Patrick Band
@pband.bsky.social
Father, Husband, transportation planner, trail runner, climber of mountains, urban gardener, CA history nerd & lover of maps.
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Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
October 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:
September 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:
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In the US, even a “cheap” transit bus costs 2-3x more than in Asia or Europe -- and one agency may pay twice as much as another for nearly identical vehicles.
In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses
A new paper argues that lack of competition, demand for custom features and “Buy America” rules have driven up costs for transit agencies in the US.
www.bloomberg.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In the US, even a “cheap” transit bus costs 2-3x more than in Asia or Europe -- and one agency may pay twice as much as another for nearly identical vehicles.
In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.
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Really helpful reminder (as a Transportation Planner) about how the way we talk about transit and the way we frame questions for decision makers, has tremendous impact.
When I commuted from San Francisco to study at Stanford in the late 1980s, the San Francisco peninsula rail line @caltrain.com was a primary limiting factor on my education. It ran every two hours and stopped at 10 PM.
Why? 🧵 1/
Why? 🧵 1/
July 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Really helpful reminder (as a Transportation Planner) about how the way we talk about transit and the way we frame questions for decision makers, has tremendous impact.
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Key section of 1973 War Powers Res: president can take military action in three cases: a declaration of war, “specific statutory authorization” or “a national emergency created by attack upon” the US or its assets. *Congress has often looked the other way, but that’s the legal question.
June 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Key section of 1973 War Powers Res: president can take military action in three cases: a declaration of war, “specific statutory authorization” or “a national emergency created by attack upon” the US or its assets. *Congress has often looked the other way, but that’s the legal question.
“I was the most transparent, and am, transparent President in history,” Trump said.
Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number’s current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics, which customers and advocates have used to track the agency’s struggling customer service programs.
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“I was the most transparent, and am, transparent President in history,” Trump said.
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I’m going to see Metallica at Levi’s Stadium on Friday. Parking passes cost $250 on the resale market.
The venue is well served by transit, including a light rail stop right at the stadium for $2.50.
Why would anyone would pay for parking when such affordable and convenient transit options exist?
The venue is well served by transit, including a light rail stop right at the stadium for $2.50.
Why would anyone would pay for parking when such affordable and convenient transit options exist?
June 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m going to see Metallica at Levi’s Stadium on Friday. Parking passes cost $250 on the resale market.
The venue is well served by transit, including a light rail stop right at the stadium for $2.50.
Why would anyone would pay for parking when such affordable and convenient transit options exist?
The venue is well served by transit, including a light rail stop right at the stadium for $2.50.
Why would anyone would pay for parking when such affordable and convenient transit options exist?
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i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
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The fact that we uphold reproductive rights in California won't mean much if we close the clinics that provide reproductive health care to millions of patients. I will be working with my colleagues in the Legislature to restore funding to Planned Parenthood in the state budget.
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Outraged by Newsom’s Proposal to Slash Organization’s Budget by A Third Amidst Federal Plans to “Defund” Nationwide
www.plannedparenthoodaction.org
May 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The fact that we uphold reproductive rights in California won't mean much if we close the clinics that provide reproductive health care to millions of patients. I will be working with my colleagues in the Legislature to restore funding to Planned Parenthood in the state budget.
Killer Crab!!
May 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Killer Crab!!
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The GOP budget shows this regime’s true colors.
It doesn’t eliminate taxes on tips, social security or overtime. That was just a lie.
Instead, it slashes health care & food assistance.
All to fund tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.
The grift is almost complete. And we’ll all pay the price.
It doesn’t eliminate taxes on tips, social security or overtime. That was just a lie.
Instead, it slashes health care & food assistance.
All to fund tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.
The grift is almost complete. And we’ll all pay the price.
May 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The GOP budget shows this regime’s true colors.
It doesn’t eliminate taxes on tips, social security or overtime. That was just a lie.
Instead, it slashes health care & food assistance.
All to fund tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.
The grift is almost complete. And we’ll all pay the price.
It doesn’t eliminate taxes on tips, social security or overtime. That was just a lie.
Instead, it slashes health care & food assistance.
All to fund tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations.
The grift is almost complete. And we’ll all pay the price.
Making it harder for American consumers to understand the real cost of owning a washing machine isn’t MAGA, it’s just duping us into paying higher gas and electricity bills.
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Making it harder for American consumers to understand the real cost of owning a washing machine isn’t MAGA, it’s just duping us into paying higher gas and electricity bills.
I've always thought of Napa as having decent - but admittedly not great - urban tree cover. How wrong I was...
