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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 2h

A welcome addition! Surprised it took this long! 🙃

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Walk San Francisco @walksf.org · 2h

San Francisco Bay Area Families for Safe Streets and Walk SF are here to support the victim’s loved ones.

Post-crash checklists are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Tagalog at walksf.org/fss.

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 17h

Kwik Stop isn’t being innovative or making a statement. They’re simply doing a “marketing”.

Chipotle rounded down, then up, then stopped. Capitalism prevails. 🫡🫨🫠

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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 18h

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Scientists Expose How Housing and Commutes Steal Sleep link.theoverheadwire.com/qfthj

Scientists Expose How Housing and Commutes Steal Sleep

City living’s hidden cost: long commutes and small homes are quietly stealing your sleep.

link.theoverheadwire.com

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 1d

This excites me more than it probably should.

Uniqlo to Open New Flagship Store on Market Street in Downtown San Francisco, Signifying City's Economic Rebound

Uniqlo is opening a new flagship store at 801 Market Street in San Francisco, signaling confidence in the city's economic recovery.

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MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 1d

It has boggled my mind since I was sixteen that the moral hazard of driving does not weigh on literally everyone all the time.

I hate it! I don't want to risk ruining or ending someone's life just to get to the damn grocery store, but where I live, I have to, every day.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

You can be the safest, most attentive driver in the world and still pose a massive risk to other road users. That’s because cars and car dependency are inherently dangerous.

This doesn’t mean you’re a bad person if you drive, but I do think that drivers should acknowledge their role in this system.

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 1d

Just when I thought I’d gotten a real understanding of the ingredients of good urbanism, @theoverheadwire.com interviews Mary Pat McGuire about the literal ground our cities are placed upon.

Grey spaces vs green spaces, such a novel thought to me. Highly recommend a listen!

Episode 353: Depave Cities

open.spotify.com

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 1d

Peak victim blaming, holy shit.

“Oh we made it hard for you to breathe? Just breathe like a person my age who wasn’t exposed to the bullshit you gotta breathe now! Boooooooootstraps!”

Fucking avocado toast my ass. I hope they choke on their Wethers Original.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

Headline:
Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

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Mishka @mishkaa.bsky.social · 2d

Let's sign SB 79 on Monday, champ. Thanks! 😊

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

Agencies around the country are being subjected to massive fiscal cliffs. If your agency is in the crosshairs, consider giving your time or money to local advocates. Both are way more valuable than you’d think!

Here’s an excellent piece from the legend @humantransit.bsky.social on the topic.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re a Bay Area / SF local like myself, we absolutely have our work cut out for us to prevent similar, tragic cuts to our transit agencies.

I love my homies at the @sftru.bsky.social (link in attachment) and there are a lot of other folks fighting the good fight! DM me for ways to help! 🫡

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Home - San Francisco Transit Riders

sftransitriders.org

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

Help strengthen the local advocacy groups there if you can! While it can’t be undone overnight, the louder they can make their voice, the more pressure they can put on the legislature!

Providence Streets Coaliton (linked in attachment)
RITR (ritransitriders.org)

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Home - Providence Streets Coalition

The Providence Streets Coalition is an alliance of 42 community organizations, local businesses, schools, neighborhood associations, and thousands of engaged

pvdstreets.org

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

A list of service changes that went into effect. This is awful for those who rely on transit there. 2/🧵

Proposed Fall Service Changes

Proposed Fall Service Changes RIPTA held public hearings on proposed service reductions in all five Rhode Island counties from July

www.ripta.com

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

@milesintransit.com out here showing exactly what transit advocates have been warning us about. So sorry the legislature screwed you, @ripta.com . :/ 1/🧵

Miles in Transit @milesintransit.com · 7d

In one of the more fraught adventures we've had in recent memory, Nathan and I attempt to travel from New York to Boston on transit...via Block Island! youtu.be/sw6Yv9k5kZ0

From New York to Boston...via Block Island?

Well yeah, how ELSE would you go?? Please fill out the survey and petition regarding RIPTA's service cuts here: https://pvdstreets.org/save-ripta/ RIPTA's Flex On Demand song:…

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 3d

Would highly recommend a listen! Their episodes cover a huge swath of urban topics, it’s pretty impressive!

If you want to see them and @nerd4cities.bsky.social have another chat, virtual tickets are still available for their November 5th show!

Town Hall Seattle

ticketing.townhallseattle.org

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 4d

If for whatever reason it’s still unclear how Zohran built such a groundswell of excitement for New Yorkers and other folks around the country, @adamconover.net spells it out pretty clearly.

Great stuff!

Zohran Is Teaching the Left How to Win

YouTube video by Adam Conover

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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 6d

On 10/25, @yimbyaction.bsky.social and @thewaroncars.bsky.social are teaming up to bring Life After Cars to San Francisco.

This live show and book launch will explore how housing, climate, and transportation intersect to shape the future of our cities.

Tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

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Luke Bornheimer (Streets Forward) @lukebornheimer.com · 7d

Join me, @streetsforward.org, @sfbikebus.com, families, and others for Bike Bus Fest, featuring @coachbalto.bsky.social of @bikebusworld.bsky.social and giveaways for a free Woom bike and other prizes on October 19th!

RSVP now for a chance to win a Woom bike and other prizes at BikeBusFest.org 🚲🚌👏

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7d

Pity the poor driver who has to... know the license plate number of the car they own and operate on a daily basis.

Bianca Walser @biancawalser.bsky.social · 7d

Won't someone please think of the drivers?

Screenshot from Nextdoor that reads: "As if parking on Solano isn’t bad enough, now I have to know my license plate number? And I still have to put the paper on my dashboard? Yet another reason to (unfortunately) stop shopping on Upper Solano."

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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 9d

I am not a resident of New York City, but if I was Zohran would have my vote!

🚇 Riders Alliance @ridersalliance.org · 9d

Riders Alliance endorses @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor of New York City for our first-ever political endorsement! youtu.be/j_zuBKPzpuM

Riders Alliance endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor

YouTube video by Riders Alliance

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Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 9d

Dude, Auckland is doing things that would make most NA urbanists blush. I was there a few years ago and your walkability was INCREDIBLE!

Mikey 🚎🥑🏳️‍🌈 @hiimmikey.bsky.social · 11d

Everything makes me think of her… miss u bb, come back soon. 😭💔

#47vanness

@sfmta.bsky.social

Left hand holding a pair of keys with a 47 keychain held in front of a door with a 47 number.

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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 11d

Nearly every time a driver complains about a traffic change making things more dangerous for pedestrians or cyclists, they’re telling on themselves for being unfit to drive.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11d

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