Carter Lavin
@carterlavin.bsky.social
Bay Area transit organizer. Trainer of activists, author of "If you want to win, you've got to fight: a guide to effective transportation advocacy" https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781642833737/if-you-want-to-win-youve-got-to-fight
I usually choose organizing to improve transit, biking and street safety over spending time promoting my book that teaches people how to do the same. But Monday I'm hosting a rally/lobby day w/ 2 dozen orgs & over 200 ppl. You can do the same, here's how press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight
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Why did we buy newspaper ads in South Carolina and Nevada? Because Gavin Newsom wants a national audience—and voters deserve to know he supported a plan that could take $2 billion from transit, housing, clean water to benefit industrial polluters. Join our funding rally on Aug 10th
And this is in addition to the $2 billion cuts mentioned above. Gavin Newsom is a climate arsonist.
Kirsten Bladh@kerstanley.bsky.social · 4w agoGood time to remind everyone that Gavin Newsom cut $690 million of emergency transit funding from the state budget this year.
People talk about how Gavin Newsom is running for President so he's not paying much attention to the needs of regular Californians (like housing, transit, clean air and clean water). Hopefully this gets his attention and he undoes those funding cuts
Carter Lavin@carterlavin.bsky.social · 5d agoSouth Carolina is now the first state in the nation for the Democratic Primary and this just ran in The State, the newspaper of Columbia, South Carolina. Come out to the rally and lobby day next week in Sac and help get our legislators to undo the cuts! actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
In case y'all don't know the back story, in May, CARB voted to give $2B/year in carbon allowances to oil companies that they would normally have to pay for. And yes, it is the same oil companies that are raking in billions of extra profits because of high oil prices.
Carter Lavin@carterlavin.bsky.social · 5d agoSouth Carolina is now the first state in the nation for the Democratic Primary and this just ran in The State, the newspaper of Columbia, South Carolina. Come out to the rally and lobby day next week in Sac and help get our legislators to undo the cuts! actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
South Carolina is now the first state in the nation for the Democratic Primary and this just ran in The State, the newspaper of Columbia, South Carolina. Come out to the rally and lobby day next week in Sac and help get our legislators to undo the cuts! actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
About 15 months after we delivered a petition of over 1,800 signatures of people demanding a safer grand for all! actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-...
A Safer, Better Grand Avenue at Lake Merritt
PETITION FOR A SAFER, BETTER GRAND AVENUE AT THE LAKE! To the Oakland City Administration, City Council and Mayor: Every year Oaklanders are injured along Grand Avenue by Lake Merritt from dozens of...
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@streetsblogsf.bsky.social · 6d agoThere are more people in the @rideact.bsky.social and @sfmta.com buses in this pic than in all the cars. If we don't pass the Regional Transit Measure this November we're going to have less bus service throughout the Bay and traffic (and air quality) will get worse for all
Wow — California got more than half its electricity from solar in May, a world record. The numbers keep rising. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @blancabegert.bsky.social
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record
New batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.
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anyway, the "male loneliness epidemic" is a skill issue. There are *so many* volunteer needs in every city, every community. It's staggering. Every park, trail, forest and pond has a "friends group" that needs labor and bodies. Every hospital and retirement home, every club and agency.
Do I (or you) have any connections in Columbia South Carolina who can help on a project by taking a picture of something that will be in their local paper this week?
Donate to @bikeeastbay.bsky.social !
Robert Prinz@prinzrob.bsky.social · last wk.It’s incredibly weird to me that some people maintain conspiracy theories about the small, local non-profit I work for. They could literally just come to our 1 room office w no plumbing & see what we’re up to. But instead they prefer to maintain a myth that we’re shadowy, compromised evil doers?
We’re small and scrappy, but we accomplish a lot at @bikeeastbay.bsky.social! Contrary to the conspiracy narrative, our advocacy work is nearly all funded by individual donors. Tomorrow is the last day to become a member on a sliding scale, starting at $1. Join us: bikeeastbay.org/staffgiving/
Robert Prinz@prinzrob.bsky.social · last wk.It’s incredibly weird to me that some people maintain conspiracy theories about the small, local non-profit I work for. They could literally just come to our 1 room office w no plumbing & see what we’re up to. But instead they prefer to maintain a myth that we’re shadowy, compromised evil doers?
Any recommendations for books on the history of Santa Clara County?
A lot of folks are going to Sacramento on Monday the 10th to ask the state legislature to restore the $2 billion in cap and trade funding that Governor Newsom's CAR Board cut. Join here if you can!
Rally and Lobby Day to Save Transit, Affordable Housing, Clean Air & Clean Water Programs throughout California
Governor Gavin Newsom's Appointees at the California Air Resources Board just voted to rob programs that fund transit, affordable housing, clean air, and clean water programs to give billions to Big O...
