Rob Toftness
@nosquish.bsky.social
Co-Founding member of the Denver Bicycle Lobby. I ride around Denver a lot. Just trying not to get squished 🚫🚴♂️💥🚙 (he/him)
Do I believe this is a way to combat future work like Intelligent Speed Assistance speed limiters? Yes I do. Republicans like killing things and they recognize it's real easy to do with a car and get away with it.
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Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Do I believe this is a way to combat future work like Intelligent Speed Assistance speed limiters? Yes I do. Republicans like killing things and they recognize it's real easy to do with a car and get away with it.
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Dammit @denverite.bsky.social these photos are so good denverite.com/2025/11/25/d...
Welcome to Denver’s rave tunnel
The EDM underground is alive and well, even if parties are sometimes shut down by the cops.
denverite.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dammit @denverite.bsky.social these photos are so good denverite.com/2025/11/25/d...
Coming soon to Denver streets
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Coming soon to Denver streets
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
I have no doubt Amy Ford is salivating over this based on her penchant for tech and Mayor Johnston's inability to think critically.
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The entire practice of sprinkling two-way stops into a network of four-way stops is based on a traffic engineer myth that drivers experience so-called "stop sign fatigue," and that reducing the number of stop signs increases compliance.
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The entire practice of sprinkling two-way stops into a network of four-way stops is based on a traffic engineer myth that drivers experience so-called "stop sign fatigue," and that reducing the number of stop signs increases compliance.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hey this is Denver DOTI director Amy Ford's and the Mayor's strategy too!
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
"Safety" means one of 3 things in most of transportation policy:
1. Ignorance: Reducing congestion and thinking it makes streets safer
2. Cover story: Doing something unpopular but calling it safety so ppl can't oppose it
3. Gaslighting: Refusing to take responsibility for making things unsafe
1. Ignorance: Reducing congestion and thinking it makes streets safer
2. Cover story: Doing something unpopular but calling it safety so ppl can't oppose it
3. Gaslighting: Refusing to take responsibility for making things unsafe
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 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey this is Denver DOTI director Amy Ford's and the Mayor's strategy too!
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Very weird for our little blue city to be using Duffy's MAGA playbook for transportation as well.
Getting an email titled "Thankful for Community, Committed to Climate Action" from my local government is a super bummer, mostly because I hear the mayor has directed our office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) to stop focus on anything but EVs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Getting an email titled "Thankful for Community, Committed to Climate Action" from my local government is a super bummer, mostly because I hear the mayor has directed our office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) to stop focus on anything but EVs.
Respect to the DOTI AB members making this decision. Leaving a post they joined to do good has to be hard.
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
At least one citizen advisory board member has quit over DOTI walking back its Alameda plans
Several advisory board members say they're increasingly concerned about the transportation department’s commitment to safety.
denverite.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Respect to the DOTI AB members making this decision. Leaving a post they joined to do good has to be hard.
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
The Mayor's path of destruction continues as he undermines safety in Denver and Director Ford keeps flailing to defend his shit ideas.
denverite.com/2025/11/19/a...
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The “War on the War on Cars” is alive and well in red states. Idaho made it harder to implement bike and ped infrastructure. They’re only permitted if they are considered a secondary or collateral benefit of a highway project, not a primary purpose. Road diets are mostly prohibited
Gov. Brad Little signs pair of bills limiting bike, ped improvements - BoiseDev
A pair of bills curbing the powers of highway districts across Idaho got the final stamp of approval this week. On Monday, Governor Brad Little signed SB 1140 and SB 1144 into law. The first narrows t...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The “War on the War on Cars” is alive and well in red states. Idaho made it harder to implement bike and ped infrastructure. They’re only permitted if they are considered a secondary or collateral benefit of a highway project, not a primary purpose. Road diets are mostly prohibited
This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO
Oh, now it matters...
Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump policies are 'not America first' in fight over MAGA
Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a "traitor" after his revoking political endorsement of her. Greene said Sunday his words can "put my life in danger."
