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Posts by Jacob deCastro

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With the state's outdated FAR cap finally gone, we were able to DOUBLE the amount of housing in our proposal for Midtown South.

10,000 new homes in the heart of Manhattan โ€” let's make it happen!

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Business foot traffic is up within the congestion pricing zone A million more people visited the cityโ€™s Business Improvement Districts in Manhattan below 60th Street in January.

"More people visited the Business Improvement Districts within Manhattanโ€™s congestion relief zone in January than during the same month last year, dispelling some business ownersโ€™ fears that the toll would deter visitors to Manhattanโ€™s core, according to [EDC]" www.crainsnewyork.com/transportati...

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evergreen

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pickup truck parked on sidewalk

pickup truck parked on sidewalk

I would like my council member to be notified every time sidewalk space is repurposed as car parking

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we all do!

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thank you!!

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It sure has been an exciting first week on the communications team at @nycplanning.bsky.social ๐Ÿฅณ

Huge congrats to everyone who got City of Yes to the finish line. We can and must fix the housing shortage โ€” and todayโ€™s vote is a huge step forward!

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subway diagram on a screen in a station

subway diagram on a screen in a station

so is this officially the new subway map?

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Dining Sheds Changed the N.Y.C. Food Scene. Now Watch Them Disappear. Street side sheds and shanties helped keep restaurants afloat during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, for better or worse, new city rules are forcing their removal.

Actual lol that the City Council killed 91% of the street dining program through its โ€œcompromiseโ€

This is such an unserious city

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Green fluid in subway tracks

Green fluid in subway tracks

wicked promo out of control

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Making it more expensive to live in New York. Great work ๐Ÿ™„

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America needs to adjust safety standards to align with Europe so that we can have rolling stock with doors on the outside. That means big windows and big doorways.

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inside of a DC 7000 series rail car

inside of a DC 7000 series rail car

the R211 trains are nice but I wish they had big windows like on DCโ€™s trains

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my 2024 lyft-run bike share tour lol

โœ… DC
โœ… San Francisco
โœ… Boston
โœ… Chicago
โœ… NYC

with bonus points to cdmxโ€™s ecobici that lyft helped build

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itโ€™s so good

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dc i was not familiar with your game

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I'll miss working with this team โ€” especially the comms team โ€” our partners, our volunteers, and the reporters on the beat.

More to say soon about what's next for me, but I'll still be in this fight as a volunteer activist.

See ya soon!

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And within TA, we fought at the bargaining table to win a strong new contract with UAW Local 2110 to protect the organizers, comms pros, fundraisers, social workers and designers that make this work possible.

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And there is no organizing team like ours.

@kathyparkprice.bsky.social, @lashepard221.bsky.social, and everyone else that isn't on this platform yet are organizing for safer, more equitable streets in every borough despite all the challenges and obstacles.

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Serious Injuries in New York City, Mapped

TA's research team is the best in the business.

Together, we built the *only* tracker of serious injuries from traffic violence in New York City:

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Protected Bike Lane Tracker โ€“ Transportation Alternatives Mayor Eric Adams promised to install 300 miles of protected bike lanes by the end of his first term in 2025. The NYC Streets Plan requires New York City to install at least 30 miles of protected bike ...

For three years, @brandonwc.bsky.social has been tracking the installation of protected bike lanes across New York City.

I'm so grateful to have worked on this website to track City Hall's progress and hold the mayor accountable:

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I am so proud to have worked with @familiesforsafestreets.org members, my colleagues and volunteer activists to:

โœ… Win Sammy's Law
โœ… Secure $900 million for the NYC Streets Plan
โœ… Expand speed safety cameras

And so much more!

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And I am so glad to end on an optimistic note: Congestion pricing is BACK ๐Ÿคž

Alongside thousands of New Yorkers, we fought for congestion pricing because it will make our city stronger โ€” and before we know it, we'll wonder how we ever went without it.

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Some news: Today is my last day @transalt.org after 3.5 exciting, challenging, and inspiring years.

I am so grateful to have worked with an incredible team of people that care deeply about making New York City a better, stronger, and more resilient place.

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i don't even know how to respond to good news anymore, but this is *very good news*

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we can't even get real BRT in new york :(

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but for real this time ๐Ÿคž

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Trumpโ€™s Election Means Itโ€™s Now or Never for Congestion Pricing Three billion dollars in federal matching funds will likely evaporate after January 20.

NEW COLUMN: On Trump, congestion pricing, and the irony that one of the best tools that we have to battle inflation โ€” our transit system โ€” is likely to be the hit the hardest by his return to the White House -- www.curbed.com/article/trum...

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Gonna try using this more! ๐Ÿ‘‹

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