Top recent posts by Active Transportation Advocates on Bluesky

those are fucking bus lane enforcement cameras you morons vandalizing MTA property to help chuds block the bus lane and slow down transit, great work. they need to find whoever did this and lock them up

This kind of dense, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities

Total wishcasting, I know, but I’d like for an investigation of Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to be on the table. There’s a lot there as far as their corruption goes.

this will be a night you remember for your whole life. savor it. remember how good it feels. don’t stop working to recreate it in 2028

Our turn, Canada.

Advertising the inevitable death and injuries of people on bikes. Fuck right off.

it feels like the nation just collectively woke up from a 10 year cult of personality disorder

This is finally the opportunity to secure long-term, stable, and adequate funding for SEPTA, which has faced decades of underfunding.

California ballot propositions in theory: this will let voters overcome moneyed and powerful interests at the legislature! California ballot propositions in practice: voting on staffing levels at dialysis clinics 3 times in 6 years because apparently I’m supposed to be an expert on this?

BREAKING: “Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month’s world junior hockey championship in Alberta…Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be permitted to represent their countries in Canada as long as the war in Ukraine continues.” Good.

“Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.” There's a reason I quote the heroic Brazilian trade unionist Chico Mendes in the preface of my book.

Voted so that Pennsylvania can finally have a dem trifecta to properly fund all of the programs we need, including transit

We're still with you no matter how this vote goes.

I had a dream last night that I was walking by a tennis court and Zohran showed up and asked if I wanted to play with him and I was like “don’t got a racket on me” and he was like “no worries, take this” but it was actually a badminton racket and I kept whiffing and he would laugh at me every time

trying very hard not to cry jinxing tears of joy over Texas

The US House has this year advanced a truly problematic transportation reauthorization bill that would dramatically cut funding for public transit and intercity rail, while increasing pollution. The Democrats have now taken the US House, and likely the US Senate. It's time for a different bill.

It’s hard to express how upsetting it is to hear over & over in media coverage how “affordability and cost of living” is the key issue in a US midterm election bathed in blatant criminality & corruption, overt fascism, aggressive racism and rights decimation, global warmongering, & outright treason.

trump should honestly just resign at this point

David Morales is also the first mayor to have come to a Life After Cars live show while he was a candidate. Just sayin'...

280 seats if it wasn’t gerrymandered to hell

I can not WAIT to get to Raleigh in a couple weeks

The Bloomberg paywall is off for the next couple days to let everyone can access election coverage. A bonus: Non-subscribers can read 150+ stories I've written for CityLab about AVs, e-bikes, road safety and more. Collected here (searchable by topic): www.davidzipper.com/writing?publ...

Hot take: people who vandalize public property should be held accountable.

Things looking good for the Bay Area Regional Transit Measure, RTM, as the first batches of ballots are counted! Santa Clara 53.76% Yes - 46.24% No San Mateo 59.54% Yes - 40.46% No CoCo, Alameda, and SF still yet to report, but Santa Clara winning is a big deal as it's got the most voters

NEW: Following the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, ANOTHER ONE of London’s busiest shopping streets has also become permanently car-free after a “positive” trial. “On October 27, Camden Council announced Camden High Street would ban vehicles for good after an 18 month trial.”

The second biggest loser tonight was Elon Musk.

alani Bankhead will never see heaven

Democrats, your job performance will not be judged with the same lackadaisical forgiveness as in the past. We are fed up, and you need to deliver results starting on day one.

First Nations come to rescue our collective bacon once again 👇 BC First Nations file court challenge against proposed Pacific Link pipeline. Chiefs say Carney announced project under Build Canada Act without consulting First Nations potentially affected by pipeline vancouversun.com/news/bc-firs...

This is really a media story and Cara's criticism is correct. "One aging homeowner is mad about a thing" is not news. Big urban change, which we claim to collectively want, is always being stopped by this sort of local complaint.

Did the Republicans just Prop 187 the whole country?

Haley Stevens showing up in the Scooby Doo hat… unreal

New York voted YES on 3. That’s very good news for the mayor’s ability to deliver faster buses, safer streets and better public space.

Cola scoop confirmed! Saka is here at Mayor Wilson's press conference on the veto. More to come

Can't wait to lock up all of these people, goddamn this is going well

Feels good that Americans are finally understanding that the problem is Republicans.

yub nub motherfuckers

The measure to put cars back on the roadway currently occupied by Sunset Dunes Park is losing badly.

this is why I never gave up hope even in the dismal early months of 2025. they want you to give up. but elections are a reckoning

Doing our part to turn Indiana into a swing state.

In addition to this being the right thing to do and relatively easy politically, if you want these guys to tear each other apart and implicate lord knows how many other Trump cronies as well as the big guy himself, you gotta do it.

Brazil, see what you started

ok so I have actually now been on a number of truly awkward and bad dates with bisexual women and don’t know what to make of it

Why I’m especially interested in this race.

TEXAS BUILD THE TRAINS AND STOP THE HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS

for the love of god please vote for -the NYC ballot measures -Nithya for mayor -Hochul for gov -Scott Wiener for Congress -yes on the Bay Area transit measures (RTM and prop H in SF)

My summary of the election night so far, from a transportation perspective 🧵 1—The US Congress has flipped to Dems. This should dramatically change the Congress' priorities when it comes to transportation policy. A new surface transportation reauthorization bill is necessary.

Pundits are debating whether Dem control of the House will mean legislation addressing affordability, or oversight/accountability for Trump and corrupt Republicans. BOTH OBVIOUSLY. Any garbage about “the nation just wants to move on” without ACCOUNTABILITY will be the final nail in the US coffin.

Also: New Minnesota US Senator Peggy Flanagan has become the first Native American woman elected to the US Senate.

