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The only issue, as @2avesag.as notes, is that the administration won't let a DC version of congestion pricing happen, nor will it sign off on any other city trying it either.

"This isn't Midtown Manhattan" is to congestion pricing as "This isn't Amsterdam" is to bike lanes. Not that you can copy and paste from one city to another, but there's no reason a version of congestion pricing wouldn't work in DC and lots of other places.

Tapping the sign: "Trump administration official says something" should never be breaking news.

Life After Cars LIVE is THIS FRIDAY! As we gather at the historic Plaza Theatre, we’re making it easy to get there without a car, because… that’s kind of the point. 😉

📍 March 13th at 8:00PM | Tickets: givebutter.com/lifeaftercars. 🎟️

Finally listening to @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars, and can't believe we have at least two trend-setters featured, @tonyjordan.bsky.social of Parking Reform Network and @coachbalto.bsky.social of Bike Bus. Any other city hit this hard?

It's this, more or less.

Yeah, this is more or less it. If you didn't need bike lanes or an electric assist, cool! But the numbers show that lots of people do. No one is going to take your traditional bicycle away from you.

The "e-bikes are cheating" trope is just "protected bike lanes are unnecessary because I rode all over the place without them" for a new era: A mix of gatekeeping and survivorship bias that allows the person invoking it to defend their perceived status.

These articles almost always include some line that's like "To be fair, Mamdani's predecessors did exactly the same thing in similar moments" before quoting some Manhattan Institute ghoul who says why it's actually different.

if he did this, the exact same assholes would be saying he used a terrorist attack for content

there’s a structural reason here. mamdani’s response was to take an opportunity to make content - and therefore give the rest of the media some easy meta-content - and turn it down. he put governing ahead of content. our political media hates nothing more than someone who denies them easy content.

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Yes. "They're not scared that Mamdani will be a bad major, they're scared he's gonna be a good mayor"

There probably is an interesting story to do on the mayor's communication style and when he chooses short-form videos over more traditional and straightforward ways of talking to the public and getting information out there. This story ain't it.

My First Bike Ride of 2026 A desperately needed respite from an exceptionally bitchy winter.

It was 70º and sunny today. I needed this.

Thank you to Joshua, Robert, Daria, Mike, and the anonymous donors who contributed to my fundraiser for PPMD! I really appreciate it.

New episode! We've been wanting to dive into this study and I'm so glad we did. Also features some of my thoughts on Culdesca in Tempe, AZ.

Thanks!

I'm hoping to reach $1,000 (50% of my total goal) by the end of the month. I'm getting close and appreciate whatever help y'all can offer!

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Hey, all. It's my birthday and I'm once again running & raising money for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, which does very important work supporting families & kids. If you're able, I'd love it if you could donate any amount to help me reach my goal!

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This is what ecocide looks like.

Green, yellow and purple graphic that says "Meet the authors Sarah Goodyear & Doug Gordon Mon 3/16 @ 6 pm" with picture of Sarah and Doug and image of Life After Cars book cover.

Memphis! See you next week at Novel bookstore. The event is free, but you have to RSVP.

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teenager in shorts and sandals looking out open door of pickup truck.

Here's a pic of the kid who was allegedly driving, sourced from various news stories. Maybe he was driving different car or an old model, but I doubt it. And even an "old" model at this point would be from 5 - 10 years ago when SUVs and pickups were already absurdly large.

Nearly any modern pickup truck is going to have a high, flat profile that will almost certainly result in higher injury to a pedestrian. I think it's highly unlikely this kid was driving, like, a 1998 Toyota Tacoma.

We really need to keep calling out the absurdity of these vehicles that serve as status symbols and nothing more. Presumably, an 18-year-old high school student is not a contractor or working hauling sailboats or otherwise doing something that requires the use of a pickup truck.

Georgia Teacher Is Killed After Teenagers’ Prank Goes Wrong

A truly awful story for all involved. One thing not mentioned in any of the coverage I've seen: Why does an 18-year-old need what is presumably a very large pickup truck? If we had smaller, safer cars an innocent prank might not have ended in a teacher's tragic death.

If you get into a “who can cut taxes more” battle with the GOP, you’re going to lose because they are far more shameless and antagonistic to the idea of living in a functioning society.

Don’t concede to their framing that taxes are nothing but a problem to be solved.

For the same $6 trillion cost, you could crush child poverty with a child allowance and free childcare, fix unemployment insurance, do paid family, sick & medical leave, massively boost ACA subsidies, and eliminate child uninsurance with Medicare for Kids.

My hand holding the book Life After Cars: Freeing ourselves from the the tyranny of the automobile, by SARAH GOODYEAR & DOUG GORDON HOSTS of the WAR ON CARS PODCAST and AARON NAPARSTEK In front of my cargo e-bike which has several stickers on it, including a sticker for this book.

Finally! My copy of Life After Cars has arrived in New Zealand.

I ordered this back in December from Scorpio Books in Ōtautahi (best book shop in the city) and was #3 on their list. Some copies are on the shelf now, for anyone else who has been waiting.

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Hard to believe that we're 10+ years into this and "Trump says..." is still treated as news without the need for any additional context, such as the fact that he has a history of saying a whole lot of things, most of which don't make sense.