20 comments