Steve Boland
@steveboland.bsky.social
Bay Area, Cal. (Work in transpo planning, not tech.)
Dave Roberts, what a coward. Shaikin and Plaschke are right (!), Jackie Robinson wouldn’t have gone. Neither did the Warriors during Trump 1. Beat LA … because they really deserve it www.latimes.com/california/n...
Dodgers' biggest debate is not who to sign. It's whether to visit Trump's White House
Your morning catch-up: Dodgers' acceptance of a White House invite stirs up fans and Times columnists, Trump immigration sweeps last year upended L.A.’s economy, and more big stories.
www.latimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Dave Roberts, what a coward. Shaikin and Plaschke are right (!), Jackie Robinson wouldn’t have gone. Neither did the Warriors during Trump 1. Beat LA … because they really deserve it www.latimes.com/california/n...
This is a thing a San Francisco judge said right before he sentenced to probation the person who drove their SUV into a family of four waiting at a bus stop at 70 mph
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This is a thing a San Francisco judge said right before he sentenced to probation the person who drove their SUV into a family of four waiting at a bus stop at 70 mph
Here’s what I want in subway stations: a safe place to get on the train. That’s it.
Sitting here open-mouthed at this Sound Transit board presentation, because it was just explained that making Ballard Link's Seattle Center station "slightly trapezoidal" would save the agency a HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Here’s what I want in subway stations: a safe place to get on the train. That’s it.
Oh, but it’ll get better
“I believe that ineffectual as it was, the reputational attack on me would be effective today against the right person. Another generation or two down the line, it will be a serious threat against our social order”
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
theshamblog.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Oh, but it’ll get better
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i dont think ai can do this either but of course, no ai, purely me drawing it one stroke at a time, so id appreciate any support!
link: ko-fi.com/s/0a7b210797 (free png version is available on ko-fi as well!)
this is my first time on this app so, maybe i'll crosspost more stuff over here 🙏
link: ko-fi.com/s/0a7b210797 (free png version is available on ko-fi as well!)
this is my first time on this app so, maybe i'll crosspost more stuff over here 🙏
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
i dont think ai can do this either but of course, no ai, purely me drawing it one stroke at a time, so id appreciate any support!
link: ko-fi.com/s/0a7b210797 (free png version is available on ko-fi as well!)
this is my first time on this app so, maybe i'll crosspost more stuff over here 🙏
link: ko-fi.com/s/0a7b210797 (free png version is available on ko-fi as well!)
this is my first time on this app so, maybe i'll crosspost more stuff over here 🙏
Still the greatest song of all time youtu.be/8VII08uQ_4A?...
Don't Fucking Tell Me What To Do
YouTube video by Robyn - Topic
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Still the greatest song of all time youtu.be/8VII08uQ_4A?...
It’s fun that Malthusianism still exists at a national scale. Of course it’s Switzerland
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s fun that Malthusianism still exists at a national scale. Of course it’s Switzerland
I’ve spoken before about how abolition of the pardon power should be a top Democratic priority, but, you know
February 12, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I’ve spoken before about how abolition of the pardon power should be a top Democratic priority, but, you know
Finally, what drones were invented for
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Finally, what drones were invented for
Center-running transit-only lanes w no curbs *can* work
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Center-running transit-only lanes w no curbs *can* work
The kind of retVrn I can get with www.latimes.com/environment/...
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The kind of retVrn I can get with www.latimes.com/environment/...
Per mile isn’t a great way to measure cost-effectiveness for local service (this is why stuff like WestCAT is top of this list), but nonetheless—BRT can work
We need Tempo lines all around the Bay!!
One single local BRT line in Oakland (AC Transit Tempo) serves more riders than the entire VTA Light Rail system, and has a Cost Effectiveness that rivals our top *regional* transit services
Bay Area should be super-funding East Bay BRT if they distributed funding based on objective metrics
Bay Area should be super-funding East Bay BRT if they distributed funding based on objective metrics
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Per mile isn’t a great way to measure cost-effectiveness for local service (this is why stuff like WestCAT is top of this list), but nonetheless—BRT can work
As someone who’s actually observed stop sign compliance, the rate in an urban setting (where peds sometimes require a full stop) was around 25%
Absolutely damning study documenting the rate of drivers breaking the law
"extrapolated, the data projects a staggering 200,000 daily violations at just these intersections"
Confirms what everyone has experienced since Covid. All it took was to set up cameras and document it
#safestreets #bikesky
"extrapolated, the data projects a staggering 200,000 daily violations at just these intersections"
Confirms what everyone has experienced since Covid. All it took was to set up cameras and document it
#safestreets #bikesky
Colorado driver behavior study captures alarming habits
YouTube video by CBS Colorado
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February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
As someone who’s actually observed stop sign compliance, the rate in an urban setting (where peds sometimes require a full stop) was around 25%
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Some questions I ask whenever I see a crayon like this:
Sacramento deserves a regional rail system. What would it take to build it?
