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· Sep 5
Map of green space in Balboa Park sacrificed to cars, including parking, freeways and roads shown in yellow. Does not include the significant amount of the remaining park space devoted to buildings, golf course or landfill.
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
#sandiego #balboapark #safestreets
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if anything this is a good excuse to extend sidewalks and reduce the amount of space cars have which actually makes traffic better (induced demand or w/e), like i guess here there's no person involved but idk would you make this complaint about someone using a mobility device
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
if anything this is a good excuse to extend sidewalks and reduce the amount of space cars have which actually makes traffic better (induced demand or w/e), like i guess here there's no person involved but idk would you make this complaint about someone using a mobility device
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Yet another study finding that building more housing, even “luxury” condos, makes housing more affordable overall. Left-NIMBYs are so frustrating because we share the same goal of more affordable housing, but their policies make housing less affordable.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yet another study finding that building more housing, even “luxury” condos, makes housing more affordable overall. Left-NIMBYs are so frustrating because we share the same goal of more affordable housing, but their policies make housing less affordable.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o... via @usa.streetsblog.org
OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working — Streetsblog USA
As the Vision Zero Network turns 10, it's time to look at what works and what is achievable (a lot!).
usa.streetsblog.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
OPINION: Where Cities are Investing, Vision Zero is Working - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o... via @usa.streetsblog.org
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When one of the country's largest cities has to restrict people from visiting a thriving market, it’s proof that we have drastically under-allocated space for human life and over-allocated it for cars.
City officials surprised vendors at Chicago’s most popular holiday market by imposing new crowd restrictions just hours before it opened last Friday.
City officials impose crowd restrictions on Christkindlmarket, creating uncertainty for vendors
chicago.suntimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When one of the country's largest cities has to restrict people from visiting a thriving market, it’s proof that we have drastically under-allocated space for human life and over-allocated it for cars.
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San Diego Trolley vibes
am I doing this right?
am I doing this right?
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
San Diego Trolley vibes
am I doing this right?
am I doing this right?
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I just found out that the bus system for San Diego north county has phone charging outlets. Cool
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I just found out that the bus system for San Diego north county has phone charging outlets. Cool
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Tragic result of a 5-lane road with multi-family residential, bus route, sharrows, 35 mph posted speed limit. This is one of the few non-conventional segments of the State Highway System owned / operated by Caltrans all of which are in Escondido, Coronado, or unincorporated County.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tragic result of a 5-lane road with multi-family residential, bus route, sharrows, 35 mph posted speed limit. This is one of the few non-conventional segments of the State Highway System owned / operated by Caltrans all of which are in Escondido, Coronado, or unincorporated County.
Notice the graphic for "cities are making us sick" has a road with cars, front and center.
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Notice the graphic for "cities are making us sick" has a road with cars, front and center.
Never ceases to amaze, that California, a state otherwise famous for safetyism allows by policy the streets to be an absolute bloodbath.
It's easy to kill and keep killing with a car in California.
"Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th."
"Drunk and drugged driving is now so common in car-centric California that drivers routinely rack up four, five, six DUIs. One woman in Fresno just got her 16th."
15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.
calmatters.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never ceases to amaze, that California, a state otherwise famous for safetyism allows by policy the streets to be an absolute bloodbath.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In totally other news, don't buy things today just because they are on sale. But if you are in the market for light up bike pedals I'm happy with these one year later. In particular the battery life has been quite good.
redshiftsports.com/collections/...
redshiftsports.com/collections/...
Arclight Pedals
The Arclight Pedals are the ultimate bike safety upgrade. Now available in 3 versions: Arclight PRO Flat, Arclight City (the original pedal for commuting), and the Arclight PRO Clipless (SPD compatibl...
redshiftsports.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In totally other news, don't buy things today just because they are on sale. But if you are in the market for light up bike pedals I'm happy with these one year later. In particular the battery life has been quite good.
redshiftsports.com/collections/...
redshiftsports.com/collections/...
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One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the biggest barriers to implementing pro-housing policy is the folk wisdom that building new market rate/mixed-income housing increases rents even though study after study shows that the opposite is the case:
building more housing lowers rents
building more housing lowers rents
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Good morning from the Central Parkway Bike Lane. It's time to extend and connect it to Eggleston Ave shared use path
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Good morning from the Central Parkway Bike Lane. It's time to extend and connect it to Eggleston Ave shared use path
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fun fact a lot of people did not want petrol vehicles on the road when they were introduced over a hundred years ago! We can choose better tech (e-bikes and other micro mobility, buses, trains, etc)!
