John Lloyd
@boyonabike62.bsky.social
History professor, transit and active transportation, housing, climate justice, Dodger fan.
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
“Special Redaction Project” = scrub any mention of Trump
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Special Redaction Project” = scrub any mention of Trump
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Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
I love this Stranger Things themed Ciclavia!
Anyone think these CicLAvia things are getting... I dunno... stranger?!? la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/c...
CicLAvia Melrose Avenue meets Stranger Things Season 5 - Open Thread - Streetsblog Los Angeles
Tens of thousands of people enjoyed a car-free Melrose Avenue and... Hey was that a demogorgon that just rode past me?
la.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I love this Stranger Things themed Ciclavia!
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Truth
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Truth
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The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
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"These findings highlight the divergence between what the candidate emphasized and what the media reported" hmmmmm
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"These findings highlight the divergence between what the candidate emphasized and what the media reported" hmmmmm
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Yes, and none of this “move on” bs, either. People must be held to account.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yes, and none of this “move on” bs, either. People must be held to account.
The reason potus would call anyone “treasonous” for reminding troops they have an oath-bound duty to obey only lawful orders under the constitution is that he thinks he is the state and troops owe him personal loyalty over the constitution.
You know who else does this? Kings, tyrants, dictators.
You know who else does this? Kings, tyrants, dictators.
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The reason potus would call anyone “treasonous” for reminding troops they have an oath-bound duty to obey only lawful orders under the constitution is that he thinks he is the state and troops owe him personal loyalty over the constitution.
You know who else does this? Kings, tyrants, dictators.
You know who else does this? Kings, tyrants, dictators.
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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When Trump was asked about the release of the Epstein files, he called one reporter "piggy" and said another was "being insubordinate."
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When Trump was asked about the release of the Epstein files, he called one reporter "piggy" and said another was "being insubordinate."
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
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being an urbanist is like touching the stove just to feel something again
Georgetown? Philadelphia? San Francisco?
Nope.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photo was taken 90 years ago *today* in the Yankee Hill neighborhood.
Today this is a surface parking lot.
Nope.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photo was taken 90 years ago *today* in the Yankee Hill neighborhood.
Today this is a surface parking lot.
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
being an urbanist is like touching the stove just to feel something again
Guys, need to compensate? The auto industry has just the thing for you!
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Guys, need to compensate? The auto industry has just the thing for you!
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?
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Was at car dealership today. Noticed something funny. The normal cars had door poppers and overwhelming screens. The $120,000 car had physical door handles and tons of buttons.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Was at car dealership today. Noticed something funny. The normal cars had door poppers and overwhelming screens. The $120,000 car had physical door handles and tons of buttons.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
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Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
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The Trump administration wants to do two unbelievably dumb things that would collectively devastate mass transit in America — and be *epically bad for drivers, too,* especially in red states. Broke down the (many) problems with nuking the mass transit account and taking away flex funding.
Breaking: Trump Admin Seeks To Decimate Federal Transit Funding — Streetsblog USA
"When you're talking about taking away money from transit, your proposal is flawed from the get-go," said one expert.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Trump administration wants to do two unbelievably dumb things that would collectively devastate mass transit in America — and be *epically bad for drivers, too,* especially in red states. Broke down the (many) problems with nuking the mass transit account and taking away flex funding.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
Are we safer yet?
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Are we safer yet?
Ditto the auto industry.
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ditto the auto industry.
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This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is why you need things like diverters, congestion pricing, paid parking in addition to transit, bike lanes, pedestrian/cycling zones and density IMO