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Some questions I ask whenever I see a crayon like this:
City v. Liverpool is my super bowl
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
City v. Liverpool is my super bowl
Have literally never heard someone say “drivers here aren’t bad, actually.” Wherever I’ve been
coming up with a new idea called "driving like shit olympics". no more bland, unprovable statements like "california drivers are the WORST" allowed. whichever state wins every 4 years gets a moonshot-sized public transit investment to get those fuckers off the road
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have literally never heard someone say “drivers here aren’t bad, actually.” Wherever I’ve been
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Some of the protest signs are similar to anything else you’d see since the start of Trump 2.
Others are directed at the concentration camp guards inside.
Others are directed at the concentration camp guards inside.
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Some of the protest signs are similar to anything else you’d see since the start of Trump 2.
Others are directed at the concentration camp guards inside.
Others are directed at the concentration camp guards inside.
Didn’t have “defend John Foster Dulles” on my to-do list
Punchbowl reports Trump will release Gateway funds if Schumer agrees to rename Dulles and Penn Station for Trump.
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
Trump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him
Trump offered to release the funding for the Gateway infrastructure project if Schumer agrees to support renaming Dulles and Penn Station after Trump.
punchbowl.news
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Didn’t have “defend John Foster Dulles” on my to-do list
Yes! Finally. Lake Merritt is finally underway too
We want to be transparent about this now so those who drive and park at West Oakland can start tart looking into alternatives for the change later this year.
You can learn more about the upcoming TOD project by visiting this page: www.bart.gov/about/busine...
You can learn more about the upcoming TOD project by visiting this page: www.bart.gov/about/busine...
February 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Yes! Finally. Lake Merritt is finally underway too
It is really remarkable that in the year of our lord iOS Podcasts is as bad as it is
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It is really remarkable that in the year of our lord iOS Podcasts is as bad as it is
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STOP talking shit about 2028 Democratic presidential primary candidates:
Walz is PERSONABLE
Shapiro is RHETORICALLY GIFTED
AOC is CHARISMATIC
Pritzker is SUCCESSFUL
Newsom
Buttigieg has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Walz is PERSONABLE
Shapiro is RHETORICALLY GIFTED
AOC is CHARISMATIC
Pritzker is SUCCESSFUL
Newsom
Buttigieg has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
February 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
STOP talking shit about 2028 Democratic presidential primary candidates:
Walz is PERSONABLE
Shapiro is RHETORICALLY GIFTED
AOC is CHARISMATIC
Pritzker is SUCCESSFUL
Newsom
Buttigieg has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Walz is PERSONABLE
Shapiro is RHETORICALLY GIFTED
AOC is CHARISMATIC
Pritzker is SUCCESSFUL
Newsom
Buttigieg has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Seeing a lot of good gondola content in my feeds lately. Too bad that in LA, it’s become a weird, LA-specific ideological cause
Aerial trams can genuinely be the right technology for the job sometimes! That's definitely the case here in Portland, Oregon. youtu.be/LhOfiiWyzBM
The Best Way to This Hospital is By Aerial Tram!
Always good to have one of these uncut videos in my back pocket for when I'm not on the continent...
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/milesintransit
Twitter:…
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February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Seeing a lot of good gondola content in my feeds lately. Too bad that in LA, it’s become a weird, LA-specific ideological cause
It would be hilarious if the Chronicle were one of the last newspapers left standing in this country. I thought only the national papers were supposed to survive
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It would be hilarious if the Chronicle were one of the last newspapers left standing in this country. I thought only the national papers were supposed to survive
Happy birthday Elmo
February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Happy birthday Elmo
Set Coalie free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel
Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Set Coalie free www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...