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
fun fact a lot of people did not want petrol vehicles on the road when they were introduced over a hundred years ago! We can choose better tech (e-bikes and other micro mobility, buses, trains, etc)!
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Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
She’s on a Mission to Make the World More Bike-Friendly
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story.
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘.
NYTimes 🎁 article
@modacitylife.com
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The motoring lobby, via their mouthpieces, have obviously landed on public safety as their latest crassly disingenuous argument. Pulling projects like DART South West and the Luas Finglas extension in favour of pandering to private vehicles will not improve road safety, for God’s sake.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The motoring lobby, via their mouthpieces, have obviously landed on public safety as their latest crassly disingenuous argument. Pulling projects like DART South West and the Luas Finglas extension in favour of pandering to private vehicles will not improve road safety, for God’s sake.
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Proof, if proof be needed, that building networks of separated cycle infrastructure leads to more people cycling more often.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Proof, if proof be needed, that building networks of separated cycle infrastructure leads to more people cycling more often.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is how the Netherlands handles road closures - cars have to divert (in one direction) but families on bikes are provided with a temporary cycleway during the works
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is how the Netherlands handles road closures - cars have to divert (in one direction) but families on bikes are provided with a temporary cycleway during the works
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Bike lane under the Van Horne overpass on boulevard St-Laurent is up to 1,186,537 bike trips in 2025.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bike lane under the Van Horne overpass on boulevard St-Laurent is up to 1,186,537 bike trips in 2025.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
1,245 so far today at 3:40 pm.
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
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Person driving a Prius runs a red on Florida St makina a right turn right in front of the 215, two cars blocking the bus lane in front of The Lafayette, and a person in a car running a red at 30th to make a left in front of the 215. I’m so glad someone else is doing the driving. So much stupid.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Person driving a Prius runs a red on Florida St makina a right turn right in front of the 215, two cars blocking the bus lane in front of The Lafayette, and a person in a car running a red at 30th to make a left in front of the 215. I’m so glad someone else is doing the driving. So much stupid.
💯, San Diego Trolley Operators have to do special training to anticipate drivers cutting them off making illegal turns across the tracks right in front of the train 🤦♂️
youtu.be/Vb6kJeM5IxE
youtu.be/Vb6kJeM5IxE
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
💯, San Diego Trolley Operators have to do special training to anticipate drivers cutting them off making illegal turns across the tracks right in front of the train 🤦♂️
youtu.be/Vb6kJeM5IxE
youtu.be/Vb6kJeM5IxE
Can't help but wonder how much this contributes to road rage against bicyclists and petty resentment against bike lanes.
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Can't help but wonder how much this contributes to road rage against bicyclists and petty resentment against bike lanes.
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This is why I am curious why car ownership doesn't come up in the cost of living affordability conversations.
It's not just housing and groceries! 😬
My theory is that the background economic misery is driven by car dependency, and subconscious knowledge it's a dangerous scam.
It's not just housing and groceries! 😬
My theory is that the background economic misery is driven by car dependency, and subconscious knowledge it's a dangerous scam.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is why I am curious why car ownership doesn't come up in the cost of living affordability conversations.
It's not just housing and groceries! 😬
My theory is that the background economic misery is driven by car dependency, and subconscious knowledge it's a dangerous scam.
It's not just housing and groceries! 😬
My theory is that the background economic misery is driven by car dependency, and subconscious knowledge it's a dangerous scam.
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I’m considering going car-free again next year; I paid $20K for my last car write out of my checking account and have decided never to own a car worth more than 5% of my net worth. (I think it’s a good rule!)
setting aside deranged examples like $110K trucks financed over seven years at 10.6%
i don’t care how rich i ever get, my personal pain threshold for vehicles is extremely low
like, i cannot imagine ever leasing, ever. or buying any luxury branded or high-end trims vehicle
i don’t care how rich i ever get, my personal pain threshold for vehicles is extremely low
like, i cannot imagine ever leasing, ever. or buying any luxury branded or high-end trims vehicle
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m considering going car-free again next year; I paid $20K for my last car write out of my checking account and have decided never to own a car worth more than 5% of my net worth. (I think it’s a good rule!)