Logan Millsap
@loganmillsap.bsky.social
I'm a big fan of people, history, cities, bicycles, transit, and giving a damn.
City Councilmember in Springville, Utah
(he/him)
City Councilmember in Springville, Utah
(he/him)
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Logan Millsap
@loganmillsap.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Here's a few favorite cargo haul memories in no particular order:
• La-Z-Boy recliner when we moved house via bike.
• 3 kayaks and my youngest sibling.
• ~300 pounds of scrap metal, including 9 junk bikes.
• A ~400-pound headstone out of the mountains for my sister's grave.
#LessCarMoreGo
• La-Z-Boy recliner when we moved house via bike.
• 3 kayaks and my youngest sibling.
• ~300 pounds of scrap metal, including 9 junk bikes.
• A ~400-pound headstone out of the mountains for my sister's grave.
#LessCarMoreGo
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steam heated waiting benches! hear that, New York and DC?
Real transit stations are great places. My brother helps maintain this one in Utica, NY.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
steam heated waiting benches! hear that, New York and DC?
Real transit stations are great places. My brother helps maintain this one in Utica, NY.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Real transit stations are great places. My brother helps maintain this one in Utica, NY.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
It sees 8 daily Amtrak trains, plus Adirondack R.R. heritage trains. It has a barber shop, a restaurant, steam-heated waiting benches, office spaces, a gift shop, & hosts the weekly farmer's market year-round.
Strong Towns has spent (wasted?) a lot of energy this year seemingly picking fights with YIMBYs and it's alienated a lot of people.
Which is a shame, because I really like ST and think their bottom-up focus & emphasis on finance are crucial and strengthen the YIMBY coalition if they aren't at odds.
Which is a shame, because I really like ST and think their bottom-up focus & emphasis on finance are crucial and strengthen the YIMBY coalition if they aren't at odds.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Strong Towns has spent (wasted?) a lot of energy this year seemingly picking fights with YIMBYs and it's alienated a lot of people.
Which is a shame, because I really like ST and think their bottom-up focus & emphasis on finance are crucial and strengthen the YIMBY coalition if they aren't at odds.
Which is a shame, because I really like ST and think their bottom-up focus & emphasis on finance are crucial and strengthen the YIMBY coalition if they aren't at odds.
These Americans understood they were part of a bold new experiment not just for themselves and their posterity but for the benefit of all mankind.
Today's selfish "America First" crap is so fundamentally un-American.
Today's selfish "America First" crap is so fundamentally un-American.
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
These Americans understood they were part of a bold new experiment not just for themselves and their posterity but for the benefit of all mankind.
Today's selfish "America First" crap is so fundamentally un-American.
Today's selfish "America First" crap is so fundamentally un-American.
This feels like a "tell me you don't ride transit without telling me" response from the city engineer, et al. A quarter mile is far enough to make you miss your train.
Transit needs to be adjacent to the station if we want it to function like the nice stations people enjoy elsewhere in the world.
Transit needs to be adjacent to the station if we want it to function like the nice stations people enjoy elsewhere in the world.
The walk from Union Station to the bus bays is about a quarter of a mile, but city leaders don't think that'll be a problem.
www.kuer.org/business-eco...
www.kuer.org/business-eco...
Ogden wants to breathe life back into Union Station, and it needs UTA’s help
Bringing trains back is part of the mayor’s vision to highlight a historic gem. The city is working with the Utah Transit Authority to figure out logistics.
www.kuer.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This feels like a "tell me you don't ride transit without telling me" response from the city engineer, et al. A quarter mile is far enough to make you miss your train.
Transit needs to be adjacent to the station if we want it to function like the nice stations people enjoy elsewhere in the world.
Transit needs to be adjacent to the station if we want it to function like the nice stations people enjoy elsewhere in the world.
"'People ended up in the box just for asking the guards for anything. I saw a guy who was put in it for an entire day.'
"...people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. 'They were taken to the box and punished for trying to help me.'"
"...people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. 'They were taken to the box and punished for trying to help me.'"
