Sam Sklar \\ Exasperated Infrastructures
@samsklar.bsky.social
I'm Sam. An #urbanplanner and the most exasperated one you'll ever meet. Connect here! DM me and we can be pals on this app, which is simply better than TXwtr.
i am not convinced that people scared of socialism or democratic socialism actually know what the words mean or, more jarring, are literate.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
i am not convinced that people scared of socialism or democratic socialism actually know what the words mean or, more jarring, are literate.
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what would make a successful mamdanistration? do we need a zohreckoning? yes!
read on
what would make a successful mamdanistration? do we need a zohreckoning? yes!
read on
Percent Zohran
The Mayor-elect's platform is ambitious and quasi-DOA on paper. But the political and pundit machine are missing how powerful even 30% success for Mayor Mamdani could be for real people in New York.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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what would make a successful mamdanistration? do we need a zohreckoning? yes!
read on
what would make a successful mamdanistration? do we need a zohreckoning? yes!
read on
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Wrote about Zohran's burgeoning and exciting campaign for mayor, the challenges he might face and a little table setting for a rethink about his upcoming Mamdanistration.
thanks to @jgee.bsky.social for the edits and for helping me think through this piece!
Wrote about Zohran's burgeoning and exciting campaign for mayor, the challenges he might face and a little table setting for a rethink about his upcoming Mamdanistration.
thanks to @jgee.bsky.social for the edits and for helping me think through this piece!
Percent Zohran
The Mayor-elect's platform is ambitious and quasi-DOA on paper. But the political and pundit machine are missing how powerful even 30% success for Mayor Mamdani could be for real people in New York.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Wrote about Zohran's burgeoning and exciting campaign for mayor, the challenges he might face and a little table setting for a rethink about his upcoming Mamdanistration.
thanks to @jgee.bsky.social for the edits and for helping me think through this piece!
Wrote about Zohran's burgeoning and exciting campaign for mayor, the challenges he might face and a little table setting for a rethink about his upcoming Mamdanistration.
thanks to @jgee.bsky.social for the edits and for helping me think through this piece!
okay mamdanistration.
coining it now.
coining it now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
okay mamdanistration.
coining it now.
coining it now.
josh kraft response: yea but my daddy owns patriots.
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!
September 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
josh kraft response: yea but my daddy owns patriots.
A Review: The Transit Guy's Review of The Inter-borough Express (IBX)
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@thetransitguy.com and i collaborated on his review of the IBX. He wrote it, i just did a lil #exasperation on top.
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@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.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A Review: The Transit Guy's Review of The Inter-borough Express (IBX)
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@thetransitguy.com and i collaborated on his review of the IBX. He wrote it, i just did a lil #exasperation on top.
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.
hot take: the MTA should ghost in the IBX onto all of its digital maps. (@queenslink too)
August 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
hot take: the MTA should ghost in the IBX onto all of its digital maps. (@queenslink too)
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
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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.
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.
May 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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.
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.
i said what i said
May 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
i said what i said
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.
Candor, personality, and voice.
Data relevance, not dependence.
Reader-centered narrative arc.
Reality-checked solutions.
This paper is as much style as substance.
happy to review something delightful, exasperatedly. cheers!
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...
(Getting a review might be the most surreal part of this yet!)
— www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/exasperate...
April 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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.
Candor, personality, and voice.
Data relevance, not dependence.
Reader-centered narrative arc.
Reality-checked solutions.
This paper is as much style as substance.
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.
i don’t understand why we have 8.5 million people and we continue to elect the absolute dumbest of all of us.
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.
April 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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.
i don’t understand why we have 8.5 million people and we continue to elect the absolute dumbest of all of us.
happy to review something delightful, exasperatedly. cheers!
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...
(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.
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April 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
happy to review something delightful, exasperatedly. cheers!
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
March 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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
thanks again to @aliciatrost.bsky.social and @bart.gov for the conversation:
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Alicia Trost x Exasperated Infrastructures
Pod Save Us All and Introducing the Rebrand
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March 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
thanks again to @aliciatrost.bsky.social and @bart.gov for the conversation:
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me: living the in the US outside a major city
March 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
me: living the in the US outside a major city
Mini Exasperation #5
Island Press Sale and I'm Not Even Stressed.
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February 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
best part of john wick is when he takes the bus in the beginning. we love a transit king.
February 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
best part of john wick is when he takes the bus in the beginning. we love a transit king.
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#InfrastructureMatters
#TransportationPolicy
#FightForTransit
#GovernmentWatch
#PublicMobility
#InfrastructureMatters
#TransportationPolicy
#FightForTransit
#GovernmentWatch
#PublicMobility
Mini Exasperation #3
What a week to be literate and conscious. Three ideas to stick it to these morons.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
great to learn more about parks today!
January 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
great to learn more about parks today!
Mini Exasperation #1 (Redux) www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/mini-exasp...
starting this weekly series back up again -- every Friday morning in your inbox (if you subscribe!)
#SustainableInfrastructure #TransportationInnovation #RebuildingAmerica #MustRead #ProfessionalDevelopment
starting this weekly series back up again -- every Friday morning in your inbox (if you subscribe!)
#SustainableInfrastructure #TransportationInnovation #RebuildingAmerica #MustRead #ProfessionalDevelopment
Mini Exasperation #1 (Redux)
I could go back and count what number we're on, but let's do a fresh start. RAISE the (r)oof!
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January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Mini Exasperation #1 (Redux) www.exasperatedinfrastructures.com/p/mini-exasp...
starting this weekly series back up again -- every Friday morning in your inbox (if you subscribe!)
#SustainableInfrastructure #TransportationInnovation #RebuildingAmerica #MustRead #ProfessionalDevelopment
starting this weekly series back up again -- every Friday morning in your inbox (if you subscribe!)
#SustainableInfrastructure #TransportationInnovation #RebuildingAmerica #MustRead #ProfessionalDevelopment
change my mind Fulton Street in Brooklyn should be bike and bus only
December 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM
change my mind Fulton Street in Brooklyn should be bike and bus only
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some midweek thoughts about policy and policymaking….
#urbanism #policy #transportationpolicy #cityplanning #ebikes
some midweek thoughts about policy and policymaking….
#urbanism #policy #transportationpolicy #cityplanning #ebikes
How to Get Policy Totally and Completely and Exasperatedly Wrong
New York City and State have a "novel" approach to the e-bike "problem." The current legislation proves we're completely out of our depth and have no chance at all whatsoever at fixing our streets.
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December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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some midweek thoughts about policy and policymaking….
#urbanism #policy #transportationpolicy #cityplanning #ebikes
some midweek thoughts about policy and policymaking….
#urbanism #policy #transportationpolicy #cityplanning #ebikes