"Taxing the rich doesn't work." Tell that to Massachusetts. Their millionaire tax has raised $3.1 BILLION so far. It's funding bridges, buses, teachers, free community college, and free school meals. This isn't theory. It's working. We've got the receipts.

One of my favorite stories was a few activists in Seattle installing bollards on a bike lane. The City removed them, and then within a couple weeks reinstalled their own City-approved bollards because the City Engineer cared. Cities can just do this stuff! It builds trust and good will!

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

The transit cost problem is downstream of not prioritizing or investing enough in transit, is what I'm saying.

remarkable how it's consensus within all realms of transportation academic/professional/political pundit spaces that transit projects cost too much and how rarely it's coupled with "we spend orders of magnitude more on highways which also suffer from exorbitant cost overruns and consultant grift"

Benjamin Schneider@benschneider.bsky.social · last wk.

There's some truth here: Transit projects cost too much and the urban transportation market is getting more competitive. Withholding transit grant money, as the Trump admin is doing, addresses neither of those things, of course. But what would help? t.co/cZmiMFc6yf

This is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.

We Don’t Have a Culture of Convenience in North America. We Have a CULT of Convenience.

And you can tell the difference by what happens when you question it.

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Bay Area transit advocates are leading the charge to save BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit from dire service cuts. To hone your advocacy skills join this free training Aug 5 at @spur-urbanist.bsky.social @transitcenter.bsky.social luma.com/m78g9xyz

Storytelling for Transit Advocates: A Hands-on Training · Luma

Two important ballot measures will be on the ballot this November: Connect Bay Area and Stronger Muni for All. Both of these were voter initiatives, and we…

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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

A major part of reducing car use and moving more people onto transit is improving transit for EVERYONE, even if that's a lot less sexy and cathartic than just yelling at people.

Anxious Rage@anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 3w ago

When I did constituent services for NYC council we called Access-A-Ride “Stress-A-Ride” because of how bad the service is. Some of the worst calls were from elders literally sobbing on the phone when they didn’t show up to take them to the doctor + CS being nasty when they called to complain

What does the public actually believe about transit? We spent a year finding out. The real barrier isn't opposition: it's the gap between belief and action. Join us on 8/6 at 3pm ET to learn about our narrative research findings and what they mean for your work! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Fifth Time’s The Harm: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Again Signed A Budget With No Money For Transit

Fifth Time's The Harm: Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Again Signed A Budget With No Money For Transit — Streetsblog USA

New budget refuses a single cent for transit, cuts service for most vulnerable residents.

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What does the public actually believe about transit? We spent a year finding out. The real barrier isn't opposition: it's the gap between belief and action. Join us on 8/6 at 3pm ET to learn about our narrative research findings and what they mean for your work! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Coming home from a community meeting in N Aurora tonight my two-bus trip home took 77min. It’s a 14min drive. That’s the hidden time tax riders pay every day. I never take for granted how far we’ve come in delivering a fair transportation system in Seattle, and yet we have so much further to go.

“As it turns out, US cities can build new buses, trams, and trains much faster than they may think. The harder question now is whether they can keep up that momentum when it serves locals, and not just visitors.” www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The most surprising winner of the World Cup was American public transit

America is having a soccer awakening. Can it have a transit one too?

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The US House is considering a transportation bill that would cut transit funding massively. We estimate that it would cut transit funds by 23% compared to the current infrastructure law. Every state would lose millions of dollars in transit formula funding. Details: www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

May US transit data is in today, & all of the 10 largest US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 16% on Muni & 13% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 8.7%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +6%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +0.6%) is the slowest🧵

A second transportation planner employed by a large American city has been killed by a driver while on their bike this past month. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/07/c...

City Worker Who Improved Bike Infrastructure Killed While Biking In Bridgeport

Riley O'Neil, 35, was fatally struck Friday biking on Halsted Street. Colleagues are working to honor his contribution to the city's bike infrastructure while calling for greater cycling safeguards.

