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Brer Marsh

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California Knucklehead Architect - AIA - The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of architects. It is the city hack that opens the door to great ideas. 🚲❤️

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Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 2d

excellent

Ben Christopher @frombenc.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom signed SB79.

calmatters.org/housing/2025...

Newsom signs massive California housing overhaul

After weeks of waiting, California’s governor signed a bill that will allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops in California’s biggest metro areas.

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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 3d

This is the Ann-Arbor-Bridge is Tübingen, Germany

This bright blue bicycle bridge, along with a nearby tunnel, offer a convenient north-south link across the railway tracks and form part of the city's 'Blaue Band' (Blue Ribbon) cycling route.

#DCEnetwork

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 6d

Done

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 6d

fake it till you make it?

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 8d

Why do so many people think when people get behind the wheel, they lose all agency?

(IMO, windshield bias)

It is a central theme in every class I teach that people respond to the built environment. But also that people have immense responsibility when they drive, and should act like it.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 9d

Just want to point out that the prevailing dogma that “people speed because the infrastructure design made them do so” is proven wrong when speed cameras are installed and drivers learn there are consequences for speeding.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 9d

It's true that speed cameras generate revenue, but that does not negate the fact that we have lots of data showing these cameras reduce speeds *and* crashes. They work! And them making money does not change that fact.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 9d

call the cops

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 9d

gears turning, albeit slowly

www.safdierabines.com/safdie-rabin...

Safdie Rabines Architects Joins Foster + Partners for the Renovation of The San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park - Safdie Rabines Architects

The heart of San Diego’s Balboa Park is on the cusp of a major architectural transformation, and SRA is happy to announce our involvement in this exciting and visionary project. The San Diego Museum o...

www.safdierabines.com

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 9d

Keep in mind, San Diego Museum of Art only leases their Balboa Park site. The real estate is the property of the City of San Diego, and the people who live in it.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 9d

One of two "Onions" awarded at last night's Orchids and Onions event, hosted by San Diego Architectural Foundation, was to the planned demolition of the SDMoA west wing (Panama 66 building).

sdarchitecture.org/project/plan...

Plans to Demolish The SDMA West Wing (Panama 66) - San Diego Architectural Foundation

One of San Diego’s most iconic, elegant and successful mid-century modern buildings is the SDMA West Wing addition designed by Robert Mosher in the 1960’s. The open-air sculpture court, which houses P...

sdarchitecture.org

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9d

The fact that SF cameras have already caught thousands of people going more than 15 miles over the speed limit is a perfect illustration of why these cameras were needed in the first place. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

S.F. speed cameras are generating mountains of tickets and fines. Here are the totals so far

August was the first month that San Francisco’s automated speed cameras generated citations with a fine. One camera accounted for a quarter of all the tickets, according to data.

www.sfchronicle.com

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 10d

Glad he's still riding with the people instead of joining the Escalade Brigade

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 12d

fixed it.

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Active Transportation Alliance @atalliance.bsky.social · 13d

"The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking," as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text."

Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik

It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

www.jalopnik.com

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 16d

I would like to see rental service that also has cargo bikes for hire.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 17d

"Ryan Sharp, a transportation consultant with Alta, a transportation design firm" would like you to be MORE alert and defensive when you ride.

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PeopleForBikes @peopleforbikes.bsky.social · 17d

PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of electric bicycles in America, and clarifies what qualifies as a legal electric bicycle. Read about The E-Bike Problem is an E-Moto Problem now at https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-bike-problem-is-an-e-moto-problem

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 19d

Cities won’t give away E-bikes because then more people will ask for protected bike lanes, and they don’t want that.

The money they could potentially save on road repairs and public health isn’t enough to take on car culture.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Sep 23

We are headed the wrong direction when it comes to #sustainablemobility, #safestreets, and #publichealth.

Here's the math on e-bike giveaways.

An electric cargo bike is a car-replacement in most urban areas.

This is a savings of approx. $5-6k a year - and even upwards of $12k.

a cartoon cat wearing sunglasses is holding a bunch of money .

ALT: a cartoon cat wearing sunglasses is holding a bunch of money .

media.tenor.com

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 23d

I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Should We Let Public Transit Die?

Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.

www.bloomberg.com

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 20d

@strongtowns.org hates this one weird housing trick!

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 20d

We should build more homes near public transit stops. That’s why we introduced & passed SB 79 — more homes, stronger transit systems, less traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions.

It’s a win all around.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 20d

hey it's another stupid cartoon

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: Ugh, here we are...

As always, if � you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, � Sparky’s List! � You can get it in your inbox or read it on ...

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Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 20d

Nice try. Door handles are on the right in France.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 20d

truly incredible

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 24d

Every time a city prioritizes non-car travel, pedestrianizes thoroughfares, expands transit, improves bike networks, implements congestion pricing or creates new public spaces, that city becomes better.

It’s not a war on cars. It’s an effort to make cities better & more livable.

Brer Marsh @brerbear.bsky.social · 24d

SD misses you