Michael Schneider
@michaelschneider.com
tali mika sofi’s dad, Kat’s husband, LA native. Urbanist. Founder @streetsforall.org
Everyone complains about driving in LA — the traffic, the parking challenges.
For any trip under 5 miles (66% of trips each day), it’s the slowest, least efficient, least convenient, least joyful mode of transportation possible.
For any trip under 5 miles (66% of trips each day), it’s the slowest, least efficient, least convenient, least joyful mode of transportation possible.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Everyone complains about driving in LA — the traffic, the parking challenges.
For any trip under 5 miles (66% of trips each day), it’s the slowest, least efficient, least convenient, least joyful mode of transportation possible.
For any trip under 5 miles (66% of trips each day), it’s the slowest, least efficient, least convenient, least joyful mode of transportation possible.
Reposted by Michael Schneider
An illuminating, educational, and frequently hilarious evening at Dynasty Typewriter for @thewaroncars.bsky.social L.A. book tour event! Thank you @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social @billwearsties.bsky.social @hugoforcd13.bsky.social and @michaelschneider.com!
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
An illuminating, educational, and frequently hilarious evening at Dynasty Typewriter for @thewaroncars.bsky.social L.A. book tour event! Thank you @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social @billwearsties.bsky.social @hugoforcd13.bsky.social and @michaelschneider.com!
I got inspired by my experience today picking up groceries at Whole Foods — and motivated to write this by the electric Hummer that pulled in next to me as I was leaving.
Some thoughts on picking up groceries using a bicycle:
michaelschneider.medium.com/picking-up-g...
Some thoughts on picking up groceries using a bicycle:
michaelschneider.medium.com/picking-up-g...
Picking up groceries on a bicycle
When I started in the advocacy world, a common retort to putting in bike lanes and to biking in general was “but what about picking up…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I got inspired by my experience today picking up groceries at Whole Foods — and motivated to write this by the electric Hummer that pulled in next to me as I was leaving.
Some thoughts on picking up groceries using a bicycle:
michaelschneider.medium.com/picking-up-g...
Some thoughts on picking up groceries using a bicycle:
michaelschneider.medium.com/picking-up-g...
No, you don’t need a car to pick up groceries. You just think you do.
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No, you don’t need a car to pick up groceries. You just think you do.
Apparently Whole Foods has never heard of someone picking up groceries on a bicycle
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Apparently Whole Foods has never heard of someone picking up groceries on a bicycle
The city attorney @hydeefeldsteinsoto.bsky.social is going to singlehandedly bankrupt the city
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The city attorney @hydeefeldsteinsoto.bsky.social is going to singlehandedly bankrupt the city
Biked to Union Station for a @metrolosangeles.bsky.social sustainability council meeting. Despite the rain I’m nearly completely dry thanks to my @cleverhood.bsky.social
You can get your @streetsforall.org branded Cleverhood here:
www.streetsforall.org/merch/rover
You can get your @streetsforall.org branded Cleverhood here:
www.streetsforall.org/merch/rover
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Biked to Union Station for a @metrolosangeles.bsky.social sustainability council meeting. Despite the rain I’m nearly completely dry thanks to my @cleverhood.bsky.social
You can get your @streetsforall.org branded Cleverhood here:
www.streetsforall.org/merch/rover
You can get your @streetsforall.org branded Cleverhood here:
www.streetsforall.org/merch/rover
Help I’m being chased by two crazy girls on Fairfax
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Help I’m being chased by two crazy girls on Fairfax
Councilwoman Traci Park held a Venice town hall yesterday; here’s her joking about putting “spike strips” to deter people riding bikes in Venice. She then said that she “wasn’t kidding”
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Councilwoman Traci Park held a Venice town hall yesterday; here’s her joking about putting “spike strips” to deter people riding bikes in Venice. She then said that she “wasn’t kidding”
I wrote something about the current state of L.A. infrastructure, politics, budget, and how to give Angelenos the world class city they deserve:
michaelschneider.medium.com/los-angeles-...
michaelschneider.medium.com/los-angeles-...
Los Angeles — a broke and broken city
Back in 2019, when I started Streets For All, the biggest barrier to getting things like bike and bus lanes in L.A. was a lack of…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote something about the current state of L.A. infrastructure, politics, budget, and how to give Angelenos the world class city they deserve:
michaelschneider.medium.com/los-angeles-...
michaelschneider.medium.com/los-angeles-...
Last week I went to San Francisco and Sacramento for work. Thanks @mobilityforwho.bsky.social for putting together a fun video featuring my very multimodal trip: biking my @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social to the airport and putting it in the overhead bin, using BART @sfbayferry.com and @amtrak.com!
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Last week I went to San Francisco and Sacramento for work. Thanks @mobilityforwho.bsky.social for putting together a fun video featuring my very multimodal trip: biking my @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social to the airport and putting it in the overhead bin, using BART @sfbayferry.com and @amtrak.com!
Even by LA standards, this project is egregious, and undercuts the billions @metrolosangeles.bsky.social has spent on improving transit to the airport.
We never learn; amazing that right now the city is moving full steam ahead on a project their own EIR says will make traffic worse!