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"'People ended up in the box just for asking the guards for anything. I saw a guy who was put in it for an entire day.'
"...people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. 'They were taken to the box and punished for trying to help me.'"
"...people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. 'They were taken to the box and punished for trying to help me.'"
Probably this guy:
(anyone smarter than me have real answers for Ben?)
(anyone smarter than me have real answers for Ben?)
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Probably this guy:
(anyone smarter than me have real answers for Ben?)
(anyone smarter than me have real answers for Ben?)
"...there was NOTHING to suggest that taking a stand this day would do something... the biggest lesson of the boycott is that we will not know what will work—you have to take step after step"
A short 🧵 on the Montgomery bus boycott and how the myth obscures the real work and lessons we can learn.
A short 🧵 on the Montgomery bus boycott and how the myth obscures the real work and lessons we can learn.
Montgomery's activists worried all weekend whether people would do it But people did! It was feeling their power after the successful first day that the community decided to continue the 1-day boycott indefinitely. But it took deep sacrifice. Parks lost her job. The Kings home was bombed.
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"...there was NOTHING to suggest that taking a stand this day would do something... the biggest lesson of the boycott is that we will not know what will work—you have to take step after step"
A short 🧵 on the Montgomery bus boycott and how the myth obscures the real work and lessons we can learn.
A short 🧵 on the Montgomery bus boycott and how the myth obscures the real work and lessons we can learn.
We found Mari Lwyd at Springville's Holiday Festival last night. My first time encountering this Welsh custom.
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We found Mari Lwyd at Springville's Holiday Festival last night. My first time encountering this Welsh custom.
These losers.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
GOP leaders have been in talks with labor unions to put a repeal of HB267, the so-called "union busting" bill, on the agenda for Tuesday's special session.
With a referendum looming in 2026, Republicans fear backlash if it stays on the ballot.
Story: dub.sh/kEfsVYP
With a referendum looming in 2026, Republicans fear backlash if it stays on the ballot.
Story: dub.sh/kEfsVYP
Utah Legislature eyes HB267 repeal in special session
Utah Legislature negotiates with unions to repeal HB267, the GOP-backed law curbing public-sector bargaining; repeal could appear on Tuesday’s special-session agenda.
dub.sh
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
These losers.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
They don't actually care what the public wants, they just know they've created an electoral mess for themselves in 2026. So, they'll repeal to dodge accountability, but their union-busting bill will return.
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this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Counterpoint:
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court lacks the authority to change the text of the Constitution.
So either it affirms the text or (further, and more completely) nukes its authority as Constitutional arbiter.
There’s no third option. Art III (courts) can’t just usurp Art V (amendments).
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter
Not so different from SLC, where a handful of rich, powerful a*holes convinced their buddies in the state legislature to strip the city of control over city-owned streets.
Denver scaled back a street safety project after pushback from the family of Colorado's wealthiest man.
While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
While the city told the public that construction was the hold up, @spencersoicher.bsky.social obtained internal city emails showing the issue was "high level" community concerns.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Not so different from SLC, where a handful of rich, powerful a*holes convinced their buddies in the state legislature to strip the city of control over city-owned streets.
This is so evil.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This is so evil.
Nice to see High Valley Transit growing year over year
The top 5 U.S. transit agencies (under 3m trips) by ridership growth are:
1. Virginia Railway Express ⬆️ 42%
2. @smarttrain.bsky.social ⬆️ 36%
3. Delaware County Transit ⬆️ 35%
4. High Valley Transit ⬆️ 28%
5. Billings MET Transit ⬆️ 28%
#TransitWrapped2025 is fall 2025 to fall 2024.
1. Virginia Railway Express ⬆️ 42%
2. @smarttrain.bsky.social ⬆️ 36%
3. Delaware County Transit ⬆️ 35%
4. High Valley Transit ⬆️ 28%
5. Billings MET Transit ⬆️ 28%
#TransitWrapped2025 is fall 2025 to fall 2024.
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Nice to see High Valley Transit growing year over year
Delighted to hear these compliments to my city on yesterday's episode of @citycastsaltlake.bsky.social "...a beautiful excuse to go to Springville; *cute* town in Utah County, there's a speakeasy in Springville—lots going on in Springville!"
