Jeffrey LeFrancois
@jlef423.bsky.social
Cities and transit, politics and housing, art and theater, travel, trains. Proud ED of Meatpacking District NYC. Opinions my own.
There is a confluence of extraordinary infrastructure projects on the West Side that require big thinking and the city & state to work together. On Monday, the @nydailynews.com published my #oped about it. It’s an exciting opportunity — check it out!
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/10/h...
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How to build a better waterfront for the West Side
Hundreds of millions of dollars could be spent over the next decade on planning and constructing transformative projects along Manhattan’s West Side waterfront. But there is a big “if” at play: the…
www.nydailynews.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There is a confluence of extraordinary infrastructure projects on the West Side that require big thinking and the city & state to work together. On Monday, the @nydailynews.com published my #oped about it. It’s an exciting opportunity — check it out!
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/10/h...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/10/h...
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From the guy who literally wrote the book on Elon Musk:
It's important to remember that any principled effort to remove fraud from America's public life would start with an all-out push to prosecute and imprison Elon Musk.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
Litigants seeking to block DOGE's access to student loan / DOE data cited this exchange as supporting their case:
February 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
From the guy who literally wrote the book on Elon Musk:
Love riding the M12 to work but it’s absolutely packed this morning, as it is most mornings. @mta.info @nyctransit.bsky.social we need more than 2 M12s an hour, the route has certainly proved its popularity!
February 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Love riding the M12 to work but it’s absolutely packed this morning, as it is most mornings. @mta.info @nyctransit.bsky.social we need more than 2 M12s an hour, the route has certainly proved its popularity!
Ummmm…
As another Nazi is recruited into the Trump Administration, the ADL continues its Nazi-curious shift:
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www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ummmm…
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Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.
January 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not cities or the planet.
TAKING MY FIRST CAB SINCE CONGESTION PRICING — UWS (Trader Joe’s field trip) TO HOME IN HK AND ACTUALLY EXCITED TO PAY THE FEE! 😆
January 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
TAKING MY FIRST CAB SINCE CONGESTION PRICING — UWS (Trader Joe’s field trip) TO HOME IN HK AND ACTUALLY EXCITED TO PAY THE FEE! 😆
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*entire country post WW2 built around the car and gas industry*
Bike Lane is built anywhere:
“OH WHAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS GOT THIS BIKE LANE BUILT?!”
Bike Lane is built anywhere:
“OH WHAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS GOT THIS BIKE LANE BUILT?!”
January 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
*entire country post WW2 built around the car and gas industry*
Bike Lane is built anywhere:
“OH WHAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS GOT THIS BIKE LANE BUILT?!”
Bike Lane is built anywhere:
“OH WHAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS GOT THIS BIKE LANE BUILT?!”
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I object to the scale here.
18% is the lowest but my neighborhood in the congestion relief zone (Hell’s Kitchen) is way way lower at 13% and the metric that really matters - using a car to get to work - it’s just 3%. That 10% are the wealthy that use their cars for leisure.
18% is the lowest but my neighborhood in the congestion relief zone (Hell’s Kitchen) is way way lower at 13% and the metric that really matters - using a car to get to work - it’s just 3%. That 10% are the wealthy that use their cars for leisure.
January 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I object to the scale here.
18% is the lowest but my neighborhood in the congestion relief zone (Hell’s Kitchen) is way way lower at 13% and the metric that really matters - using a car to get to work - it’s just 3%. That 10% are the wealthy that use their cars for leisure.
18% is the lowest but my neighborhood in the congestion relief zone (Hell’s Kitchen) is way way lower at 13% and the metric that really matters - using a car to get to work - it’s just 3%. That 10% are the wealthy that use their cars for leisure.
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This is my New Year's Eve.
It’s happening! Tonight, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveiled one of the signs at the entrance to the Congestion Relief Zone. Tolling begins at midnight.
Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info
Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is my New Year's Eve.
This 25 year old is spot on! More of this thinking on congestion pricing is needed.
January 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This 25 year old is spot on! More of this thinking on congestion pricing is needed.
So many terrible changes on the most recent iPhone update. 🤯
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 PM
So many terrible changes on the most recent iPhone update. 🤯
I’m thrilled to welcome more housing & dismayed by an old guard who thinks status quo saves us. Newsflash: we’re in crisis bc past policies got us here. Thx @ebottcher.bsky.social @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social for #CityOfYes. Let’s build housing & increase affordability!
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December 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I’m thrilled to welcome more housing & dismayed by an old guard who thinks status quo saves us. Newsflash: we’re in crisis bc past policies got us here. Thx @ebottcher.bsky.social @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social for #CityOfYes. Let’s build housing & increase affordability!
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It’s raining, trying to figure out shoes and jacket situation.
November 21, 2024 at 1:31 PM
It’s raining, trying to figure out shoes and jacket situation.
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One thing a lot of people don't realize about the Barcelona Superblocks is that all of them allow cars. Look at the number of garages. The key is making the street not lead anywhere useful so people don't constantly drive through.
November 18, 2024 at 7:12 PM
One thing a lot of people don't realize about the Barcelona Superblocks is that all of them allow cars. Look at the number of garages. The key is making the street not lead anywhere useful so people don't constantly drive through.
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Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
November 19, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
Let’s see what happens here.
November 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Let’s see what happens here.