Warren Wells, AICP
@warrenjwells.bsky.social
Policy & Planning Dir. @marinbike.org • UCLA Urban Planning • AICP Planner • Baltimore ➡️ LA ➡️ East Bay • 🚫🚗Car-free commuting since 2015 • Missing middle renter.
📍Berkeley, CA
📍Berkeley, CA
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Obviously I talk a lot about bike/ped safety.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
But something that is really crazy is how much less safe you *in a car* since 2010.
In spite of all the additional safety technology, vehicle occupants are less safe today than they were 15 years ago.
This whole saga is why local media is so important.
There needs to be someone who put this stuff into the public eye before clowns like these (tax cheats both!) are appointed to government!
There needs to be someone who put this stuff into the public eye before clowns like these (tax cheats both!) are appointed to government!
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This whole saga is why local media is so important.
There needs to be someone who put this stuff into the public eye before clowns like these (tax cheats both!) are appointed to government!
There needs to be someone who put this stuff into the public eye before clowns like these (tax cheats both!) are appointed to government!
Here's an interesting historical question:
What led to the process of de-partisanization of American newspapers from the 19th century (where most were partisan) to the beginning of the 20th century (when most were not)?
What led to the process of de-partisanization of American newspapers from the 19th century (where most were partisan) to the beginning of the 20th century (when most were not)?
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Here's an interesting historical question:
What led to the process of de-partisanization of American newspapers from the 19th century (where most were partisan) to the beginning of the 20th century (when most were not)?
What led to the process of de-partisanization of American newspapers from the 19th century (where most were partisan) to the beginning of the 20th century (when most were not)?
90 year old driver smashes a car into a coffee shop going 100 mph.
Another day in America.
Another day in America.
@nextdoorsv.bsky.social crazy accident in Los Gatos. But I’m thankful this Thanksgiving for my car and the ability to drive all over downtown Los Gatos. Look at all those beautiful parking spots!
losgatan.com/breaking-veh...
losgatan.com/breaking-veh...
UPDATED WITH CRASH VIDEO: Driver injured as car smashes into Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. on Thanksgiving | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California
A vehicle smashed through the front of popular Los Gatos cafe Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. on Thanksgiving night.
losgatan.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
90 year old driver smashes a car into a coffee shop going 100 mph.
Another day in America.
Another day in America.
Beautiful morning to do a bike ride in the East Bay Hills.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Beautiful morning to do a bike ride in the East Bay Hills.
I would like this 100 times if I could.
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I would like this 100 times if I could.
I love baking pies as a hobby.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I love baking pies as a hobby.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
But given the amount of work that goes into just one, it's amazing that you can buy one for $40.
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
"Ahh, the family is out of the house and work is done. Now for some time alone with my thoughts."
(Immediately turns on a podcast about transportation and land use)
(Immediately turns on a podcast about transportation and land use)
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Ahh, the family is out of the house and work is done. Now for some time alone with my thoughts."
(Immediately turns on a podcast about transportation and land use)
(Immediately turns on a podcast about transportation and land use)
Very grim stuff here. LA trying its hardest not to comply with Measure HLA.
First ever round of L.A. City Board of Public Works #MeasureHLA appeal decisions this week: board denies 6 of 8 appeals, postpones 1, half-approves 1. la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/b...
Board of Public Works Rejects Most, Not All, Appeals to Force City to Make Streets Safer While Doing Other Road Improvements - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The city keeps fighting to not do HLA improvements.
la.streetsblog.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Very grim stuff here. LA trying its hardest not to comply with Measure HLA.
Sounds as though Icaru$ has flown to close to the sun.
(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge ..
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sounds as though Icaru$ has flown to close to the sun.
My wife (and frequent editor) is suggesting I strike the word "alacrity" from a letter as being too much of a GRE word. I believe it captures what I want, and will be understood by most readers.
Who is right?
Who is right?
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My wife (and frequent editor) is suggesting I strike the word "alacrity" from a letter as being too much of a GRE word. I believe it captures what I want, and will be understood by most readers.
Who is right?
Who is right?
