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Not fast roads or fancy cars…Being able to safely cycle your kids home into the sunset on peaceful streets whilst listening to music is what makes a city liveable

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Love to see the predictable tide of public opinion continue rise from “the valley of political death.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

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99% of all residential parcels in the City of Boston would be illegal under modern zoning. "Without case-by-case zoning relief, the current zoning code effectively declares that nothing should be built in Boston that looks like what is currently in Boston."

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The cameras stay on.

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We’ve been inspiring change and proposing environmental solutions for 40 years. Take advantage of our knowledge with our $4.99 ebook sale. Hurry, this sale ends 3/2! www.islandpress.org/...

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this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

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For years parking has gone missing in Dumbo for street reconstruction. No community board approvals. No Council hearings. No town halls. But use the same space for sitting, eating, cycling and people get sideways. We ‘other’ changes that increase the safety and livability of the city. Why?

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EXCLUSIVE: New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6M in tolls during its first month, a strong start that exceeded expectations. The revenue figures, expected to be released publicly on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are the latest sign that the tolling plan is working.

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Finally, people on the sidewalk in NYC will matter more than trash, and trash will matter more than parked vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/24/t...

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pour one out for the people at the post office who have to find 5 ways to write "my job is to deliver mail, I delivered mail"

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The final component of the Bedford Ave protected bike lane project is now in: Alongside vertical delineators, tuff curb, and bike corrals, “safety stones” make our corners much safer. I keep trying to get other clients to use granite blocks as sittable, low-maintenance “Quick-Build” features.No 🎲

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Accidents down 55% and injuries down 51% since nyc congestion pricing (!!!) www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/22/c...

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33rd used to be a thru street for vehicles. Congested. Loud. Uncomfortable. This is a “leaps and bounds” improvement to the public realm at Penn / MSG 👏

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Came home to an NYC mood.

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San Francisco’s pandemic era Slow Streets. Compared to NYC’s Open Streets, the routes have a better brand and seem more strategic, linking to neighborhood bikeway and open space networks. Unlike NYC, none have evolved to more interim designs, like 34th Ave, Berry St, 103rd St, Underhill Ave etc.

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This is great.

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“Trump touted that he has the highest poll numbers "of any Republican president ever" -- despite his approval rating being worse than every other president at this point in his term since 1953, with the exception off Trump's own first term…” abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

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There are city halls, and then there is San Francisco’s City Hall, which is 42’ taller than the US Capitol. #CityBeautiful #BeauxArts

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BART is dealing with real, ongoing challenges but this is what I experienced at 6pm today on my way to the East Bay to meet a friend for dinner. Full recovery will take a while yet but transit is a critical backbone for the Bay Area economy and that isn’t going to change as this pic illustrates.

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Today in trams on grass 🤩

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Cars have no place in our parks. Congratulations to all of the advocates who pushed to make the car-free JFK Promenade through Golden Gate Park permanent.

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My favorite diverter in America is at Sanchez and Henry Street. 📍 San Francisco

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After cycling over to meet friends at Tunnel Top Park we looked around at the sparse freeway adjacent space and realized we were meant to be at _Presidio_Tunnel Top_s Park. No matter, when cycling the additional five miles by bike was mostly a pleasure along the San Francisco waterfront.

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READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com: "Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Adams told Trump’s goons he would aid & abet—against the wishes of NY voters—the hunting, capture and deportation of our neighbors to Guantanamo to save his criminal neck from prosecution & it’s now on Gov Hochul to sack him — or we should make clear to her we’ll be at the polls to sack her too.

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“Foot traffic at…Broadway and Prince Street in SoHo spiked by 20% year-over-year since the introduction of congestion pricing, said Erin Piscopink, the executive director of the SoHo Broadway Initiative, a business improvement district that represents 150 businesses.” gothamist.com/news/vehicle...

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Gun and traffic fatalities are both trending back down after the pandemic. However, the resources, media attention, and political urgency dedicated to the former far outstrip the latter. gothamist.com/news/worried...

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Automated Bus Lane Enforcement showing good results. 🚌 speeds increased 5% overall (up to 25% on some routes) 🚌 crashes down 20% 🚌 emissions down 5-10% nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/13/a...

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Hope is a muscle.

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This makes my brain explode. 🤯

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Love this. More “green wave” timing is good for everyone. A little tweak with a big payoff.

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“Overall, there’s no reason to believe that significantly fewer people are entering lower Manhattan; they’re just getting there in ways that hurt others less.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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To put this in context, these 🚲 crossing numbers are similar to the bridges between Brooklyn/Queens and Manhattan, but for a city with ~ 8% of the population.

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Two years ago this weekend, Donald Shoup receiving the much deserved Seaside Prize for his contributions to parking reform and therefore walkabilty, housing affordability, and counteracting climate change. We will bear witness to the impact of his work for generations to come 🙏

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In memory of Donald Shoup, we re-released our 2023 interview with the brilliant, witty and influential scholar. "The High Cost of Free Parking" is a hugely important book and his research has influenced countless planners and advocates around the world. RIP. thewaroncars.org/2025/02/08/r...

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The Seaside Prize goes to Ellen-Dunham Jones and June Williamson this year for all of their work documenting and advocating for retrofitting suburbia. “Job #1: Disrupt Auto-Dependency.”

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Yesterday morning I saw one of these guys out on the Flushing Avenue segment of the Brooklyn Greenway 🫡

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“…the government also should pay for the basic infrastructure of this mass transit system that carries more people than the whole goddamn aviation system in the United States every day," he said. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/07/p...

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“…the new criteria would effectively prioritize suburban highway projects, rather than urban public transit — something he viewed as a positive for growing families…” They don’t know/don’t care traffic fatality rates are up to 5x more in states this policy favors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

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That clawing sound you hear is decongestion pricing climbing out of the “valley of political death.”

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💯- We saw a 6:30pm All In performance on a Sunday in late January. Theatre was packed. Pre Congestion Relief Pricing you’d exit into carmageddon. This time: little 🚗 traffic and an easy walk to the A train. It was pleasant. Great show too! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/02/05/w...

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This week along Bedford Avenue bike corrals were added to every pedestrian safety island where left turns are permitted. I haven’t cycled up to Flushing yet but my count that’s 10 locations each with a capacity of 12 bicycles, or 120 total - A 6:1 ratio over the vehicular parking they replaced.

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