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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · May 30

Every cyclist in the city should be at tonight's 6 pm rally against NYPD's policy of criminalizing minor traffic infractions — because you could be the next victim of police overreach or lethal force. @kevinduggan.bsky.social has a BLOCKBUSTER story: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/30/c...

Cyclist: Cop Pulled a Taser During Summons Chase - Streetsblog New York City

In a dramatic escalation of the NYPD's criminal crackdown on bike riders, a police officer pulled a stun gun while chasing a cyclist for allegedly running a red light on a regular bike.

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Open Plans @openplans.org · May 27

Congestion relief works – the data proves it.

The city’s leaders should stand with working New Yorkers and stand up to Washington. We can’t let out-of-touch politicians roll back the progress we’ve made.

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · May 9

This is a great article that lays out some of the solutions to reducing deaths and serious injuries. Part of the solution: just reducing driving overall.

I'm excited to share more soon about the work we're doing at @openplans.org on Low Traffic Neighborhoods and VMT. More to come!

Still other street-calming tools are left on the table, she notes. In London, strategies like low-emission zones and low-traffic neighborhoods, which discourage higher-polluting vehicles and restrict roads to local access, have also succeeded in reducing deaths and injuries among all kinds of road users by simply lowering the number of vehicles. Bus lane improvements can speed up transit vehicles that are now often mired in traffic — as well as lure more riders to choose a safer mode of travel.

“There’s too much driving and it’s increasing,” she added. “With severe injuries, this is all connected.”

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Open Plans @openplans.org · May 9

"The faster a car is going, the more likely they are to kill or injure someone, but getting the worst of the worst drivers off the road... is a good policy solution.” - @saraklind.bsky.social
Read more: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

What’s Behind the Rise in Serious Injuries on New York City’s Streets?

Pedestrians, cyclists and drivers all saw elevated injury rates in the last three years, despite the city’s decade-long commitment to Vision Zero safety reforms.

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abundanceny.bsky.social @abundanceny.bsky.social · May 8

"Abundance" is all over the headlines lately. But in New York, it's not just a buzzword—it's a movement. 🗽

Here are 7 leaders and organizations powering the Abundance Agenda in our city and state—and how you can get involved. 👇

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Open Plans @openplans.org · Apr 23

Our co-executive director @saraklind.bsky.social talked with Reddit’s Micromobility NYC about outdoor dining and how the program could be improved. "We told them over and over again that what they were doing was going to ruin the program... and it has." Listen more: www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...

From the MicromobilityNYC community on Reddit: Another victim of the Council's all-consuming Parking obsession: Outdoor Dining.

Explore this post and more from the MicromobilityNYC community

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Apr 23

When I was growing up autistic kids were "hyper" or "had water on the brain" and there was always a raft of "weird kids" who were socially ostracized because they had a hard time people-ing. If you don't think autism existed before it was commonly called "autism," it's because you chose not to see.

Ocean Jasper @audleyzdarke.bsky.social · Apr 23

My dad truly believed that people just didn't have autism when he was growing up and I had to be the one to break it to him that autistic people who didn't fit in WERE PUT INTO INSTITUTIONS

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 23

Opponents of outdoor dining: it’s a giveaway of public space!

Also opponents of outdoor dining: give me more free parking on public space!!

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sidewalk congestion from sidewalk cafes is real. Here’s a solution: make roadway dining easier and widen sidewalks. Restaurants can flourish and people can walk - that’s much better than parking!

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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · Apr 21

For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Apr 23

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 22

this is basically just a big plan to impoverish the united states

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Apr 22

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Rebalancing of China economy towards consumption and US economy towards manufacturing in two to three years would be a huge win - JPMorgan session.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · Apr 22

He’s weakening our country. He’s weakening our economy. He’s weakening our alliances. He’s weakening the free world. He’s weakening our influence around the world.

And Putin keeps smiling every single day.

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Mary Garvey Washington @3riverspa.bsky.social · Apr 22

As a person, I agree, an autism registry is a five alarm fire.

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 22

Bike lanes everywhere for safety!! Now!!

Two Wheels Good ☑️ @twgood.bsky.social · Apr 22

Double width bikelane brings 138 Firefighters (FDNY) right to your front door when you need them most. This week on 31st Ave at 23rdSt, in Astoria, Queens.

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · Apr 21

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.

Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!

NO.

Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.

PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.

This is also about autism.

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 22

He’s sending people to concentration camps. A key feature of a concentration camp is that people don’t get trials before they are sent there.

Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · Apr 21

"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 22

One of the biggest takeaways from the daylighting hearing: in over four hours of public testimony there was essentially zero opposition. Daylighting is super popular!!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Apr 20

I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 20

Van Hollen: "I'm very glad that the killed of Rachel Morin has been convicted in a court of law. That is how we hold guilty people accountable ... I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder he had absolutely nothing to do with."

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Sara Lind @saraklind.bsky.social · Apr 20

Fascism is here and anyone denying it is simply wrong.

The Sparrow Project @thesparrowproject.bsky.social · Apr 19

DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Apr 18

I would like to see the AFL-CIO match the political urgency of David Brooks

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · Apr 18

If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 18

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.

It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · Apr 16

Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him

Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

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