To create excellent public agencies capable of high-quality project delivery, don’t just ditch the contractors - take on the outdated civil service rules that make it impossible to hire and retain top talent. It’s an arduous but essential fight.
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they’re doing the one more lane bro meme lmao
A simple way to expand toward transit/biking trips in your city: Offer new arrivals a welcome package including a transit pass and free bikeshare trips.
These are the moments when people form new travel habits, so it's a great time for nudges!
Riding the NYC subway with my extremely smiley firstborn was a great way to witness the inherent goodness of humanity. I remember a very tough looking gentleman shaking his head and muttering “I guess I’m having a good day today“ after my infant son beamed at him
Car Tailpipes are the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.
which means progressive orgs need to stop treating "say it once in a perfect thread" as a comms strategy.
repetition isn't dumbing it down. it's how meaning gets built.
Including BlueSky starter packs with articles is such a good idea! 🫡
Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
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It is time for a working class climate strategy. A better world is possible—and necessary!
🚌 Fast buses.
🏙️ Green social housing.
⚡ Public utilities.
What do these all have in common? They’re part of a winning strategy to make life more affordable while cutting pollution. Read @cplusc.bsky.social ’ s Working Class Climate Agenda for the details: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org
The D Line Extension's Wilshire/Fairfax Station is right across the street! Opens May 8!
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Guys, remember how excited we were in 2023 when Minnesota secured “generational” dedicated funding for transit?
Turns out the governor just wants to use that funding source as an ATM to replace budget cuts elsewhere.
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Okay CTA. This is a good sign.
I cannot stress this enough: Vegas gave Musk millions to build us a supposed public transportation system. Instead he built basically an Uber tunnel for Teslas that only goes FROM ONE END OF A CONVENTION CENTER TO THE OTHER. Literally just gets you to the other side of a building.
Transportation politics is about dragging people kicking and screaming into change that results fairly quickly in a widespread consensus that we can't imagine going back to the way it was before.
Probably missed the section about investing in transit.
This is not a drill. Absent stable long-term funding, Caltrain, like BART, will crater & potentially shut down entirely. Muni will reduce service by as much as 50%.
We can avoid this disaster for the Bay Area by passing two funding measures on the ballot in November: …
Never forget, for many years Uber insisted it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
Now boosters lie about driverless cars. Don’t believe them either.
Widening roads does not relieve congestion or curb emissions.
Mayor Katie Wilson speaking at Sound Transit Crosslake Light Rail Opening
“Having a car should not be a requirement to building a life of one’s choosing.”
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-Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson at the Sound Transit Crosslake Light Rail Opening
No Kings, Only Trains
I RODE A TRAIN ACROSS A LAKE TODAY! IT WAS ON A FLOATING BRIDGE! We are capable of building awesome things. Now we just need to make sure we get out of our own way and #BuildTheDamnTrains
“The triumph of congestion pricing also offers a larger reminder: Government, done right, has immense power to improve people’s lives…Leaders should take political risks, as officials in New York did, to create programs that can deliver tangible results.”
When I moved to Seattle in 2006, there was no regional rail connection to anywhere. In two days, we open a connection that unites TWO LINES together into a full network.
Progress is possible.
San Francisco BART: The worst-case scenarios are actually worse than you've heard.
Good overview of why the Bay Area’s transit backbone is in such bad financial shape.
A lot can be blamed on 1960s-70s decisions. Still, here we are.
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Commentary: Because of the slashing of RIPTA’s service, affecting 45 out of its 63 lines, tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders have lost time, income, and the ability to access educational, civic, medical, commercial, and religious opportunities.
If voters spurn BART in November, you've read about some pretty awful worst-case scenarios.
Guess what? They're worse than you thought.
From @esksf.bsky.social
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“Light rail suddenly connects it all — from a concert at Marymoor Park to a new restaurant in Bellevue, to a produce stall at the farmers market on Mercer Island to a new exhibit at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle’s Jimi Hendrix Park…for the price of a $3 fare.”
Who - other than Climate and Community Institute, who we work with closely - is working on getting “the left” to embrace transportation as key issue? We want to support!
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