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November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Oh, now it matters...
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Brownstein is the worst of the worst corporate hack lawyers. I’m talking lobbying for the Saudi Govt’s bombing campaign in Yemen bad. They’re also the only game in town for the Colorado Dem executive class — Hick, Bennet, Polis, Johnston — all wrapped up with these guys.
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
Mayor Mike Johnston appoints Brownstein lawyer as temporary chief of staff
Emily Garnett — a partner in the firm who specializes in antitrust law, government investigations and securities — will serve in the role beginning in December.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Brownstein is the worst of the worst corporate hack lawyers. I’m talking lobbying for the Saudi Govt’s bombing campaign in Yemen bad. They’re also the only game in town for the Colorado Dem executive class — Hick, Bennet, Polis, Johnston — all wrapped up with these guys.
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
Mayor Mike Johnston appoints Brownstein lawyer as temporary chief of staff
Emily Garnett — a partner in the firm who specializes in antitrust law, government investigations and securities — will serve in the role beginning in December.
www.denverpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This law firm is the one that has been getting paid to lobby against some of the right of way and infrastructure changes here in Denver.
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
The fucking grift keeps getting worse.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/14/m...
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@greenlatinos.org Colorado Chapter Urges CDOT to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
GreenLatinos Urges Colorado to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@greenlatinos.org Colorado Chapter Urges CDOT to Consider Healthy Communities No-Widening Alternative for I-270
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
Alternative would avoid costly, ineffective proposal to widen the highway
earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
This take sucks. Cities are were people live, not just commute from afar into. Repurpose the empty void car spaces now that we don't need them. Car brained-ass bullshit.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This take sucks. Cities are were people live, not just commute from afar into. Repurpose the empty void car spaces now that we don't need them. Car brained-ass bullshit.
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
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It’s a car replacement, not a bike replacement.
“So we asked ourselves: how could we make the common bicycle heavier, more dangerous and, ultimately, reliant on electricity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s a car replacement, not a bike replacement.
Shout out to this excellent repurposing of a common bike crank refrain I read as recently as yesterday 😁
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Shout out to this excellent repurposing of a common bike crank refrain I read as recently as yesterday 😁
I no longer have any trust that Mayor Johnston and Amy Ford will not sink current projects or devolve future ones.
I have little confidence upcoming projects won't be scrapped or worsened by their incompetence and hostility towards things Denverites have been helping plan for years.
I have little confidence upcoming projects won't be scrapped or worsened by their incompetence and hostility towards things Denverites have been helping plan for years.
Why even have these community planning processes if you’re just going to change the project as soon as someone with money and influence complains?
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I no longer have any trust that Mayor Johnston and Amy Ford will not sink current projects or devolve future ones.
I have little confidence upcoming projects won't be scrapped or worsened by their incompetence and hostility towards things Denverites have been helping plan for years.
I have little confidence upcoming projects won't be scrapped or worsened by their incompetence and hostility towards things Denverites have been helping plan for years.
Hmmm, past the cooling off period? Still shady either way.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hmmm, past the cooling off period? Still shady either way.
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do we feel about wealthy NIMBYs employing a PR firm staffed by an ex Denver DOTI employee to fight a city project? Me, I think that's shady as shit.
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MG Public Affairs
Founded by Scott Martinez and Jason Gallardo, MG Public Affairs is more than just an influence firm. As a minority-owned firm with deep roots in the front range, they lend credibility to their clients...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
How do we feel about wealthy NIMBYs employing a PR firm staffed by an ex Denver DOTI employee to fight a city project? Me, I think that's shady as shit.
mgpublicaffairs.com
mgpublicaffairs.com
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Only in Portland: Benson Boone surprising kids on their ride home with the Bike Bus before his concert. Pure joy. #BikeBus #BensonBoone
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Only in Portland: Benson Boone surprising kids on their ride home with the Bike Bus before his concert. Pure joy. #BikeBus #BensonBoone