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Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over a decade.

Here are some reasons to get people to shift from cars to transit:

Reducing pollution
Increasing efficiency
Reducing carnage
Improving society
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RT @regionalplan We heard today is someone's birthday!

The Brooklyn Bridge opened 141 years ago today. We found some old-school bridge crossing photos in our archives, circa 1980s.

Five people walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, wearing 80s-style office and business casual clothes. One man is carrying a briefcase. In the background the Bell switching tower can be seen with its marble cladding and AT&T logo, and the World Trade Center.
Two women walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, in a section that is higher than the rest of the pedestrian deck. It is lined with chain-link fence. The women are wearing 80s-style office clothes with skirts below the knee, and holding a large tote bag between them by the handles. In the background the World Trade Center and the Woolworth Building can be seen. Two men in suits are climbing the stairs to the elevated walkway.

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RT @fundtransitnow "Congestion pricing is set to revolutionize public transit for millions of riders," says Zion Contracting President Hely Duarte. "As a proud small business owner, I applaud the MTA's board vote to move forward with this historic plan."

https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/2024/05/24/nyc-congestion-pricing-benefits-communities-of-color/73801380007/

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RT @nyc_dot New bus boarding island just landed on University Ave and W 176th in the Bronx

[video description: a group shot of people in high visibility vests. Text reads: you need a bus boarding island? Say no more. Clips of concrete being poured and smoothed and the final bus boarding island]

https://x.com/NYC_DOT/status/1794037338055589976

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RT @davidsankey Illustrated my beloved Bayonne Bridge — which I love to bike over (and has hands-down the most challenging climb of the NYC bridges) — to promote a rally opposing the proposed NJ Turnpike expansion in Bayonne on Tuesday, May 28th. Learn more:

https://hudcostreets.org/events/bayonne-turnpike-trap-rally

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Anniversary blog post from May 25, 2011: Whenever I hear people claim that Uber and Lyft "destroyed" New York City's taxi system, my mind boggles at how completely ignorant or how deep in denial they must be. This post was part of a series where I described how fantastically shitty the taxi system was in 2011:

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-york-yellow-cabs-in-practice.html

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@crzwdjk The one-stop shopping was huge too. Not having to look up phone numbers for cab companies, call around, and worry if you were getting ripped off, or if you called the company that happened to be extra busy at that time.

Now there are lots of drivers who are registered simultaneously with Uber, Lyft and Via, so you don't even need to check all three!

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@EverydayMoggie Uber executives said a lot of things over the course of the rollout, many of which contradicted each other.

I don't support Uber. I think the execs are amoral at best. But that doesn't mean that we should go back to the shitty taxi system we had before. Everyone involved with that was also stupid and selfish.

If there's an argument against Uber, you should assume I've already heard it. There are tons of good arguments. No need to make stupid reactionary arguments.

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@EverydayMoggie Did you even read my post?

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RT @celestinaustin Corner stores are so quintessentially New York, it's always wild to remember our zoning bans them but it is even more nonsensical that we would back out of legalizing them again

Dampens what would otherwise be a good set of changes

https://crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/council-changes-adams-city-yes-business-zoning-plan-ahead-vote

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“[Ubers and Lyfts] dispatched by a base that has not entered into the agreement, as well as taxis and [green cabs] utilizing a [meter company] that has not entered into the agreement, may be charged a $15 toll up to once per day paid by the vehicle owner, instead of the per-trip charge paid by the passenger, for entering the Congestion Relief Zone,” the TLC letter reads.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/22/nyc-taxi-drivers-could-get-charged-full-congestion-pricing-toll/

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RT @Streetsblog A new bill would allocate $500 billion for new electric transportation infrastructure over the next 10 years — with an explicit mandate to “prioritize collective transportation over individual transportation.” Find out more.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/warrens-build-green-act-could-give-transit-the-funding-left-out-of-bidens-climate-push

