Bike Tarrytown
@biketarrytown.bsky.social
Improving the economy & health of Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown by fostering better transportation.
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Bike Tarrytown
@biketarrytown.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Project MOVER
Project MOVER is dedicated to expanding mobility options for the community and bringing e\u2011bikes to Ossining in Summer 2024. Whether you don’t wish to drive, don’t find it economical to drive, or ...
projectmoverbikeshare.com
Tarrytown's "leaders" are removing bike share vehicles for the weekend for "safety" during the Halloween Parade. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ Sleepy Hollow's Bikes will remain. (Will be cool for folks to move some bikes from SH docks to the TT train station dock.) projectmoverbikeshare.com
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“It turns out that when you remove costly parking requirements and public review, affordable housing is much cheaper to build!”
Keep up the good work on @parkingreform.org, folks!🙂
Keep up the good work on @parkingreform.org, folks!🙂
Happy Thanksgiving [the original abundance holiday]! This year, we are thankful for Los Angeles's original, full-fat version of ED1, which enabled the development of 11418 Missouri Ave, a 44-unit, 100% affordable project developed with zero public money - no LIHTC, no subsidy. 1/4
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“It turns out that when you remove costly parking requirements and public review, affordable housing is much cheaper to build!”
Keep up the good work on @parkingreform.org, folks!🙂
Keep up the good work on @parkingreform.org, folks!🙂
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Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
Former DOT Boss: Here's What Mayor Mamdani Needs as Transportation Commish - Streetsblog New York City
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
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When disabled people organise, history shows we can push governments to think again about the issues affecting our lives.
When we move together, we change the story.
Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
When we move together, we change the story.
Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When disabled people organise, history shows we can push governments to think again about the issues affecting our lives.
When we move together, we change the story.
Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
When we move together, we change the story.
Explore the archive: https://bit.ly/4h8NHOe
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A city with a few hundred robotaxis is cool and futuristic, but with 100,000+ it'll be gridlocked and dangerous.
All the more reason for local leaders to adopt congestion pricing and automatic traffic enforcement ASAP.
All the more reason for local leaders to adopt congestion pricing and automatic traffic enforcement ASAP.
A self-driving car traffic jam is coming for US cities
A century ago, cars remade America. Autonomous vehicles could do it again.
www.vox.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A city with a few hundred robotaxis is cool and futuristic, but with 100,000+ it'll be gridlocked and dangerous.
All the more reason for local leaders to adopt congestion pricing and automatic traffic enforcement ASAP.
All the more reason for local leaders to adopt congestion pricing and automatic traffic enforcement ASAP.
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Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
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In a bit more than 2 hours on a rainy afternoon/early evening on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in Montgomery County MD, 5 different drivers hit & injured pedestrians who were properly in crosswalks.
4:42 pm, 5:28 pm, 5:33 pm, 6:25 pm, 6:56 pm.
4:42 pm, 5:28 pm, 5:33 pm, 6:25 pm, 6:56 pm.
On Tues 11/18/25 6:56 pm
the driver (48/M) of a 2012 GMC Sierra
[turning right from?] Broadwood Dr to Veirs Mill Rd/586
hit & injured a pedestrian (54/F)
who was properly in a marked crosswalk.
Rockville police (DD5669001J) found the driver at fault.
Visual obstruction(s), weather conditions [rain].
the driver (48/M) of a 2012 GMC Sierra
[turning right from?] Broadwood Dr to Veirs Mill Rd/586
hit & injured a pedestrian (54/F)
who was properly in a marked crosswalk.
Rockville police (DD5669001J) found the driver at fault.
Visual obstruction(s), weather conditions [rain].
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In a bit more than 2 hours on a rainy afternoon/early evening on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, in Montgomery County MD, 5 different drivers hit & injured pedestrians who were properly in crosswalks.
4:42 pm, 5:28 pm, 5:33 pm, 6:25 pm, 6:56 pm.
4:42 pm, 5:28 pm, 5:33 pm, 6:25 pm, 6:56 pm.