Broke: The 15 minute city
Woke: The 15 mph city
Woke: The 15 mph city
Rush hour traffic in Utrecht.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
Sound on 🔊 if you want to experience that rush hour IS possible without the constant, deafening noise of cars overpowering people talking.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Broke: The 15 minute city
Woke: The 15 mph city
Woke: The 15 mph city
Fall colors in the East Bay.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Fall colors in the East Bay.
Lol, my initial read of this was that people are spending too much time at work texting, and that's killing the economy.
Which sounds more plausible, honestly.
Which sounds more plausible, honestly.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lol, my initial read of this was that people are spending too much time at work texting, and that's killing the economy.
Which sounds more plausible, honestly.
Which sounds more plausible, honestly.
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Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not beating the “America invades countries to grab their oil” allegations
"The YIMBYs have entered the building!"
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The YIMBYs have entered the building!"
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
Absolutely 🔥 piece from the former director of Baltimore's board of zoning appeals.
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Absolutely 🔥 piece from the former director of Baltimore's board of zoning appeals.
Two-way stops on residential streets are a total menace.
I'm out walking the baby to sleep and just saw a neighbor (I recognize her car) run over a jogger and then proceed to blame him for being in the crosswalk.
I'm out walking the baby to sleep and just saw a neighbor (I recognize her car) run over a jogger and then proceed to blame him for being in the crosswalk.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Two-way stops on residential streets are a total menace.
I'm out walking the baby to sleep and just saw a neighbor (I recognize her car) run over a jogger and then proceed to blame him for being in the crosswalk.
I'm out walking the baby to sleep and just saw a neighbor (I recognize her car) run over a jogger and then proceed to blame him for being in the crosswalk.
Is it really too much to ask that @rideact.bsky.social not run their buses ahead of schedule?
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Is it really too much to ask that @rideact.bsky.social not run their buses ahead of schedule?
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
It might sound good, but it means that if you're on time, you miss your bus!
It's almost as if people are *somehow* already aware of their speed, and are affirmatively choosing to exceed the limit.
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report
Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's almost as if people are *somehow* already aware of their speed, and are affirmatively choosing to exceed the limit.
5 ebikes and a stroller for a 9-kid youth soccer class with a very normie crowd.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
5 ebikes and a stroller for a 9-kid youth soccer class with a very normie crowd.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
Ebikes and sense housing reduce VMT, folks.
"Adulting" in your 20s: hosting a dinner party with two other couples and getting drunk on wine
Adulting in your 30s: falling asleep in your 3-year-olds bed, waking up at 4 am to read the New Yorker for 30 minutes, falling asleep again on the couch to be woken by the cat barfing on the cushions
Adulting in your 30s: falling asleep in your 3-year-olds bed, waking up at 4 am to read the New Yorker for 30 minutes, falling asleep again on the couch to be woken by the cat barfing on the cushions
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Adulting" in your 20s: hosting a dinner party with two other couples and getting drunk on wine
Adulting in your 30s: falling asleep in your 3-year-olds bed, waking up at 4 am to read the New Yorker for 30 minutes, falling asleep again on the couch to be woken by the cat barfing on the cushions
Adulting in your 30s: falling asleep in your 3-year-olds bed, waking up at 4 am to read the New Yorker for 30 minutes, falling asleep again on the couch to be woken by the cat barfing on the cushions
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Huge victory for Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office. He stuck to his guns, spoke about affordability, proudly declared himself a Democratic Socialist, condemned genocide in Gaza, did not back down from calling Trump a “fascist,” and still got Trump to praise him, undermining months of GOP attacks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Huge victory for Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office. He stuck to his guns, spoke about affordability, proudly declared himself a Democratic Socialist, condemned genocide in Gaza, did not back down from calling Trump a “fascist,” and still got Trump to praise him, undermining months of GOP attacks.
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The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Bay Area is at risk of massive transit service cuts if we don't pass a 2026 regional funding measure.
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️
It cannot be overstated how disastrous cuts would be for our entire region.
Please read this thread for actions you can take to save Bay Area public transit. And share to spread the word! 🧵⬇️