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Transbay Coalition@transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 3mo agoWild that @airresources.bsky.social wants to give billions of dollars to Big Oil by taking money away from public transit & affordable housing programs Read more: envirovotersedfund.org/cap-and-inve... and send a letter actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...
Good news! Council voted 7-2 tonight to repave and rebalance Hopkins Street with pedestrian, bicycle, and transit improvements, including protected bike lanes! Thank you to everyone who pushed to make Hopkins safe for all!
Walk Bike Berkeley@walkbikeberk.bsky.social · 2w agoTake action today to make Hopkins Street smooth & safe for ALL! 🧵 us8.campaign-archive.com?e=c7e1cd29c5...
CARB recently defunded the state's main funding for the State Rail Plan, along with other devastating cuts to transit, housing, and clean air. Learn more about what's going on tonight and how you can take action at this webinar tonight at 7! actionnetwork.org/events/expla...
Explainer webinar: California Air Resources Board cuts to transit, housing, communities and how we can reverse the cuts
The California Air Resources Board recently made a decision which: Cut funding for affordable housing throughout the state by $800M, effectively eliminating a program that helped build tens of thous...
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The California Air Resources Board wants to take Cap-and-Invest funding from programs that support housing, transit, clean air, and clean water and give it to oil companies that are reaping record profits. Join a rally and lobby day on 8/10 to save these programs. actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...
Rally and Lobby Day to Save Transit, Affordable Housing, Clean Air & Clean Water Programs throughout California
Governor Gavin Newsom's Appointees at the California Air Resources Board just voted to rob programs that fund transit, affordable housing, clean air, and clean water programs to give billions to Big Oil. Come demand that the state legislature step in and fund these programs as part of the state budget that's being set right now! We will have a rally at noon followed by meetings with legislators inside the Capitol. Details to come
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A major way to change the practices of a country or jurisdiction you live in is to organize your community to change the culture, policy, and practices of the place. A major way to change the practices of a corporation you do not own, work for, or are on the board of is to stop using its products
every single person who didnt leave twitter when it got bought has been slowly frying their brains for the last 3 years and they all are going down this path. its really dissapointing
Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 2w agoRyan Grim wants Dr. Fauci prosecuted because we didn't know everything about COVID-19 a month after it was discovered.
Looking for a nice looking and professional book the a person put out with helpful information to help fill your time until Tom Flood's new zine comes out? Why not check out If You Want To Win You’ve Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy 😉 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight
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Tom Flood@tomflood.bsky.social · 2w ago“Sick of all those nice looking and professional books that people put out with helpful information - we’ll try Tom flood’s new zine!
Taking a big step back for a moment: The amount of culture and narrative shift around transit, street safety, bikes, and walking in America over the past 20 years has been enormous. Huge thank you to everyone who organizing, educating, and fighting for it and to prior generations we're building on
In the offchance that you're more familiar with my book -- If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy -- than you are with California bike lane efforts: This is the one referenced on page 5!
Robert Prinz@prinzrob.bsky.social · 2w ago70+ postcards in support of a protected bikeway on Hopkins in N Berkeley were mailed out to the Mayor & City Council yesterday, including these great ones from area kids who want to get around on their own 2 wheels. Visit BikeEastBay.org/Hopkins to show your support too, before the July 28 vote!
*stares in American* Trying to imagine what it'd be like for this to be the federal government's spending by sector
open all borders. stop having them be closed 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴@dov.bsky.social · 2w ago"why can't cuts ever come out of defence instead" well, one, there is a fucking war in europe. second of all, because you are an adult and should understand the concept of maths
the AC Transit Board Item #4 tonight at 5pm to accept a report so flatly undemocratic and likely illegal it boggles the mind. Follow the agenda link so you can dial into the Zoom and raise your hand to make a two-minute public comment, maybe 1 minute! actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=... 1/x
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If at least a couple dozen people show up and critiques this strongly, we can get them to shelve this mess. But that means YOU!
George Spies@georgespies.bsky.social · 3w agothe AC Transit Board Item #4 tonight at 5pm to accept a report so flatly undemocratic and likely illegal it boggles the mind. Follow the agenda link so you can dial into the Zoom and raise your hand to make a two-minute public comment, maybe 1 minute! actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=... 1/x
This is murder. Hannah Rapp was murdered by a car driver while she was on her bike. The world is a worse place for having lost her
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3w ago"The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office said the driver, Charles Medina, 31, passed two bicyclists traveling along FM 159. After passing them, investigators said Medina stopped his vehicle, reversed, and struck one of the cyclists." This is absolutely horrific.