This @washingtonpost.com piece really puts the challenge of cultivating a vibrant urban forest in perspective.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This @washingtonpost.com piece really puts the challenge of cultivating a vibrant urban forest in perspective.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
April 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I've always thought of Napa as having decent - but admittedly not great - urban tree cover. How wrong I was...
This @washingtonpost.com piece really puts the challenge of cultivating a vibrant urban forest in perspective.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This @washingtonpost.com piece really puts the challenge of cultivating a vibrant urban forest in perspective.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Con man tacitly acknowledges he's been conned.
April 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Con man tacitly acknowledges he's been conned.
$17,500 per month for an entire state…even a small one…is peanuts. It may be an increase over the baseline, which is good, but hardly transformative in the era of billion-dollar campaigns.
The Democratic National Committee will transfer more than $1 million per month to its state and territorial parties over the next four years in an effort to build state-level infrastructure and operations, reports @statesnewsroom.com via @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
National Dems to deliver more than $1M a month to state parties • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The Democratic National Committee will transfer more than $1 million per month to its state and territorial parties over the next four years.
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April 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
$17,500 per month for an entire state…even a small one…is peanuts. It may be an increase over the baseline, which is good, but hardly transformative in the era of billion-dollar campaigns.
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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
April 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.
Is it Infrastructure Week yet?
How many times will the American public (and worldwide, for that matter) keep falling for this schtick of "stay tuned next week"-style teasers? This whole "it's just around the corner" bit is getting old.
April 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is it Infrastructure Week yet?
3,403% tariffs. Because that extra 3% is gonna make all the difference.
sure what the hell. Announce thirteen billion percent tariffs next. 73 quintillion percent. eleventy gabillion percent. 29 brazillian percent. 35 dodecagorillion percent. who cares.
April 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
3,403% tariffs. Because that extra 3% is gonna make all the difference.
“The exemption for Chinese-made phones and laptops may also raise questions about why some U.S. businesses were singled out for tariff breaks and others like apparel and furniture retailers must still pay a whopping tariff rate on Chinese-made goods.” 🤡
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
April 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“The exemption for Chinese-made phones and laptops may also raise questions about why some U.S. businesses were singled out for tariff breaks and others like apparel and furniture retailers must still pay a whopping tariff rate on Chinese-made goods.” 🤡
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
How anyone thinks that today's Republican party is pro-family is beyond me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new moth...
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
How anyone thinks that today's Republican party is pro-family is beyond me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Gotta love Barkley!
Four drops so far and we know more are coming. The thing is, they are coming back to camp from all directions and in some cases cannot describe where they were. This is old school Barkley. #BM100
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Gotta love Barkley!
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Please read this, by my colleague @nickkristof.bsky.social. Children are dying because of aid cuts.
It's just cruel. And it's not even for the sake of fiscal responsibility. The GOP is proposing a tax/spending plan that will add trillions to our debt. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
It's just cruel. And it's not even for the sake of fiscal responsibility. The GOP is proposing a tax/spending plan that will add trillions to our debt. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Please read this, by my colleague @nickkristof.bsky.social. Children are dying because of aid cuts.
It's just cruel. And it's not even for the sake of fiscal responsibility. The GOP is proposing a tax/spending plan that will add trillions to our debt. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
It's just cruel. And it's not even for the sake of fiscal responsibility. The GOP is proposing a tax/spending plan that will add trillions to our debt. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I have been (and am) "hard NO" on Blank Check for Musk.
What's strongest case *for* Senate Ds letting it through? Obviously not Schumer op-ed
Try this by Martin Longman/Progress Pond. (It's a pick-your-poison argument.) I'm still "No!" but it's worth reading.
www.progresspond.com/2025/03/14/f...
What's strongest case *for* Senate Ds letting it through? Obviously not Schumer op-ed
Try this by Martin Longman/Progress Pond. (It's a pick-your-poison argument.) I'm still "No!" but it's worth reading.
www.progresspond.com/2025/03/14/f...
March 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have been (and am) "hard NO" on Blank Check for Musk.
What's strongest case *for* Senate Ds letting it through? Obviously not Schumer op-ed
Try this by Martin Longman/Progress Pond. (It's a pick-your-poison argument.) I'm still "No!" but it's worth reading.
www.progresspond.com/2025/03/14/f...
What's strongest case *for* Senate Ds letting it through? Obviously not Schumer op-ed
Try this by Martin Longman/Progress Pond. (It's a pick-your-poison argument.) I'm still "No!" but it's worth reading.
www.progresspond.com/2025/03/14/f...
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If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
March 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.
Comments accurately sum up my feelings about Schumer’s announcement.
Sen Schumer will be joining me tonight in 20 minutes on @allinwithchris.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Comments accurately sum up my feelings about Schumer’s announcement.