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RT @streetsblognyc Only in Streetsblog: @ndhapple is back in print — and with a banger of a story about how late LIRR trains turn thousands of commuters into sprinters to catch their connections at Jamaica: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/24/late-island-rail-road-lirr-on-time-stats-obscure-rider-fury-at-thousands-of-blown-connections

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RT @nyccouncil PASSED INT 135-A, 170-A, and 231-A (Brooks-Powers, Amanda Farias, Crystal Hudson) requires NYC Buildings to conduct a loadbearing capacity study for parking garages, doubles the standard civil penalties for certain violations, and shorten the cycle of inspections to every 4 years

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RT @sheridesabike “this service…helps residents and out-of-state visitors access certain parks and rail and connect to buses that provide services to Silver Sands State Park, Hammonasset Beach State Park, and Sleeping Giant State Park.”

https://portal.ct.gov/deep/news-releases/news-releases---2024/gov-lamont-announces-summer-tourism-season-kicks-off-at-state-parks-beaches-and-cultural-attractions

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RT @nyc_dot Hey Queens! Take our survey to help inform the future capital project vision of the 34th Ave Open Street, and join us for a design workshop:

When: June 18, 5-7PM
Where: IS 145 (33-35 80th St) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/34avesurvey

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One of the most fucking embarrassing things for rail in the US is that we used to use the rail infrastructure itself to build more tracks. And there's a businessman in North Bergen who has a plan to use trains to remove all the rock and dirt dug out of the Gateway Tunnel, and bring in supplies.

But Kris Kolluri and the Gateway development Commission look at him like he has two heads, and would rather pay for 15-26 trucks to drive up and down Tonnelle Avenue every hour.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2024/05/23/gateway-rail-tunnel-boring-dirt-moving-north-bergen-strategic-solutions/73787102007/

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Anniversary blog post from May 24, 2014: It's time to extend the N train to LaGuardia.

For years, people had told me that NIMBYs in Astoria had killed the proposed extension in 1994, and would do the same with any future attempt. I pointed out that two of the main opponents were dead, two retired, and one term limited. George Onorato died the following year.

I had to keep beating the drum, but eventually the plan was reconsidered, and no NIMBYs appeared to kill it!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2014/05/its-time-to-extend-n-train-to-laguardia.html

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In Paris, the transit authority reconfigured its train shops and built apartments on the land freed up. It's now renting them out to its bus drivers, a 936 square foot apartment with a balcony for about $900 a month.

In New York the MTA provides parking for employees who drive in from the suburbs.

https://www.leparisien.fr/immobilier/un-appartement-de-87m2-avec-terrasse-pour-833-euros-a-paris-la-ratp-loge-ses-salaries-a-des-prix-imbattables-23-05-2024-LHMP6Q4XCJFMPCZMZYVI4F6MDM.php

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RT @jimrockaway Into today’s Streetsblog NYC

Imagine if 42nd Street was transformed from a gritty through-route full of vehicles & fumes into one with much wider sidewalks w/trees & benches & bus lanes!!

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/opinion-we-need-a-miracle-on-42nd-street

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RT @Nondriver no, it is really not possible to "prioritize all modes"

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RT @wheelreinvent Hate this attitude: Parking can never be removed, if you remove spaces, you have to rebuild them somewhere else (in this case, underground at massive cost).

All that actually needs to happen here is to remove the parking spaces gradually.

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RT @chrislhayes Hey NYC DOT what are we doing about the the intersection of Delancey and Christie? One of the worst in the city; an enormous danger for cyclists and pedestrains.

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RT @railcarsecurity YES! House Approves Bills to Prohibit Transit Funds from Being Sent to the Chinese Communist Party https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407510

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RT @njtpa Share your experience getting around and how safety can be improved. Input will be used in the development of the Hudson County Action Plan.
DETAILS: https://app.maptionnaire.com/q/9ll9sd9cu3v4

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RT @streetsblognyc The NYPD is still writing 92 percent of its tickets for "jaywalking" to Blacks and Latinos.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/22/on-the-bias-nypds-walking-while-black-ticketing-continues

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