james
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james
@jrhewz.bsky.social
Transit planner just wanting faster buses and less cars.
Good shit!
Someone recently commented to me about bus lanes, "I hate what they did with Westlake, it is so braindead stupid". So I took my camera with me during rush hour traffic to show how amazing the bus lanes are working, and more importantly, how delusional such a claim is.
Bus lanes on Westlake are not "braindead stupid" | Route 40
YouTube video by Juan Rodriguez
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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June 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The reckoning between 'provider of last resort' and 'service capable of winning ridership' has arrived -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now
Rising costs and widening deficits as pandemic aid runs out are challenging bus and train operators in many cities. But cutting service needs to be a last resort.
www.bloomberg.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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"If we're concerned about equity, allowing apartments everywhere has strong support from the least affluent, and is only opposed by the wealthiest households." cityobservatory.substack.com/p/the-week-o...
April 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Never fails
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Again, not a drag queen.
GOP lawmaker Justin Eichorn (R-MN) has been arrested on felony charges for soliciting sex from a teenage girl.

He had previously spread claims that Democrats and LGBTQ people were trying to groom children.
GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a 16-year old girl • Minnesota Reformer
Eichorn’s arrest complicates efforts by Senate Republicans to expel DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell from the upper chamber.
minnesotareformer.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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"The previous administration flouted Congress in an attempt to push a radical social and environmental agenda on the American people." - Sean Duffy, US Sec of Transportation who runs an agency that bulldozed entire black n'hoods to push a transportation agenda
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Opt out tomorrow!
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Go Governor Hochul!
February 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Is it any wonder why millions of Americans make "coffee shop ambience" videos so popular on YouTube?

We're starved for cozy third places, absent of corporate sterilization and overrun by stroads and cars.
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 PM