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Extension of subway in NYC modeshift study suggested that when people can't take transit, they take a cab. I've seen rather a lot of people unloading loads of groceries from UBER at my building.

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In a weird way, Trump is going to be good for transit ridership, simply by making cars more expensive. People who currently have cars, and drive, aren't going to be able to replace them. And when you are on the lower end of the income spectrum, buying the cheapest car you can, cars don't last long

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Modal filters in city centres do not need to be expensive or over engineered - all it takes is a few bollards to filter out pollution and congestion

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I feel like everyone is missing the fact that transit just had four very very good years with a bunch of money dropped on it, and largely irreversible infrastructure investments made. Also, the fiscal cliff is not news. Nor is the fact that some agencies are at near prepandemic ridership

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“Millions are driving 50 miles each way to work. … It can be the only way to reach affordable housing. “I often hear: ‘That’s American culture. Everyone prefers to drive. That’s how it got this way.‘ “This story is historically wrong. It serves as an excuse to do nothing about the status quo.”

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New York's (de)congestion pricing, which charges $9 to drive into Manhattan below 60 St, has reduced traffic, increased ridership, reduced subway crime, and is raising funds to fix the decaying transit system. Rare for a public policy to have this many benefits!

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i haven't been to ghent since i was a kid - so really looking forward to the transformation that's taken place later this year. a better, safer, cleaner, and more livable world is possible when we de-prioritize cars. www.focus.de/auto/weniger...

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Los Angeles's racial population in 1940

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Forcing vehicular cycling through professionally bankrupt infrastructure design is complicity in the death and injury of people walking and biking. Streets should not be death sentences for those without a car.

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we can have both abundant housing and abundant trees - if we break from our heinous development paradigm, and lean into point access blocks.

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Evil has never been presented as evil. It always puts on the false cloak of goodness and morality, and does evil things

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Montreal’s cycling network is really incredible. So simple, intuitive and safe. Every municipal decision maker should see and experience it.

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One of my favorite things to do is car repair/rescue by bike. It really makes people's heads spin.

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O! Canada!! Please build one here, too! We need one all along the US west coast. Thank you in advance. Signed, a Canadian girl who married a cute American guy and is now in Oregon. Send trains.

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one of the reasons I love advocating for congestion pricing is that the opponents are so hilariously unhinged

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Update (3pm ET on February 5th): the Census FTP site, including the ACS flat files and TIGER/Line shapefiles, is back up! This means that your #rstats / #Python Census geodata packages are now working as normal. Get your data now!

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It’s rare for me to admire any celebrity, but Keri Russell earns my utmost respect for embracing a Dutch cycling 🇳🇱 lifestyle right here in the US 🇺🇸. Brooklyn, NY

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@kylewalker.bsky.social thanks for the webinar!

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DC: More people, fewer cars. You get the city you plan for. Mumbo jumbo about how everyone driving is "just how it is" is just incorrect.

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If I had seen a smart phone in 1997, I'd have told you it was a pocket calculator.

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Washington's sweeping parking reform bill, capping most minimums at 0.5 per unit along with categorical exemptions for uses like affordable housing and areas near frequent transit, just passed the state Senate's housing committee. This is a big deal.

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My new story @nyc.streetsblog.org shows another early and unheralded benefit of congestion pricing: fewer crashes! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

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@lanrickbennett.bsky.social In response to critics fixated on underused bike lanes in winter: “Infrastructure isn’t judged by seasonal peaks but by the benefits it delivers.” Well said! Highways aren’t judged by seasonal usage or even consistent underuse (e.g., Hwy 407), but bike lanes always are.

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Lt. Gov Heck is anti-unfunded IZ. That's my GOAT.

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Code that requires big elevators results in smaller apartment buildings forgoing elevators altogether, or if a code-compliant large elevator can be squeezed in, it raises the construction cost and eats up a big chunk of the building's space. WA has a fix for that: SB 5156. Hearing is tomorrow!

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"You might not care about slow streets, shaded benches, or walkable shops now, but you are one pregnancy, knee operation, or visit from an older relative away from becoming suddenly, even painfully, aware of the location of every bench, elevator, ramp and bathroom on your daily commute."

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If "I've seen cyclists not using bike lanes so we shouldn't have protected bike lanes" is a valid argument, then we shouldn't have streets for cars because I have definitely seen cars drive in bike lanes.

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This is a beautiful tribute.

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Holy crappazola! Global battery storage capacity additions increased from less than 1 GW per year to more than 40 GW per year... in less than a decade. They more than doubled between 2022 and 2023 😯

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Correcting walk links. Guy who located these BRT station clearly did not care about ped access to the station locations. Oh well, few million more over the next decade should fix that.

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Glad I spent a little extra on a practical city vehicle that can handle the snow and ice! (Mine is the one in the foreground...) #EV #CargoBike #BikeLife

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"Nothing you do will ever change the level of congestion on any congested highway." Must listen for everyone freaking out about how to pay for highway megaproject cost overruns @BenRossTransit.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy on @theoverheadwire.bsky.social streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-515-...

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