Working under the theory that Dodge Charger drivers are the biggest assholes I'm looking up the plate of every one I see in NYC on HowsMyDriving and putting in how many violations they have. The doc is editable if you want to add your own docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Now with proper link!

Just added another "Life After Cars" book tour stop: White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ on January 21st. Tickets are on sale now!

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I gasped so loud my wife thought something was wrong. So sad. We've lost one of the greats.

Yes, the ones in NYC are always slammed... and no parking!

She once made fun of me for being a "media producer" or "creative content producer" or something like that and not understanding how real New Yorkers live and I was like, aren't you a photographer and tour guide or something? She assumes I'm rolling in it when, as a longtime freelancer, I am not!

Yeah, it really depends on the environment around the store. And even a small parking lot sucks to walk or bike through!

This is it 100%.

We love this. Thank you! And thanks for supporting independent bookstores!

If Trader Joe's supplied more parking but kept the stores the same size the shopping experience inside would be even worse than it can be now. If they made bigger stores with more parking, the vibe of the store would change.

One of these days we'll do an episode on why the parking lots at Trader Joe's are small. tl;dr: the stores themselves are small compared to other grocery stores which helps them find locations where they don't have to supply massive amounts of parking as mandated by local parking requirements.

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Just added to the "Life After Cars" book tour: Houston, TX! We'll be there on Wednesday, December 10th, hosted by @bikehouston.bsky.social. Tickets on sale soon.

www.bikehouston.org/events/the-w...

What you have to realize is that people like Connie are just absolutely anti-social and insane. She cooked her brain on Twitter during the pandemic and can't interact with people in real life.

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i take buses a lot and i would like for them to run better, the fordham buslane being killed by people who don't take buses that go down on fordham remains a tragedy.

Always an act of projection.

Decades of cops being allowed to lie about traffic crashes, arrests, etc. with impunity — and often having those lies laundered through the press — have brought us to this moment where even when ICE agents are on camera they still think they can create their own reality.

Man, she is so far gone. Everything is filtered through a lens of who she hates and not whether or not that person has even the slightest good point. Totally rotted her brain on social media.

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

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Senator, I appreciate everything you're doing and saying but I also think at a certain point you and your Democratic colleagues need to be more direct and just say plainly that Speaker Johnson is a massive liar who lies all the time to advance his agenda.

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Just added another stop on our tour: Nanaimo, BC! The event is free, but RSVPs are required and donations to Strong Towns Nanaimo are encouraged. You can also preorder a copy of Life After Cars with your RSVP. See you there!

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New tiny stickers just arrived from @thewaroncars.bsky.social 🤏🏽👀 What's that scrap of paper they were wrapped in? A sneak peek at the new book? #YouSawItHereFirst #TheWarOnCars #LifeAfterCars

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.