Matt Gertz
@mattagertz.bsky.social
📍Seattle. Transportation. Cities. Coffee. Other stuff? 🏳️🌈
If DOUG FORD disagrees with you, there’s definitely something wrong with you
Smackeycracks@smackeycracks.bsky.social · 2d agoSweet Jesus. The President of the United States is mentally ill. I'm not being alarmist. I'm 100% serious. After reading this shit, I think you'll agree with my assessment...
Honestly not sure who's worse. At least Kushner is honest about who he is...
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoHakeem Jeffries, the Democrat minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a top adviser. They discussed potential areas of common ground, according to people with knowledge of the meeting. Here's what we know. nyti.ms/4gt2VgK
Got through upper body routine no problem, then tweaked my back while bending over to put the barbell back 😭😭
Re: mayoral leadership on safety: bsky.app/profile/type...
Matt Gertz@mattagertz.bsky.social · 5d agothose choices can save lives. She thinks she's listening to "the community" but she's only buying into the people who never want change. Change is hard. Inertia is the default. Instead of fighting for safety, she's giving up. Raman is the leader LA needs.
“I am firmly supportive of improved traffic safety and infrastructure for the mobility community, especially protected bike lanes. However, LADOT’s own outreach reflects significant community opposition to the final redesign plan of Forest Lawn Drive,” Bass wrote (1/3)
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 5d agoBass hit brakes on new bike lanes near Forest Lawn. Raman is now slamming her for it
"Motorists going at least 11 mph over the speed limit fell by 70%" Most cited motorists received a single citation then stopped speeding. Speed safety cameras work. www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...
Oakland installed new automated speed cameras. Drivers’ behavior changed dramatically
A new report shows that drivers are slowing down significantly on what have been some of the city’s most dangerous roads.
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Very narrowly avoided getting mowed down by a left turning driver who wasn’t paying attention. He just shrugged, and I kept my cool by not throwing my strawberry lemonade at his car. If I get killed by a driver, please politicize the hell out of it.
I know this EO has been in the works for a very long time, a fact that now makes it look like transportation chair Rob Saka scrambled to put out his own counterproposal a few days before the Mayor could release hers.
Yesterday I drove by the spot where last month ICE murdered Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. A memorial with flowers and signs remains. It was an important reminder that we cannot forget the individual victims of ICE terror. May his family get justice someday.
I was told this war would be quick and easy, and in fact that we had won it many times over months ago, so why am I now being told it's something I need to make personal sacrifices for?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoMinnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."
what if instead of gay guy Atlantis cruise there was gay guy luxury Amtrak ride
Run cut short by temperamental knee but still a beautiful day in SEA
Awkwardly figuring out how to use my Apple watch for vanity photos
Kinda wild that this is like a minor foot note in our media discourse that the president's refugee policy is just blatantly white supremacist. Future gens will look back at this period like "wtf"
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 3w agoBREAKING: in July 2026, *every single one* of the 2,528 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 10,255 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
Trump's USDOT has published a rather hollow National Roadway Safety Strategy. Among the many topics it ignores: 🔹 Pedestrian crash safety standards (which Biden proposed) 🔹 Bike safety 🔹 Restrictions on car bloat, blind zones, or infotainment distraction www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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There's a nonzero chance that my obituary is going to read "murdered by a Nissan Altima."
Data are clear: Speed safety cameras are arguably the fastest, most effective, most affordable way to cut traffic fatalities
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 3w agoA story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
I think the Indian place I had lunch from used sugar instead of salt?? The sweetest butter chicken I’ve ever tasted.
Haley has support from a lot of respected Dems in Michigan. And she has raised doubts about El-Sayed's electability in the general election. But the outside money is not so much for her as against El-Sayed. It will disappear if she wins, and switch to the Republican side if she loses the primary.
This stolen money needs to be returned to blue states by the next administration with interest.
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 4w ago“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Answering a question via email to make an 8am meeting unnecessary? Now that’s government work.
Basic rules of society that we need to re-establish post Covid: - You actually have to stop for red lights and stop signs. - If you want to watch videos or listen to music in a shared public space, you need to use headphones. - Your pet does not need to go everywhere with you. - Don’t litter.