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The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w ago

A cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.

“Run more buses” is almost always the first answer to making transit better in the US and Canada. Many don’t want to hear it because of the appeal of trains (and that buses aren’t capex projects), but it’s true. Ability to just show up, and transfers not breaking trips, does wonders.

august 🍂@auguststreet.ca · 4w ago

thing is, bus speeds between LA & toronto are comparable. not dismissing speed issues, but the biggest delta between TO & LA is frequency (+integration) of bus+rail. lowering bus wait times region-wide is still the best bang-for-your-buck transit investment out there with quick results. 1/

NYC's buses aren't free, but they would speed up under new plan by Mamdani, MTA gothamist.com/news/nycs-bu...

NYC's buses aren't free, but they would speed up under new plan by Mamdani, MTA

Officials said the plan “resets the relationship" between the MTA and the city transportation department.

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Another mayor, another plan for bus action. The difference this time? The MTA has signed on as a partner and has made its own commitments to help speed up buses nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/08/t...

The Mamdani-Hochul Bus Plan: Priority Corridors, Bus Rapid Transit, Lane Enforcement And, Finally, All-Door Boarding - Streetsblog New York City

After two very disappointing mayoralties, transit users are asking, "Are we finally getting our long-promised Bus Mayor?" The answer? Time will tell.

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If you loved Danville's Dr. Gary, check out this story from @wesmars.bsky.social explaining why sidewalks resonate as a campaign issue: "Making sidewalks a public responsibility is possible. It can even be popular."

Why Denver stopped treating sidewalk repair as a DIY project – lessons for other cities and homeowners

New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.

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gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

This Danville, VA city council candidate made a very dramatic video about sidewalks and public safety, and I love it and him. Worrying about a possible milkshake duck situation, I looked at his FB page, but he seems ok. Juneteenth celebrations, community outreach, Methodists. A solid old gent.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Still zero for ebikes, zero for transit, and $2b for oil refineries.

Sammy Roth@sammyroth.bsky.social · last mo.

You can now get electric vehicle rebates in California! It's $3,500 for a new EV, $1,750 for a used EV. First-time buyers only. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Co-signing & let me explain why this is a #transit issue. DC United's stadium is a 14 min walk from 2 Metro stations, has FREE bike valet parking during matches, has a @bikeshare.bsky.social station. Signing Vozinha will raise attendance & thus #transit ridership. SIGN VOZINHA FOR THE PLANET.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last mo.

DC United sign VOZINHA right now

Train-commuting home in New York today under the heat dome, let me just say for the record: our infrastructure isn't ready for what's to come. Not even close.

Last year the California legislature passed Senate Bill 79, which legalized multifamily housing within a half mile of major public transit stops across California. This legislation was nearly a decade in the making. As of today, is officially active! Let the building begin!

A year has passed since Metro radically revamped the local bus system. Has the Better Bus Network proved to be better? A new report details what worked, what hasn’t, and where there’s room for improvement—link in bio.

One Year of WMATA’s Better Bus Plan

A year ago Metro radically revamped the local bus system; a new report details what worked, what didn’t, and where it can improve.

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NEW: City Council is expanding transit discounts to 340,000 more New Yorkers, as part of the budget agreement. The program, Fair Fares, will now be available to 1.3 million bus, subway and paratransit riders www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/n...

New York Is Set to Offer Transit Discounts to 340,000 More Riders

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From Reddit: pride train crushes Tesla with Virginia plates, lololol.

IMO, California should not be diverting climate funds to oil refineries while simultaneously allowing its transit systems to go broke.

California lawmakers slam Newsom’s transit funding cuts

The governor’s revised May budget plan did not include $690 million in emergency transit funding.

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Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis.bsky.social · last mo.

Today from me: America has usually been thought of as a place with relatively "inelastic" gasoline demand. But that is changing, as remote work and hybrids and EVs become more available. Gas sales are down since the war started, and may not fully rebound. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/b...