We never learn; amazing that right now the city is moving full steam ahead on a project their own EIR says will make traffic worse!
The city is about to spend $2B+ to make traffic *worse* at LAX. We could do so much with that money, but instead we’re about to light it on fire with a freeway-style interchange in front of the airport, undercutting our transit investments.
Take action:
mailchi.mp/streetsforal...
Take action:
mailchi.mp/streetsforal...
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Even by LA standards, this project is egregious, and undercuts the billions @metrolosangeles.bsky.social has spent on improving transit to the airport.
We never learn; amazing that right now the city is moving full steam ahead on a project their own EIR says will make traffic worse!
We never learn; amazing that right now the city is moving full steam ahead on a project their own EIR says will make traffic worse!
This inversion layer is getting old / gross
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This inversion layer is getting old / gross
What exactly am I supposed to do with this information?
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What exactly am I supposed to do with this information?
For the one on the left there is limitless funding and political support to expand and improve.
The one on the right is running on 1920s technology, gasping for basic funding, with little political support.
Our country’s transportation priorities are backwards.
The one on the right is running on 1920s technology, gasping for basic funding, with little political support.
Our country’s transportation priorities are backwards.
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
For the one on the left there is limitless funding and political support to expand and improve.
The one on the right is running on 1920s technology, gasping for basic funding, with little political support.
Our country’s transportation priorities are backwards.
The one on the right is running on 1920s technology, gasping for basic funding, with little political support.
Our country’s transportation priorities are backwards.
No Kings, Studio City
October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No Kings, Studio City
Rare water side landing at LAX over the ghost town of Surfridge.
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Rare water side landing at LAX over the ghost town of Surfridge.
The GDP per capita of Portugal is about 1/3 that of the US.
Yet they have infrastructure like this — high speed rail — that costs 1/10th per mile compared to the US.
The life expectancy is 4 years longer.
And we’re supposed to be the wealthier country. @thetransitguy.com
Yet they have infrastructure like this — high speed rail — that costs 1/10th per mile compared to the US.
The life expectancy is 4 years longer.
And we’re supposed to be the wealthier country. @thetransitguy.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The GDP per capita of Portugal is about 1/3 that of the US.
Yet they have infrastructure like this — high speed rail — that costs 1/10th per mile compared to the US.
The life expectancy is 4 years longer.
And we’re supposed to be the wealthier country. @thetransitguy.com
Yet they have infrastructure like this — high speed rail — that costs 1/10th per mile compared to the US.
The life expectancy is 4 years longer.
And we’re supposed to be the wealthier country. @thetransitguy.com
Reposted by Michael Schneider
I spoke with Michael Schneider from Streets for All (@streetsforall.org) about his journey from being forced to live-car free in Los Angeles, embracing that lifestyle, and ultimately become an activist fighting for safe streets for walking and cycling.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Michael Schneider: Advocating for Pedestrian and Bicycle-Friendly Streets in Los Angeles While Living Car-Free
Podcast Episode · City Dweller · 10/10/2025 · 28m
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October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I spoke with Michael Schneider from Streets for All (@streetsforall.org) about his journey from being forced to live-car free in Los Angeles, embracing that lifestyle, and ultimately become an activist fighting for safe streets for walking and cycling.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
SB-79 is now law! Reading @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s signing letter, I have hope for the future. This is the beginning of making California affordable again, while achieving our climate goals and making our transit investments worth it.
We did it @scottwiener.bsky.social @mateosfo.bsky.social !
We did it @scottwiener.bsky.social @mateosfo.bsky.social !
BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
SB-79 is now law! Reading @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s signing letter, I have hope for the future. This is the beginning of making California affordable again, while achieving our climate goals and making our transit investments worth it.
We did it @scottwiener.bsky.social @mateosfo.bsky.social !
We did it @scottwiener.bsky.social @mateosfo.bsky.social !
Why is LA so anti gondola?
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why is LA so anti gondola?
LA is fundamentally broken from a road safety point of view. These incidents are so common that we just shrug and move on.
In this case I know the victim and worked with her on my neighborhood council for years. She has broken bones. Her dog is dead.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
In this case I know the victim and worked with her on my neighborhood council for years. She has broken bones. Her dog is dead.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
Hit-and-run driver injures Katy Yaroslavsky's staffer, kills her dog
The woman was walking her dog at the time of the crash, the LAPD told NBC4 Investigates.
www.nbclosangeles.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
LA is fundamentally broken from a road safety point of view. These incidents are so common that we just shrug and move on.
In this case I know the victim and worked with her on my neighborhood council for years. She has broken bones. Her dog is dead.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
In this case I know the victim and worked with her on my neighborhood council for years. She has broken bones. Her dog is dead.
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...
I feel so much more comfortable with a patient @waymo.bsky.social behind my 5 year old than an impatient distracted human driver.
October 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I feel so much more comfortable with a patient @waymo.bsky.social behind my 5 year old than an impatient distracted human driver.
L.A. is so broke that the best we can do is put a sign over a trip hazard. We now spend more on lawsuit settlements than we do fixing our infrastructure.
September 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
L.A. is so broke that the best we can do is put a sign over a trip hazard. We now spend more on lawsuit settlements than we do fixing our infrastructure.