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Delighted to hear these compliments to my city on yesterday's episode of @citycastsaltlake.bsky.social "...a beautiful excuse to go to Springville; *cute* town in Utah County, there's a speakeasy in Springville—lots going on in Springville!"
The ONE good thing AVs offer over human drivers is they actually follow traffic laws. But people dislike following traffic laws, so AV companies are making their machines more dangerous.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The ONE good thing AVs offer over human drivers is they actually follow traffic laws. But people dislike following traffic laws, so AV companies are making their machines more dangerous.
This is good news for California and for Utah
Something to be thankful for!
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is good news for California and for Utah
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that's right!
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
Further, steeper, greener: Implications from an electric bicycle mode choice model
Electric bicycles are transforming the active mobility landscape, potentially increasing active mode uptake and delivering environmental and health benefits. This study examines electric bicycle mo...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
that's right!
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
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A grimly fascinating chapter of history. At Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, renowned architects constructed full-scale replicas of German & Japanese homes so the military could test which combinations of ordnance would annihilate them most efficiently. A pure, clinical science of killing. Chilling!
One day, when the book is done, I'm going to write something about 3-D models and the Asia-Pacific war
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A grimly fascinating chapter of history. At Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, renowned architects constructed full-scale replicas of German & Japanese homes so the military could test which combinations of ordnance would annihilate them most efficiently. A pure, clinical science of killing. Chilling!
Hey, @elevateutahpac.bsky.social, signature gatherers can't do their work on USPS property, right? Some of the legislature's pro-gerrymandering crews have been soliciting people in the doorways of my local post office.
Can anything be done about that (besides simply telling them to go elsewhere)?
Can anything be done about that (besides simply telling them to go elsewhere)?
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey, @elevateutahpac.bsky.social, signature gatherers can't do their work on USPS property, right? Some of the legislature's pro-gerrymandering crews have been soliciting people in the doorways of my local post office.
Can anything be done about that (besides simply telling them to go elsewhere)?
Can anything be done about that (besides simply telling them to go elsewhere)?
The best part of The Power Broker was when he said "IT'S POWER BROKERIN' TIME" and broke power all over those guys
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The best part of The Power Broker was when he said "IT'S POWER BROKERIN' TIME" and broke power all over those guys
A friend asked me, "Why can't we build a pipeline from the ocean to help the Great Salt Lake?"
It would cost $100 billion to build, ~$1B annually to operate, would generate massive CO2 emissions, and can only meet ⅓ of the lake's water needs even if it ran all year round (which it likely couldn't).
It would cost $100 billion to build, ~$1B annually to operate, would generate massive CO2 emissions, and can only meet ⅓ of the lake's water needs even if it ran all year round (which it likely couldn't).
A few readers have brought up the idea of pumping Pacific Ocean water to the Great Salt Lake in response to our recent GSL coverage.
You can read this 2023 story for all the details, but here’s a quick thread on what experts say about the feasibility of a Great Salt Lake pipeline:
You can read this 2023 story for all the details, but here’s a quick thread on what experts say about the feasibility of a Great Salt Lake pipeline:
Experts say pumping ocean water to the Great Salt Lake would cost a lot but help very little
Moving billions of gallons of water from sea level up 4,200 feet to the Rockies is no simple feat.
www.sltrib.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A friend asked me, "Why can't we build a pipeline from the ocean to help the Great Salt Lake?"
It would cost $100 billion to build, ~$1B annually to operate, would generate massive CO2 emissions, and can only meet ⅓ of the lake's water needs even if it ran all year round (which it likely couldn't).
It would cost $100 billion to build, ~$1B annually to operate, would generate massive CO2 emissions, and can only meet ⅓ of the lake's water needs even if it ran all year round (which it likely couldn't).
I named my fists Hayao and Miyazaki because they're opposed to bloodshed and would rather cook delicious food.
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I named my fists Hayao and Miyazaki because they're opposed to bloodshed and would rather cook delicious food.
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving