Guys. If Elon Musk controls communications with the entire civil service, & he controls the payment systems of the US Treasury, he’s quite a long ways in to running a coup.

Less Traffic, Faster Buses: Congestion Pricing’s First Week (Gift Article) Early data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suggests that traffic has dropped around Manhattan’s core.

“There’s so much evidence that people are experiencing a much less traffic-congested environment,” said Janno Lieber, the MTA CEO. “They’re seeing streets that are moving more efficiently, and they’re hearing less noise, and they’re feeling a less tense environment around tunnels and bridges.”

Mitch McConnell ran a playbook of total opposition after the 2008 election and it resulted in Republicans flipping 6 senate seats and 63 house seats two years after the biggest Dem victory since LBJ

what the fuck are you people doing

Millionaires and billionaires would be perfectly FINE not getting salary for 33 days, or even 333 days.

The average American, folks like you and me working paycheck to paycheck, would not. Do NOT let billionaires make decisions for US.

PASS IT ON.

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Black and white photo of a shiny black tuxedo kitten standing next to a record player on a floor, watching the spinning disk very intently.

She grew up to be the most powerful wedding DJ in the tri-state area. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Es alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”

Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

7-up bottling company, overall diagonal view, ne 14 & sandy boulevard, portland, oregon, 1976

7-up bottling company, overall diagonal view, ne 14 & sandy boulevard, portland, oregon, 1976

I’m biased obvs but we literally have a guide on the MTA website about using the subway that explains some of the confusing bits, including directions on signs/in announcements. I can understand being intimidated but there are so many resources available to help people use our public transit.

The weirdest Tintin story. Freaked me out majorly when I was a kid

LA Has 45 Bus Systems...I Tried to Ride Them All in a Weekend YouTube video by Miles in Transit

Anyone who cares about transit planning should watch this. We have to do better about making our buses not suck youtu.be/53kvD3DV-cA?...

If only they knew...

(Shirley bassey voice) sliiiiiime finger

Even the humble British sausage roll is leagues ahead of us. If Greggs came to the US it would revolutionize our bread consumption

That's not supposed to happen

Ridiculous

You love to see it!

Accessibility upgrade?

Check out this view Mt Vernon from the top of the old Maryland Penitentiary. There's so much detail in this shot, from the Calvert Station yards and the Fallsway, to the Guilford streetcar elevated, at least one church that no longer exists, and Peabody and the Belvedere at the edges

That tracks

So I've been inactive on bluesky. Can folks hook me up with them good starter packs of people to follow

Great game

Why the hell does Belfast have so many abandoned buildings?? I feel like it's very unusual to see anything close to Baltimore levels in Europe

A VERY HAPPY SOUTH SHORE LINE SATURDAY TO YOU

wrong lettuce! Amtraker is @piero.bsky.social

Why talk so much about bike infrastructure? Simple: we use it every day and it makes our lives better.

If our city didn’t have it, our lives would be worse. We’d either spend more money or have less mobility. We’d be less active and healthy.

More people should be this lucky.

(Av. Bourbonnière)

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