Jon Orcutt
@jonorcutt.bsky.social
Long time NYC transportation reformer - Senior Fellow at @reinventalbany.bsky.social Alum @TransitCenter.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @tstc.bsky.social @TransAlt.org @bikenewyork
Turning your street into a 21st Century gas station on behalf of electric utility cos & the car industry - such weak shit! @brooklyneagle.bsky.social
City’s Department of Transportation expands charger port installation, launches feedback portal
THREE BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS are part of a planned expansion of 600 new curbside electric vehicle charger ports.
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I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.
Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
Rick Wilson: Trump is still on Russian side. Trump is on the side of Putin. Even now, as Trump shifts back to Zelenskyy a little bit. That’s only because Zelenskyy is essentially winning, and Trump doesn’t want to be stuck with a loser. He still ideologically believes in Putin.
Heavy police presence at Summer Streets marks latest NYPD surge under Mamdani gothamist.com/news/heavy-p...
Heavy police presence at Summer Streets marks latest NYPD surge under Mamdani
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has responded to large gatherings with unprecedented deployments of police.
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I wish DOT would issue cease-and-desist orders to chronic bike lane blocking businesses
The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · yesterdayThe city’s Transportation Department has hit an app that tracks New Yorkers’ block-by-block walking routes with a cease-and-desist letter. DOT wants the free app, called WalkNYC, to walk away and come back with a new name. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/w...
New research shows that the US has been a global laggard curbing crash deaths. If the US had merely matched improvements in 14 peer nations, 500,000+ lives would have been saved from 2000-24. doi.org/10.1080/1538...
It’s extremely satisfying when Dave is in the midst of trash talking a thrower, they abruptly nail the target & gravity takes its course
The New York Groove@nygroove.nyc · last wk.Just a reminder that you can sign up to dunk Dave next week luma.com/op1xd9u1
Really weak response - hopefully this evolves during the rest of the week @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/04/m...
Mamdani Stands By NYPD's 'Overkill' In Policing Summer Streets - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD's justification for filling this weekend's car-free Summer Streets with patrol vehicles isn't adding up.
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The Administration is begging people to understand that they will not implement programs they don't like. And accordingly all but one Democrat on the T&I Committee supported giving them more money to undermine Democrats' priorities. www.theurbanist.org/op-ed-federa...
Op-Ed: Federal Transportation Policy Is Growing Unhinged Under Trump
America Walks is urging Congress to block federal transportation funding reauthorization until the Whitehouse can prove that it is following the law and disbursing funding Congress has allocated to tr...
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Summer Streets attendees were stunned by the sheer number of police and their vehicles clogging many intersections — in what one cop called "overkill."
Summer Bummer: Annual Car-Free Street Event Squeezed In NYPD 'Overkill' - Streetsblog New York City
Attendees were stunned by the sheer number of police and their vehicles clogging many intersections — in what one cop called "overkill."
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These crazy wildfires in Spain and France have only destroyed “hundreds” of homes? LA’s 2025 fires destroyed 18,000. Noncombustible materials and a tight wildland-urban interface are probably a better strategy than clearing vegetation and spacing out houses. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
More news about the Trump crime family. Isn't the entire Trump real estate business a money-laundering operation? And the entire Republican Party are enablers of or participants in this criminality. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to the president's family business.
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Ugh why are other teams pulling Wiebes to the line?
Mary Kasprzak @marykasprzak.bsky.social · 3d agolove the attacking spirit from Riejanne Markus #tdff
Bailey Ave bikeway has made getting <=> Manhattan & Van Cortlandt Park much easier & better Now the onus to make it a truly “in network” ride is on getting the 10th Ave greenway going & finally, Finally, FINALLY making the Bway Bridge bike friendly
would be truly amazing to let this stretch of kent be what it so clearly wants to be: a bustling bike and pedestrian zone
Jon Orcutt@jonorcutt.bsky.social · 5d agoTime to bring 🚲 lane (& sidewalk) widening to Brooklyn, specifically Kent Avenue @nyc.streetsblog.org
Time to bring 🚲 lane (& sidewalk) widening to Brooklyn, specifically Kent Avenue @nyc.streetsblog.org
Eyes on the Street: It Is Time For Kent Avenue To Be Car-Free - Streetsblog New York City
The Kent Avenue bike lane has become a victim of its own success, so we put some eyes on the street.
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“This is a classic central-bank credibility shock"
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d agoMESTER: “.. I don’t think it’s sustainable, what he’s doing, in terms of not saying anything. .. I actually want more from my Fed. I want to feel comfortable that the Fed knows what it is doing.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli
Apocalypse Now: I Don't See Any Method
ALT: Apocalypse Now: I Don't See Any Method
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John Leavitt@leavittalone.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Meanwhile, back in the real world . . . It was ignorant anti-vax kooks like RFK Jr who got most Americas killed by Covid.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃
NEW: "Trump's 32 percent approval is an all-time low approval rating for him in a Quinnipiac University poll." poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
6 In 10 Voters Oppose U.S. Military Action In Iran Amid Spike In Expectations It Will Last A Year Or More, Trump Approval Hits New Low, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 49% Worse Off F...
"The pushback is evident. Six in 10 voters want no part of military action against Iran. More than seven in 10 say putting troops on Iranian soil is a no-go. And if the war drags on, more than half of...
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From ‘Kyiv in three days’ to metal gates at gas stations in 4,5 years. All according to plan.🤡
A federal judge has thrown out FBI director Kash Patel’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” 😭
Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud
A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”
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Trump has abused every single major tariff authority! He abused IEEPA (SCOTUS struck down), 232's, 301's, 122's, 201's, and now 338's to shake down other countries for political and/or per$onal benefit. If you give Trump a tariff authority he WILL abuse it. That’s what he does, it’s all he does.
A City Hall that pretends the police dept doesn’t exist isn’t gonna produce across the board bus speed increases
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last wk.The next time you’re on a bus stuck in traffic, first, blame the scofflaw driver who covered his plate to avoid getting a ticket. But also blame the NYPD for not targeting these hot spots with boots on the ground. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/28/t...
Always a good time to quote Adama from Battlestar Galactica:
