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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Sep 9

josh kraft response: yea but my daddy owns patriots.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Sep 5

A Review: The Transit Guy's Review of The Inter-borough Express (IBX)
www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/a-review-t...

@thetransitguy.com and i collaborated on his review of the IBX. He wrote it, i just did a lil #exasperation on top.

A Review: The Transit Guy's Review of The Inter-borough Express (IBX)

Shining up the words and ideas of a great thinker and friend.

www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Aug 21

let’s start selling the idea.

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Aug 8

hot take: the MTA should ghost in the IBX onto all of its digital maps. (@queenslink too)

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Jun 4

Y’all I figured it out I figured out why Fulton Street doesn’t look as good as it could need more trees and a bike lane and no cars and frequent buses and thriving businesses and amazing people that’s all

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · May 23

what happened to us where traffic death is normal and expected and blamed but other death isn’t? why are we not enraged that thousands of people die every year-preventably-on our roads.

why isn’t the pursuit of arriving home safe the key to our system?

it’s money and power and it’s all made up.

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · May 20

this thing

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · May 20

i said what i said

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 19

play smart games win smart prizes

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 18

curious if any readers read this how i did.

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 18

There are four main reasons why @ndhapple.bsky.social's Momentum continues to be eminently readable, rereadable, and relevant.

Candor, personality, and voice.

Data relevance, not dependence.

Reader-centered narrative arc.

Reality-checked solutions.

This paper is as much style as substance.

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 17

happy to review something delightful, exasperatedly. cheers!

Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · Apr 17

Critics say! @samsklar.bsky.social offers both thoughts and notes for Momentum, plus there’s a Q&A about the process that led to it.

(Getting a review might be the most surreal part of this yet!)

— www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/exasperate...

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 17

this simply makes me want to run headfirst into a wall.

i don’t understand why we have 8.5 million people and we continue to elect the absolute dumbest of all of us.

Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · Apr 17

Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 17

happy to review something delightful, exasperatedly. cheers!

Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · Apr 17

Critics say! @samsklar.bsky.social offers both thoughts and notes for Momentum, plus there’s a Q&A about the process that led to it.

(Getting a review might be the most surreal part of this yet!)

— www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/exasperate...

Exasperated Recommendations: Momentum and Rail Electrification

Let's Go Do It: Nolan Hicks' brilliant, comprehensive policy proposal captures the essence of deep work with a flair for accessibility-no pun intended.

www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

i hope everyone knows this was meant as a joke obviously you rule. (thank you for your work @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social)

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

more more!

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

i love it so much

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

yea but have you considered he’s so unbelievably stupid and captured by bad actors.

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

bsky.app/profile/sams...

real *this* energy.

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Feb 20

open.substack.com/pub/sklar/p/...

Well, We've Got a New Dumbest Article I've Ever Read

Well, not Dumb so much as thinking you're too dumb to fall for the propaganda. It's just disingenuous.

open.substack.com

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

it’s not for lack of ideas but this type of back-into-the-point editorializing hurts so much more than saying nothing at all. i get the games app has a little hustle as a reporting machine, but when did it start treating its readers like idiots?

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Apr 10

how does the paper of record continue to sound like a broken one? seriously? is there no one in the editor bullpen that has any idea how the built environment exists, let alone works?

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Mar 24

huge W at the Maxjmum New York organizing session today! @danielgolliher.bsky.social and @nycpolitics101.bsky.social really inspired everyone at the event and i could feel @abundanceny.bsky.social VIBES coursing through everyone who gave 2 hours on a sunday to do #onmorething

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Mar 17

#publictransit #leadership #communicationstrategy #innovation #communityengagement

Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Mar 17

💡 The Challenges of Congestion Pricing: here's a new thing, how does it work, and how do we talk about it?
💡 Influencing Communication as a New Employee: what can I do?

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Mar 17

9️⃣ Continuous Improvement in Transit Communication: how can BART (and the rest of us) do it better?
🔟 Enhancing Communication in Transit Systems: to what end?
💡 Community Engagement and Listening Tours: how can we test what we know to be true?

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Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures @samsklar.bsky.social · Mar 17

5️⃣ User-Centric Communication in Transit: who is she talking to?
6️⃣ Challenges in Transit Communication: why is it so hard?
7️⃣ Learning from Global Transit Systems: who's doing it better?
8️⃣ The Importance of Clear Communication: who cares?

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