hannah
@hshums.bsky.social
constantly thinking about deep democracy for a resilient, decarbonized transportation system. views here are my own.
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Only 10% of Americans live car-free, but 40% are curious about car-freedom.
Remember that the phrase "American love affair with the automobile" was invented by a car-industry copywriter for 1950s spon-con.
Remember that the phrase "American love affair with the automobile" was invented by a car-industry copywriter for 1950s spon-con.
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Only 10% of Americans live car-free, but 40% are curious about car-freedom.
Remember that the phrase "American love affair with the automobile" was invented by a car-industry copywriter for 1950s spon-con.
Remember that the phrase "American love affair with the automobile" was invented by a car-industry copywriter for 1950s spon-con.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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tired: leaders throw folks under the bus
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
tired: leaders throw folks under the bus
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
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From Portland to Chicago to Philadelphia, transit agencies across the U.S. are facing existential peril. If you’re not already engaged in the fight to secure stable, robust, long-term funding for transit in your community then now’s the time to roll up your sleeves.
It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
From Portland to Chicago to Philadelphia, transit agencies across the U.S. are facing existential peril. If you’re not already engaged in the fight to secure stable, robust, long-term funding for transit in your community then now’s the time to roll up your sleeves.
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👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...
June 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...
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The USDA has withdrawn a plan to impose stronger safety regulations limiting salmonella levels in raw poultry.
Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund?
Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country.
See how this works?
Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund?
Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country.
See how this works?
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The USDA has withdrawn a plan to impose stronger safety regulations limiting salmonella levels in raw poultry.
Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund?
Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country.
See how this works?
Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund?
Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country.
See how this works?
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Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office.
Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office.
Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
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Detaining and attempting to deport someone for writing an op-ed the government disagrees with is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
We’re in court today in Vermont to demand that ICE immediately releases Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.
We’re in court today in Vermont to demand that ICE immediately releases Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.
Writing an op-ed is not grounds for deportation
The U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech should scare us all.
www.acluvt.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Detaining and attempting to deport someone for writing an op-ed the government disagrees with is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
We’re in court today in Vermont to demand that ICE immediately releases Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.
We’re in court today in Vermont to demand that ICE immediately releases Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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If there was any doubt DOGE is a scam motivated purely by malice and cruelty, this report from WSJ should remove it. nymag.com/intelligence...
DOGE’s Methods May Be Chaotic, But They’re Also Ineffective
A new report shows that DOGE’s assault on federal employees and contracts isn’t reducing federal spending at all.
nymag.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If there was any doubt DOGE is a scam motivated purely by malice and cruelty, this report from WSJ should remove it. nymag.com/intelligence...
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A coffeehouse in Milwaukee’s deep blue Riverwest neighborhood might seem like a strange place to meet Trump/Musk supporters. But over the acoustic punk of local heroes Violent Femmes, you can hear whispers that Biden was the reason $25 million can’t even buy you a state judge.
April 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A coffeehouse in Milwaukee’s deep blue Riverwest neighborhood might seem like a strange place to meet Trump/Musk supporters. But over the acoustic punk of local heroes Violent Femmes, you can hear whispers that Biden was the reason $25 million can’t even buy you a state judge.
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Sen. Cory Booker is going on hour 19 of his marathon speech. Watch it live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
New Jersey Sen. @corybooker.com is on the Senate floor, saying, "I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able" to protest President Trump and Elon Musk.
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch live: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sen. Cory Booker is going on hour 19 of his marathon speech. Watch it live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
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Legal fund for Rümeysa Öztürk:
chuffed.org/project/just...
chuffed.org/project/just...
Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
chuffed.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Legal fund for Rümeysa Öztürk:
chuffed.org/project/just...
chuffed.org/project/just...
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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
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Congestion pricing will outlast the Trump presidency.
Governor Hochul right now: traffic down, business & transit ridership up. Congestion pricing cameras are staying on
March 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Congestion pricing will outlast the Trump presidency.
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I think of this whenever some conservative finds some supposedly wacky research topic that government grants pay for
(me making fun of your crop rotation idea and thereby holding our people back another 5000 years) jeff thinks the beans have to take turns lmao
March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think of this whenever some conservative finds some supposedly wacky research topic that government grants pay for
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We are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover. From holding universities hostage to stealing your Social Security to tanking the economy, everything we hold dear as Americans is being stripped away. Nobody is going to save us; we have to save ourselves.
March 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover. From holding universities hostage to stealing your Social Security to tanking the economy, everything we hold dear as Americans is being stripped away. Nobody is going to save us; we have to save ourselves.
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this is such a bad precedent and I don’t think enough people are going to find out about it
The Trump administration recently denied a funding request from the city of Asheville, North Carolina, to help its recovery from Hurricane Helene, telling the city it must cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid
Trump portrayed himself as savior to hurricane-ravaged North Carolina. Now his HUD is playing politics with critical aid.
www.msnbc.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
this is such a bad precedent and I don’t think enough people are going to find out about it
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GOV. MILLS: “.. Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. ..
“.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?”
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...
“.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?”
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...
Read Gov. Mills’ full statement on Trump investigation
Maine's Democratic governor released a statement Friday night saying 'the rule of law' is at stake after President Trump directed the Education Department to investigate alleged Title IX violations.
www.pressherald.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
GOV. MILLS: “.. Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. ..
“.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?”
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...
“.. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you?”
www.pressherald.com/2025/02/21/r...
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NYC’s congestion pricing is working: less car traffic, more foot traffic & big new investment in public transit.
Which, of course, means Trump wants to kill it.
Because he & Elon hate transit. They want more people to drive.
All consistent with Project 2025’s plan to kill transit off entirely.
Which, of course, means Trump wants to kill it.
Because he & Elon hate transit. They want more people to drive.
All consistent with Project 2025’s plan to kill transit off entirely.
Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls (Gift Article)
President Trump had raised concerns that the new tolling program, the first of its kind in America, was drawing visitors and businesses away from Manhattan.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NYC’s congestion pricing is working: less car traffic, more foot traffic & big new investment in public transit.
Which, of course, means Trump wants to kill it.
Because he & Elon hate transit. They want more people to drive.
All consistent with Project 2025’s plan to kill transit off entirely.
Which, of course, means Trump wants to kill it.
Because he & Elon hate transit. They want more people to drive.
All consistent with Project 2025’s plan to kill transit off entirely.
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New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations.
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations.
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
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Every day that large media outlets fail to put words like “illegal” and “unconstitutional” into their headlines is a day they are choosing to normalize a national crisis
Top headlines:
Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’,
NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico
Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus
US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats
Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’,
NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico
Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus
US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats
February 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Every day that large media outlets fail to put words like “illegal” and “unconstitutional” into their headlines is a day they are choosing to normalize a national crisis
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Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Today, we’re launching the third edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide–the first update in over a decade!
The new manual elevates planning from building great individual bike lanes to building great complete bike networks.
nacto.org/2025/01/07/n...
The new manual elevates planning from building great individual bike lanes to building great complete bike networks.
nacto.org/2025/01/07/n...
NACTO Launches New Urban Bikeway Design Guide for the Next Generation of Innovative Cycling Infrastructure
NACTO launched the revised edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, updated for the first time in a decade.
nacto.org
January 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today, we’re launching the third edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide–the first update in over a decade!
The new manual elevates planning from building great individual bike lanes to building great complete bike networks.
nacto.org/2025/01/07/n...
The new manual elevates planning from building great individual bike lanes to building great complete bike networks.
nacto.org/2025/01/07/n...