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Read our Fall 2025 Advocacy Updates! Despite some slower implementation and ongoing federal headwinds, we’re seeing real momentum behind last year’s wins — and continuing to push for strong bike/ped infrastructure, thriving transit, and protected funding. reconnectrochester.org/2025/11/fall...
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Read our Fall 2025 Advocacy Updates! Despite some slower implementation and ongoing federal headwinds, we’re seeing real momentum behind last year’s wins — and continuing to push for strong bike/ped infrastructure, thriving transit, and protected funding. reconnectrochester.org/2025/11/fall...
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#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
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Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
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It’s really not very complicated. You can buy studded tires for the price of wipers, fluid, oil change and tire rotation one time for a car. Nice infra makes biking entirely pleasant almost every day of the year.
Rode Hennepin into downtown this morning. There was some crunchy ice, a few rough spots, some annoying gusts of wind, but active clearing and studded tires made it rideable.
#MSPcyclecast
#MSPcyclecast
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s really not very complicated. You can buy studded tires for the price of wipers, fluid, oil change and tire rotation one time for a car. Nice infra makes biking entirely pleasant almost every day of the year.
Book your @amtrak.com tickets NOW for super affordable fares. I did. ($65 RT, refundable.)
We’re excited to have global transit planner + author of Human Transit, Jarrett Walker, (@humantransit) as the keynote for #TCamp2026. Don’t miss it!
@t4america.bsky.social @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
Get your tickets:
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@t4america.bsky.social @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
Get your tickets:
t4america.org/transportati...
TransportationCamp DC
Join us on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Catholic University's Pryzbyla Center for another year of TransportationCamp DC.
t4america.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Book your @amtrak.com tickets NOW for super affordable fares. I did. ($65 RT, refundable.)
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
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Just spotted locally. Don't think I've seen one of these before.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just spotted locally. Don't think I've seen one of these before.
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Hear me out…
No seriously, let me suggest…
Wait for it…
It’s crazy but might be brilliant…
Andy Byford
No seriously, let me suggest…
Wait for it…
It’s crazy but might be brilliant…
Andy Byford
Rick Cotton is stepping down from the Port Authority. We need to pressure Hochul to appoint someone who cares about transit.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Hear me out…
No seriously, let me suggest…
Wait for it…
It’s crazy but might be brilliant…
Andy Byford
No seriously, let me suggest…
Wait for it…
It’s crazy but might be brilliant…
Andy Byford
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When will car manufacturers be held responsible for dangerous design?
Love not being able to see because headlights are bright as the surface of the sun
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When will car manufacturers be held responsible for dangerous design?
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Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every one of these I see in my neighborhood makes me more determined than ever to slow down the damn cars
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
We can’t beg or shame drivers into changing behavior, but we can change the built environment to force them to
#WarOnCars, huh?
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#WarOnCars, huh?
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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Our Executive Director, Ben Furnas, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's Transition Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure!
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Our Executive Director, Ben Furnas, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's Transition Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure!
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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I had to go to a store on Bald Hill Road yesterday, so I took the bus(es). A total of 6 buses and a 4+ hour excursion for a trip that would have taken about an hour total with a car. If you ever want to feel like you're the least important person in the world, wait for a bus on Bald Hill Road.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I had to go to a store on Bald Hill Road yesterday, so I took the bus(es). A total of 6 buses and a 4+ hour excursion for a trip that would have taken about an hour total with a car. If you ever want to feel like you're the least important person in the world, wait for a bus on Bald Hill Road.
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Meanwhile, #MoCo maintains massive, mostly unoccupied, vehicle storage facilities (parking garages) which operate at a loss. Priorities.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Meanwhile, #MoCo maintains massive, mostly unoccupied, vehicle storage facilities (parking garages) which operate at a loss. Priorities.
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Believe it or not, this is my first time taking my bike on @mta.maryland.gov MARC Train! Trains with the Bike Car make it so easy.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Believe it or not, this is my first time taking my bike on @mta.maryland.gov MARC Train! Trains with the Bike Car make it so easy.
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge