"Conservative state leaders appear to be nearly unanimous in their view that big cities should be prevented from governing themselves. In particular, they are committed to denying local governments the freedom to ask their own voters to raise their own taxes" -- humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...
So much of the grievance politics of the far right is basically "I remember things being nicer when I was a child and now they're different" and then projecting that anxiety onto your enemies.
Do not mess with Miss Dolly.
"Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library"
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The same land that fits 67 homes in suburban Loudoun County houses 2,200 residents in Georgetown.
With Silver Line construction at $165M per mile, that means $139,372 per potential rider (left) versus just $1,279 (right).
Land use is major for transit success.
If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.
The future I want.
We need to stop saying “road safety is a shared responsibility.”
Highway engineers, automakers, and policymakers have the power to reduce the sky-high number of US crash deaths. Individual road users don't.
My latest in @fastcompany.com 🧵
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For a city strapped for cash *ahem, Dallas*, build bike infrastructure. It’s cheap and pays for itself.
Seems relevant re: Maple Ave in Dallas…
You really think a Commodore 64 in a storage shed in Grand Prairie is up to the job?
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NEW: “In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, researchers have shed light on a remarkable finding: cyclists exhibit a greater commitment to the common good compared to their motorist counterparts.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/cyclists-com...
