Little known fact: the 101 freeway was initially imagined for just bikes

California Cycleway in Pasadena CA

Los Angeles once briefly had a Cycleway in addition to the Pacific Electric railway.

#bikesky

NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social:

An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.

Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!

In 1974 a woman walks in the middle of the street with cars parked both sides and a campervan behind her driving. Today all car parking is removed for bike parking and outdoor dining

Bellamystraat, Amsterdam in 1974 and today

BEFORE & AFTER: Baudelopark in Ghent, Belgium

Pretty cool!

Anne Hidalgo has pulled off an Oceans 11 heist by quietly removed 1/2 the parking from Paris

56% bike mode share! Cities can create ‘pocket Utrechts’ for those who want it…. Aka, 40% of people.

In 1982 there are cars parked along both sides of the street. Today all replaced by greenery and bike parking with people walking in the road

Frans Halsstraat, Amsterdam in 1982 and today

Bologna Città 30: How Slowing Down Can Move Us Forward Interview with Andrea Colombo | Bologna, Italy

I just learned about Bologna, Italy's city-wide 30km/h (18mph) speed limit which ELIMINATED pedestrian deaths + biking up 10% & pollution down 30%.
"Slowing down is often the best way to move forward" -- From @michelagrasso.bsky.social

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The huge unmet demand for walkable places — 15-Minute City The evidence is clear: demand for homes in walkable neighborhoods in the United States outstrips supply by a factor of 4 or more.

New blog post: the evidence is clear - demand for homes in walkable neighborhoods in the United States outstrips supply by a factor of 4 or more.

They spent the last four years telling us people who invaded the capital and beat police officers with flagpoles were unjustly persecuted civil rights heroes and now it’s taken about 45 minutes for them to be like “yeah if you write an op-ed you’re going to the blacksite that’s just common sense”

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

a picture of the apple logo with the caption "0% tariff" next to a picture of a real apple with the caption "10% tariff"

A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2

Images of four beautiful housing types -- small apartment with residential over retail; a Perimeter Block Apartment like the Arconia seen in the TV show Only Murders in the Building; Townhomes and Brownstones; and a Bungalow court and walk street.

QUIMBY: Quality in my backyard

Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

For whatever reason ICE doesn't have a Bluesky account. So I thought I'd drop this in here. Note the Free Speech crowd has now put the good folks at ICE in charge of stopping, detaining and deporting "Ideas".

I am absolutely not a fan of this man, that said, he’s completely correct and the messaging here is 💯

The roadway treatment your city's traffic engineer doesn't want you to know about.

Similar to 99% of residential properties in Boston, this four-unit building, constructed in 1850 on a 3,782 sf lot, could not be built under today’s overly restrictive zoning regulations.

📍 Beacon Hill, Boston

The huge unmet demand for walkable places — 15-Minute City The evidence is clear: demand for homes in walkable neighborhoods in the United States outstrips supply by a factor of 4 or more.

Fantastic read
www.15minutecity.com/blog/ubiquity

I really cannot overstate how dangerous it is that the masked men in the snatch vans no longer feel any obligation to the courts or the justice system - even at the level of remembering a name.

That means that nobody is safe.

Yup!

What could a car-lite #LosAngeles look like?

Our current approach isn't working. We invest in expensive transit projects, but fail to build the infrastructure around stations needed to create riders. What could a transit-first community look like?

I present to you, a Westwood for the future:

This is a good, funny sign. But it gets at a key element of what Social Security does. Middle aged people who aren't fully supporting aging parents can fund their kids education. It runs through the whole life cycle.

We don’t expect planes to share runways with cars. Or boats to use roads. So why expect people cycling to share space with fast, heavy traffic? Every mode needs its own safe infrastructure.

🎥 Watch how the Dutch do it right 👇

My vision for Los Angeles is a future where nobody needs to own a car

But many Angelenos are dependent on their car today

We need policy that leads us to our car-light future, while still improving life for those who currently have no choice but to drive

This is really interesting…. Paris is showing cities what Amsterdam figured out and Copenhagen copied.

I had to check if this was real … it is

Cleveland mayor commits to building 50 miles of comfortable bike lanes in 3 years Mayor Justin Bibb’s newly approved Cleveland Moves plan commits to building 50 miles of protected bike lanes in Cleveland over the next three years.

Shout out to my hometown with a population 1/10th of Chicago's for building more PBLs than we've done in the past three years. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04...