mamdani being a cheerful normal guy that people project absolute insane things on is one of the things that make him very relatable to me, personally

Multiple buses being cancelled on a route that already only runs every 30 minutes is painful

Moving to Emeryville in 2023 is clearly visible here. When shopping, restaurants, parks, and activities are closer; it meant way less time trying to get places. It's impossible to really compare on such a short timeline due to COVID, switching jobs, visiting family etc. but I found it interesting!

On a larger scale, I spent way more time in a car while living in Dublin than I do now. When I took transit, those journeys were also much longer distances. We sold a car shortly after moving to Emeryville, making me much more reliant on transit and walking/biking.

After living in Dublin CA and Emeryville CA for similar amounts of time, I decided to compare my mode share living in a car oriented suburb vs. a more urban city. This very unscientifically uses miles travelled data from Google's Timeline Insights every month.

I have seen people take the Bay Wheels Ebikes over the bridge path before, curious if that will become more common now that there will be somewhere to dock them.

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

Former staffer says Rep. Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement.

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.

Figure 1. Bicycle share of trips in New York City, London, Paris, and Berlin, 1990–2023. Note: the actual years vary slightly by city, as follows: New York: 1990,2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; London: 1993, 2000, 2010, 2019, 2022; Paris: 1990, 2000, 2010, 2017, 2023; Berlin: 1992, 1998, 2010, 2018, 2023. The percentages shown in thegraphic refer to the bicycle share of all trips, all trip purposes, based on travel surveys for each city. Sources: City of Paris, 2000–2023; City of Berlin, 2003–2025;Kalender,2012; NYCDOT, 2018–2023; Pucher, Parkin, et al.,2021; TfL, 2000–2023.

This paper compares trends in cycling levels, cyclist demographics and cycling injury risk in NewYork, London, Paris and Berlin, before and after the COVID pandemic. We explore these trends inthe context of changes to policy and infrastructure before, during, and after COVID. We based ouranalysis on data from published reports, open-data portals, government websites, travel surveys,and information provided by transport planners in each city. Cycling levels in NYC, London, Paris,and Berlin increased over the three decades prior to COVID (1990–2019). As a percentage of dailytrips, bike mode share rose from 0.6% to 2.2% in New York, from 1.2% to 3.7% in London, from0.4% to 5% in Paris, and from 7% to 18% in Berlin. Cycling rates have continued to increase sinceCOVID. By 2023, bike mode shares had risen further to 3% in NYC, 4.5% in London, 11% in Paris,and 19% in Berlin. Cycling became safer in all four cities over the period 2005 to 2023, withdeclining per-trip fatality and injury rates. More and better cycling infrastructure has been acornerstone of pro-cycling efforts, especially cycleways separated from motor vehicle traffic (pro-tected bike lanes). Bike parking and bikesharing systems have expanded and improved. Car restric-tions and traffic calming have complemented pro-bike measures, for example, using infrastructureand enforcement to reduce traffic volumes and speeds in residential neighborhoods. Long-termpolitical support as well as cycling advocacy organizations have been critical to the introductionand continuation of pro-bike policies and the necessary financial investments.

Truly wild research on the change in bike mode share in NYC, London, Paris and Berlin.

Between 2000 and 2023, Paris went from 1 out of every 100 trips being on a bike to *one out of 9!*

Many people, including credible researchers, would have told you that that *could not* happen.

People constant wonder why Vision Zero failed and it’s because we never did anything in most cases, and in the rare instances we did, we retreated like this.

You don’t build a bike network with sharrows, you build it with concrete

View from inside the taco bell of a beautiful beach with people surfing

Taco bell cantina in Pacifica on the beach near mountains

Went on a bike pilgrimage to the most beautiful Taco Bell in the world, which only exists because its construction predates the California Coastal Commission.

NIMBY protest in San Francisco with a variety of signs, including "The Marina Is For Everybody" and "Boycott Greedy Safeway"

The Marina Is For Everybody is an incredible sign in its own right, but especially so when deployed in opposition to a new housing project in a census tract where the median household income is ~$250k/yr, and average home values are $2,000,000+

The annual Shoreline Cleanup is a great way to celebrate Earth Day. Every year, the community comes together to cleanup trash along the Emeryville shoreline.

For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Shoreli...

This clearly doesn’t happen without political intervention of the governor and Buffy Wicks to publicly oppose and enact legislation to undercut anti-social CEQA lawsuits from Phil Bokavoy and others to block UC Berkeley’s plan and related housing projects.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

The current 6-day Jeopardy champion works at a housing tax credit agency in New Jersey and for his banter with Ken he just looked directly at the camera and said "New York, California, shame on you, build more housing" and folks when I say heroes walk among us

I am now a single issue voter for this: whoever creates the East Palo Alto to Redwood City bus-only road and adds a bus stop to Atherton triggering a 7 story apartment building.

“No Kings or apartments”

Unfortunately the Emery does not Go-Round

Imagine if we planned and funded projects based upon measurable outcomes and the public good? As a coordinated system? This is service-led planning. It's how much of Europe, Canada and East Asia do it. Let's make sure the next Gov and legislature adopt best practices
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Los Angeles’ housing crisis is self-inflicted. 

For decades, city leaders have taken deliberate actions to limit new housing.

Today, we announced our plan to fix this and triple housing production.

We need to stop prioritizing parking lots over people.

Today, I assembled a roundtable to discuss our Building Up Illinois Developments Plan — and the consensus was that we need to act fast.

Looking forward to passing it and getting to work in our neighborhoods.

Wow. I love seeing policymakers dive deep into the tangled obstacles in the way of good policy outcomes. Then work to untangle, bill by nerdy bill

Habitat for Humanity, California Building Industry Association, Housing Action Coalition, SPUR, and California YIMBY are all official co-sponsors for Construction Defect Reform. :-)

Enough with the FALSE CHOICE between increasing infill density or increasing the urban tree canopy. BOTH are not only possible, but absolutely necessary. Good design is the key. The real design challenge isn’t building density or the space needed for trees… it’s the space we still surrender to cars.

California’s Construction defect reform bill (AB 1903, Wicks) is live.

It’s been a journey but we’re finally here.

Please let me know if you have any questions:

leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...

Have you ever wanted to participate in your local government and community? We are looking for community members that would like to serve on our various Community Advisory Bodies.

For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/City-Ad...

The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.

The first year of congestion pricing in New York saw straphangers take more than 90 million additional subway rides than in the previous year, a new report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC) found. According to the rider advocacy group's analysis, which it released on Tuesday, ridership on the city's rails grew from 1.21 billion to 1.3 billion between 2024 and 2025. The bump marked a 7.7% rise - double the increase in ridership between 2023 and 2024.

here’s a crazy fact: under congestion pricing, NYC subway ridership grew by more than the *total* number of riders on BART last year

If you carefully frame a picture between parking garages and freeways, Emeryville almost doesn't seem American with its car-free greenway and railroad running along dense housing.

It was great seeing you there! Your voice was appreciated.