Trump’s accusation that “Canada is interfering in US Midterm Elections” is especially stupid (unlike the actual EVIDENCE of Russia interfering in MANY nations elections): 1. Trump ATTACKS Canada’s economy and sovereignty 2. Canada says that’s bad 3. Trump claims Canada saying so is “interfering.”

Good!! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

The most annoying thing about writing about classical music is that it’s impossible to describe where you are in a symphony without either devolving into music theory or being like “around 15 minutes in”

When Scott Perry (PA 10 - R), who put out a bill to defund Amtrak finally loses:

The minority of the urban population that owns dogs now feels an absolute right to use public space as they see fit. It is going to be very hard to wind this back.

Where are we hosting the Chudemberg trials

always and forever amen.

Ran into one of America’s best state legislators and San Francisco’s next congressman in the Castro!

These new Democratic trifectas—in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Minnesota—are big opportunities to achieve huge policy change.

What explaining American elections looks like to both Americans and people outside the country.

BTW I'm watching results from the North Seattle party (Nilu Jenks, Gerry Pollet, Javier Valdez, Darya Farivar, probably some others) so say hi if you see me (or hear me screaming about Texas!)

In a sane nation with actual rule of law, there would be consequences for this. Voter suppression IS cheating and election-stealing, and yet it’s normalized and enabled in the United States.

BREAKING: The last one I was waiting for — Abdul El-Sayed has WON in Michigan! A remarkably smart and skilled candidate who is going to be devastating in Congress, and who would have won easily were it not for pretty blatant racism/islamophobia. Now I can go to bed. #DemSenate #Midterms

Our household votes for him delivered by bike.

RBC has fully embraced its role as crazed arsonists. 👇 www.rbc.com/en/thought-l...

Re @mayor.seattle.gov's veto of the Seattle City Council's RV ban legislation, I have heard that behind-the-scenes lobbying convinced Rob Saka to change his vote.

Tonight brings us our first Black woman governor, our first gay senator, quite likely our first Muslim senator. This is a great night for the diversity of our country.

Nilu Jenks (Urbanist-endorsed) is up 17 points in the D5 Seattle Council race. On course for an easy win.

Jessica Forsythe (Urbanist-endorsed) appears headed to the WA State Senate despite $1 million plus in corporate cash spent against her.

I’m surprised that being nakedly corrupt, adding gold and a ballroom to the White House, jacking the prices up of everything, having masked untrained federal agents kill civilians, and ending his message on algae in the reflecting pool didn’t work.

Happy Godzilla Day!

LA mayor's race has the first votes counted. Bass and Raman are tight, with Bass now at 50.8%. But this is LA, which means counting is slow and that Raman is very likely to be able to turn this around as more votes come in over the coming days.

Your Election Day reminder that public transit should be free and well connected to polling sites, as having sites that are car dependent mean that those who don’t own one are deeply disadvantaged to exercise their civic duty.

It’s hard to listen to republican talking heads tonight claiming huge Dem wins are because Republicans strayed too far away from core conservative policies. Like this is a normal election. It’s not. Trump has made the United States a fascist and completely corrupt regime, with rampant treason.

Technically old enough.

Thank you American voters!

Colorado's Ballot Issue 7A, which would fund the first phase of Front Range Rail—linking Pueblo with Denver and Fort Collins—is currently ahead with 55% of the vote in the early vote.

A journalist should get @transportation.seattle.gov to comment on this and not let them defer to SFD. It's an approved fire lane. It was approved not to balance competing life safety issues but for driver convenience. What is the new standard? Will this standard be documented in Streets Illustrated?

Texas, I am so happy for you.

Has there ever been an election so obviously positioned as billionaires vs democracy? #USMidterms

“Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month's world junior hockey championship in Alberta.”

“Just pretend I’m on the ballot.” — Trump. Looks like they sure are…

Republicans suck, man. Come on, Washington, you still have an hour to vote against the three MAGA statewide initiatives. Kick these losers to the curb.

In San Francisco, with just the early vote: Measure H, providing funding for Muni, is ahead with 72% of the vote Measure G, which would reopen a highway and close a park on the city's oceanfront, is losing with just 37% of the vote

Big night for @transpochoices.bsky.social, @mayor.seattle.gov, the nation, and the world.

Councilmember Saka Says He'll Provide Crucial Vote for Mayor Wilson's Veto of Legislation to Ban RVs From Seattle Sponsor Dan Strauss said the mayor’s veto shows she’s “disingenuous” and can’t be trusted.

Few people have had as big an impact on the worldwide movement to improve cites and move them away from forced car dependency like Clarence. Listen to our interview with him, out now: podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/s...

We have the first results in for Pierce County, Washington (Tacoma)'s transit referendum! With 129,000 votes counted, the transit sales tax is currently leading with 57.73% of the vote.

BREAKING: DEMOCRATS TAKE THE UNITED STATES SENATE! #Midterms

Texas now has a Democrat Senator and Governor. Let THAT sink in. #Midterms

facts.

Time to call it a night. Allow yourself the time to breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate hard-fought victories. Then the work to protect democracy and build a better country for everyone continues.

I know this is a tomorrow problem, but we have to go after all of them.

Stay calm and ignore the prediction markets.

Again…

Alright, this is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too early, but we finally have the first results from Massachusetts' housing measure, which would allow single-family homes on smaller lots. It's currently ahead... but with only 1135 votes in so far. So I'll keep track.

Thoughts and prayers

Fox “News,” ladies and gentlemen…

The BC NDP's housing reforms — despite some weaknesses in implementation and follow-through — were still easily the best effort at provincial housing reform in the country. Sucks that the new BC Conservative government is looking to bring back exclusionary housing rules.