Dave Cooke
@ucsdave.bsky.social
Using my white male privilege to rabble rouse companies and govt agencies into doing more. Midwest-grown, California-schooled, Senator-less citizen of the Douglass Commonwealth.
This is a personal acct, but I'll still be mad about transportation issues.
This is a personal acct, but I'll still be mad about transportation issues.
I think if you dig into [pick your fav BIL analysis] that they generally ignore the surface transportation part of the bill or do nothing more than a cursory analysis that ignores elasticity. But I'd love to see something more comprehensive that didn't if you've got one in mind.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I think if you dig into [pick your fav BIL analysis] that they generally ignore the surface transportation part of the bill or do nothing more than a cursory analysis that ignores elasticity. But I'd love to see something more comprehensive that didn't if you've got one in mind.
How are you considering the entire surface transportation part of BIL in this calculation? There are good parts of IRA/BIL, but the amount of highway expansion funded by the BIL and insane flexibility in its best programs that have prevented them from leading to good outcomes is not negligible.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
How are you considering the entire surface transportation part of BIL in this calculation? There are good parts of IRA/BIL, but the amount of highway expansion funded by the BIL and insane flexibility in its best programs that have prevented them from leading to good outcomes is not negligible.
I don't understand how the radii of those turns makes sense with actual driving behavior?
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I don't understand how the radii of those turns makes sense with actual driving behavior?
Lol. Homestar Runner no joke got me through grad school. Techno, fhqwhgads, and Trogdor were our language for staying sane. Also, I cannot meet someone named Steve w/o immediately thinking, Hey, Steve!
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Lol. Homestar Runner no joke got me through grad school. Techno, fhqwhgads, and Trogdor were our language for staying sane. Also, I cannot meet someone named Steve w/o immediately thinking, Hey, Steve!
There's no incentive for Waymo to reduce congestion -- as you note, it's about heavy utilization of their fleet. Uber and Lyft on the other hand, explicitly depend on supply side (as you note) which requires increased fleet size, not fleet utilization. But # vehicles & congestion aren't the same.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There's no incentive for Waymo to reduce congestion -- as you note, it's about heavy utilization of their fleet. Uber and Lyft on the other hand, explicitly depend on supply side (as you note) which requires increased fleet size, not fleet utilization. But # vehicles & congestion aren't the same.
The next surface transportation bill can be that vehicle for change. As my colleague @kevshen.bsky.social notes, we have an opportunity to prioritize the public investments needed in not just infrastructure, but the services required to improve mobility choices for all: blog.ucs.org/kshen/surfac...
Surface Transportation Reauthorization: What You Need to Know
And ways you can take action.
blog.ucs.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The next surface transportation bill can be that vehicle for change. As my colleague @kevshen.bsky.social notes, we have an opportunity to prioritize the public investments needed in not just infrastructure, but the services required to improve mobility choices for all: blog.ucs.org/kshen/surfac...
If we are serious about addressing the harms of the transportation system, we must address the insane amount of $$$ we spend on highways. Ignoring that is literally a road to making things worse. We must orient our transportation system around people, not cars. www.ucs.org/resources/fr...
Freedom to Move
We need a transportation system that centers the communities it’s meant to serve.
www.ucs.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If we are serious about addressing the harms of the transportation system, we must address the insane amount of $$$ we spend on highways. Ignoring that is literally a road to making things worse. We must orient our transportation system around people, not cars. www.ucs.org/resources/fr...
I guess what I'm getting at is that the Lightning being flat is neither a surprise nor really off pace, so the issue raised is not new. My point was regarding the environment for this non-announcement.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I guess what I'm getting at is that the Lightning being flat is neither a surprise nor really off pace, so the issue raised is not new. My point was regarding the environment for this non-announcement.
US EV sales are up 9% YTD in total. Most of Ford's EV drop is in the Transit -- its non-commercial offerings are up 11% YTD.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
US EV sales are up 9% YTD in total. Most of Ford's EV drop is in the Transit -- its non-commercial offerings are up 11% YTD.
Looking at YTD because September pulled forward sales makes it even weirder timing:
Lightning: 24,577 (2025 J-O) v. 24,670 (2024 J-O)
Mach-e: 44,868 (2025 J-O) v. 38,939 (2024 J-O)
It's a small share of the F-150 uptake, but that was always likely. At 1/3 the hybrid uptake that has to be ~planned.
Lightning: 24,577 (2025 J-O) v. 24,670 (2024 J-O)
Mach-e: 44,868 (2025 J-O) v. 38,939 (2024 J-O)
It's a small share of the F-150 uptake, but that was always likely. At 1/3 the hybrid uptake that has to be ~planned.
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Looking at YTD because September pulled forward sales makes it even weirder timing:
Lightning: 24,577 (2025 J-O) v. 24,670 (2024 J-O)
Mach-e: 44,868 (2025 J-O) v. 38,939 (2024 J-O)
It's a small share of the F-150 uptake, but that was always likely. At 1/3 the hybrid uptake that has to be ~planned.
Lightning: 24,577 (2025 J-O) v. 24,670 (2024 J-O)
Mach-e: 44,868 (2025 J-O) v. 38,939 (2024 J-O)
It's a small share of the F-150 uptake, but that was always likely. At 1/3 the hybrid uptake that has to be ~planned.
We must demand more. Here's a start at what that looks like: www.ucs.org/resources/fr...
Freedom to Move
We need a transportation system that centers the communities it’s meant to serve.
www.ucs.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We must demand more. Here's a start at what that looks like: www.ucs.org/resources/fr...
With affordability and the rising costs of living such a huge issue, the next surface transportation bill should be designed to HALT the wealth transfer from the American public to the #oil and #automotive industries, not accelerate it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
With affordability and the rising costs of living such a huge issue, the next surface transportation bill should be designed to HALT the wealth transfer from the American public to the #oil and #automotive industries, not accelerate it.