I fear the same, there are so many e-bikes already out there but the constituency of owners are not organized to stop this—I myself own a class 2 and class 3.

"While we're talking about who NOT to vote for, I give you Planning Commissioner and proud ultra-YIMBY, Seema Patel. ... Here she is in a recent picture she posted with Senator Wiener and other YIMBY faithfuls ... to strip all local control from cities"

San Mateo - vote for Seema Patel!

The e-bike regulation gap is closing California’s e-bike reckoning is coming and the devil is in the details.

Thinking through where we're headed with CA e-bike regulations: maxmautner.com/2026/04/19/c...

There is in fact a bike rack at the Western entrance!

Good Sunday y’all

Mad respect to the couple that I saw walking a Costco load home a half mile in Foster City using a giant shopping cart

"We're going to pretend we're doing you a favor by allocating $500k this year to paint curbs red but we're also going to spend $32m on parking garage improvements with no debate"

local politics be like: the city only collected enough tax money to cover 98% of its bills this year so we're cutting everything except the police. also we're lowering the price of parking and raising the bus fare.

Nightrider

The Scooter and the Bike A comparison of kickscooters and bicycles across learning curve, energy efficiency, cost, portability, and theft risk — and what the differences mean for urban transportation advocates and anyone tryi...

Unlike the bicycle, the kickscooter's total addressable market is anyone who can walk. New post on why it deserves elevation in the micromobility conversation, especially as we begin slapping motors on them: maxmautner.com/2026/04/12/s...

This is a vision and concept that any regular visitor to the San Mateo station is familiar with. Unfortunately I don’t know of any plan of this coffee window opening.

I have done a lot of work to fast-track much-needed housing, and through that work I have seen another area in desperate need of streamlining: transportation projects to increase bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Oooh!

The US doesn't have a "car" market--it has a "tank" market: hannahritchie.substack.com/p/cars-unite...

We are only just getting started 😆 There are 9 grade crossings in San Mateo alone, on the path to reach SF. Current strategy is to just close the crossings entirely in the name of acoustics, and not collisions: www.cityofsanmateo.org/2279/Train-Q...

I credit 4 years of living car-free in my 20s as enabling my first and only mortgage down payment in my 30s. I have managed to avoid a car loan payment my whole life

Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

Yessssss www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Thank you for the very kind words!

I still prefer the venerable milkcrate on a rack. Quickest and cheapest way of getting your bicycle carry quite a bit stuff, from groceries to backpacks. Elastic straps are a must as the setup is quite bouncy.

I owned one for ~1 year--gave me enough time to learn a lot about them & appreciate their higher safety features. They are most certainly on an accelerated road to extinction with simplified EV drivetrains!

Basically the op-ed boils down to eliminating tariffs on foreign cars--less so on tightening emissions standards and incentivizing lighter cars. The marginal US car buyer these days is in a Texas/Florida, having just moved there because a Blue State didn't permit housing to be built for them!

Thank you! It has taken me years to fully appreciate how fragile the furtive progress really is. It is so much harder for government to change a road than to hire another cop (which is also not easy or cheap). The former shouldn’t be so hard, but it is and it’s an enduring change when it happens.

What specifically motivates me to endleslly push forward on street safety is (1) my loved ones' continued safe travel through this world and (2) my vivid memories of my cousin Kurt Mautner & my great high school friend Steffen Ryge who both died while riding in cars.

Most People Who Ride Bikes Have No Idea How to Shift Gears Most cycling advocates assume gear-shifting is a baseline skill — but for a large share of the people they’re trying to reach, it isn’t. If your outreach, programming, or education treats geared bikes...

Most cycling advocates assume gear-shifting is a baseline skill. The data suggests that it probably isn't, and that gap may help explain why so many people stop riding right when they transition off kids' bikes: maxmautner.com/2026/04/11/g...

Stick with it, people!!

It's safer to drive manual transmission cars because it's harder to drive manual transmission.

It takes an incredibly long sustained effort to get safer streets. You need buy-in among electeds & city staff, persistent turnout over years against naysayers. Progress hangs on by a thread, moving forward due to staff energy & grant pursuits. But when the needle does move, it moves in leaps

Over the years I’ve used panniers, a messenger bag, a child seat and a crate held on with bungies.

Using a bike is the most incredibly efficient way to get around and carry stuff.

Nice post, spooling through the options for moving things on a bike.👇