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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

Fire McDermott 🙃

“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.”

Kurt Vonnegut

Glad the Bills decided to do an In Memoriam for a guy who insinuated that Damar Hamlin collapsed because of the COVID vaccine. #CharlieKirk

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

still not exactly sure why we’re punishing Cuba for anything in the 21st century

We need to do something with the Star to get PTC and the land uses right around the stations. The people want to take the train, we should figure out a way for more people to have the option to take the train.

Just a lie. Lie, lie, lie, lie. The entire apparatus is working the Roger Stone angle.

“Attack, attack, attack, never defend.”

“Admit nothing, deny everything, launch a counterattack.”

Based

Welcome Sabrina!!

Metropolitan Council (Minnesota) - Wikipedia

You may be interested in Minnesota’s Metro Council form that allows counties to remain but transfers decision-making on issues of regional importance up the chain, even allowing the Council to overrule local zoning decisions.

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An analysis of the first 2 months of New York City's congestion pricing policy shows that road speeds increased and emissions decreased inside and out of the congestion zone, from Cook, Kreidieh, Vasserman, Allcott, Arora, van Sambeek, Tomkins, and Turkel https://www.nber.org/papers/w33584

In NYC right now and I’m amazed at just how more livable it is with fewer cars and more people due to (de)congestion pricing. No loss in vibrancy here folks!

Primary @schumer.senate.gov. That’s the post.

Mahmoud Khalil must be released immediately.

We are the United States, we stand for freedom of speech. Suppression of free expression is the tool of our enemy.

When we say free speech, we also mean free speech for everyone under the auspices of US Law. Green card holders ARE legal residents.

Lean into the High Republic stuff and get out of the original era. Try to do something new. And then in a decade, try to go back and ungoof the sequels as much as you can. George Lucas tweaked Star Wars like a million times, so can y’all.

Byron Brown became mayor when I was in middle school and left City Hall after I got married in my 30s.

My point is that while I’m grateful for some of Brown’s decisions, my hometown is in desperate need of new direction and Sean will bring transformative leadership.

Please consider voting Sean!

An audacious quest: Nashville teen tries to ride every city bus route before graduation Thousands of Metro Nashville high schoolers ride the bus for free, but for one senior, the bus has become a passion.

This High School senior is on a mission to ride every WeGo bus route in Nashville before he leaves for college.
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Come hang out with me and the stellar team at Metro Planning to talk about housing and infrastructure!

i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve

We can’t keep making decisions that cater only to the low efficiency, high emissions mode. Public transit needs to be the future.

This is such a bad look on a good policy. Congestion pricing makes a lot of sense in Manhattan!

Challenge to Nashville transit referendum heard in court - Nashville Banner Davidson County Chancellor hears arguments in a case challenging a $3.1 billion transit referendum. Decision expected soon.

Chancellor Anne Martin today shot down the effort to overturn the results of the transit vote. Tax can be collected starting Feb. 1.

More to come shortly but here's our story on the hearing last week:

“I've ascribed these monuments
A false sense of permanence
I've placed faith in geography
To hold you in my memory

I'm sifting through these wreckage piles
Through the rubble
of bricks and wires
Looking for something
I'll never find
Looking for something
I’ll never find”

Tool libraries work. They give folks the ability to save money while building resiliency.

Libraries are a benefit for the entire committee.

My BIL is going car-free in ATL and it’s possible with efficient, frequent, *reliable* transit. That world is possible if we prepare for it, design for it, and (most importantly) *invest* in it.

Rode MARTA for the first time on the way to a tour of Mercedes-Benz stadium. Was pretty impressed by the ride, areas adjacent to the stations (and on top of them) could use more density to support ridership.

Also here are some pictures of from the tour.

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V/@lloydalter.bsky.social

A serious country would pass this.