Author | Lightnews

Anson Stewart

Anson Stewart

@ansonstewart.com

2.4K followers 760 following 200 posts

Analysis + Research, @conveyal.com | Deputy Director, MIT Transit Lab | Massachusetts / California | Transportation PhD 🚲🚌

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

“At least seven people were detained by agents during the mid-morning raid, including Jacqueline Lopez and Elianne Bahena, Rodriguez’s chief of staff, who is an elected member of the Ogden (10th) District Police Council. Both are U.S. citizens, Rodriguez said.”

Lawless is the correct word rn.

Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says

“These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said.

Reposted by Anson Stewart

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d

I reread this every so often and I'm struck every time by how great it is unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...

The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth

by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and natur...

unevenearth.org

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 3d

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Vallery Lancey @isthelaststop.bsky.social · 3d

It’s great to see misguided mandates on public transit emissions go from a policy wonk topic, to getting real attention.

$$$ goes further getting more people on transit than switching to costly and unreliable battery-only buses.

missionlocal.org/2025/10/sfmt...

Muni wants exemption from CA pollution rules. It's a no-brainer.

SFMTA plans to beg relief from the state's zero-emissions mandate. It’d be crazy not to ask. It’d be crazier for the state to say no.

missionlocal.org

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Mahesh Somashekhar @msoma.bsky.social · 4d

The Data Rescue Project is seeking volunteers to help it maintain HIFLD Open, which provides disaster preparedness data and geospatial resources that the U.S. government has discontinued access to. Please help them out! For more, see: www.datarescueproject.org/email/81e2e1...

DRP Rescuers Needed: Help with HIFLD

HIFLD Open, a one-stop shop for public, geospatial infrastructure data for the US, was discontinued on Aug 26, 2025. While most of the datasets hosted there are still available from the source agencie...

www.datarescueproject.org

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 4d

"Democratic-led states should try to stem the bleeding. Make it easier to construct housing for the people who want to stay, who like where they are."

I agree – and consider transportation as well!

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 4d

I say we should grapple more with the problem of bloated pickup trucks.

Part of the appeal is economic (taking advantage of huge unpriced externalities in terms of pollution and safety) and part is cultural (see petromasculinity)

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 4d

"Part of the allure of the South as a cultural object... is not simply that things might be cheaper but that you have an opportunity... to dominate other people. You can have a big compound in the middle of Texas and drive a gigantic vehicle and use all the resources you’d like."

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 4d

"There has emerged an almost generic national rural culture. It’s a certain kind of country music. It’s a certain kind of pickup truck. You see it if you go to rural NH, if you go to rural MT, if you go to rural IL. It’s very much rooted in a franchised version of a white Southern rurality."

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 4d

Some 🔥 insights into transportation and housing in this conversation.

People moving to the South for cost-of-living – "on the West Coast and in the Northeast, the housing markets are calcified" and "the friction of trying to support a family life in some of those places" – and cultural reasons.

Mark Anslem @epluribusmarcus.bsky.social · 4d

This is such a good conversation between @jamellebouie.net, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, and @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social.

FULL EPISODE: ‘The Opinions’ Podcast: There Is No Trump Without the South: youtu.be/dqpJKPCY64Y?...

🎥: @nytimesoped.bsky.social

Reposted by Anson Stewart

MetroReasons @metroreasons.thepit.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Good job, y'all, keep it up. #nokings is busy enough you've got #WMATA station staff having to report crowding conditions back to the MICC.

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 5d

People standing in inflatable costumes

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5d

CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by

Reposted by Anson Stewart

John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago - no kings

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · 5d

No kings. More trains.

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 5d

People still pouring in to the Boston #NoKings rally. MBTA Red Line inbound is packed even after 1:30.

No Kings. More Trains.

Standing room only in a subway car

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · 5d

No kings. More trains.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

So many people heading to the #NoKings protest in Chicago that it’s standing room only on the train. In fact, it’s so packed we can’t get on this one.

Crowd trying to get on cta train for no kings protest.

People waiting for cta train in chicago. Tee shirts read’ immigrants make America great’

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Cross-laminated & Skinned her 👻 🦇 🎃 @nickhasthoughts.com · 5d

Hell yeah 🚫👑🚫

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

Standing room only on the Green Line in Washington, DC as protestors head to the “No Kings” protest.

Person behind me: “The trains weren’t even this packed for the Beyoncé concert”

The entire train is full as more people pack on. Follow this thread for updates!

People pack onto a green line train in DC

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago’s Grant Park packed for #NoKings. Photo: @aaroncynic.bsky.social

A large crowd gathered in Chicagos Grant Park

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 6d

Birthplace of American liberty

Lexington Alarm! @lexingtonalarm.bsky.social · 6d

Thousands turnout in Lexington this morning! NoKings!
#nokings #nokingsLexington

Anson Stewart @ansonstewart.com · 6d

Evergreen post: bad #busbunching on the MBTA Rt 1 bus!

Just miss the two buses that are supposed to come every 8 minutes? Here's a 26 minute wait for the next bunch (of four!)!

🚍🚍 😭 🚍🚍🚍🚍

Screenshot of the MBTA Go app showing arrivals at 77 Massachusetts Ave in 26, 28, 30, and 33 min

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Shua Sanchez @shuasanchez.bsky.social · 8d

Very excited that my new campaign to regulate autonomous vehicles got covered by WIRED! We are pushing to make our roads safe for everyone and hold companies accountable when their tech causes crashes and deaths

WIRED @wired.com · 9d

A Tesla Takedown alum has launched a campaign for stricter regulation of autonomous vehicles in the US.

A New Road Safety Group Targets Self-Driving Cars

A Tesla Takedown alum has launched a campaign for stricter regulation of autonomous vehicles in the US.

Reposted by Anson Stewart

Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 10d

Guessing that was the first 8-6-2 DP in quite a long time.

Baseball’s gotta baseball.

Reposted by Anson Stewart

local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 10d

Baseball really is the best sport because all it takes is one little bobble and suddenly a game built on routine and order devolves into panic and chaos

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee