Andy Thornley

California's governor has signed SB 79, a large-scale upzoning of land near transit throughout the state's largest counties.

I found the transport cipher key
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New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

A new study reveals that cycling traffic in Paris has increased by 240% between 2018 and 2023, while car traffic has steadily declined.
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We are once again asking etc. etc.

Good to see this reporting but I’m eager to see the WSJ just declare “Trump is a Lying Sack of Shit” in some headlines already

If you're 40+ and you don't ride your bike around town what even is your plan for healthy aging?

I just don't understand older people who hate bike lanes.

Seriously, this feels like the political comms equivalent of a successful Queer Eye makeover.

Yeah someone probably has some old emails about it somewhere

I saw that DHS secretary #KristiNoem visited “War Ravaged” Portland this morning & met with the Governor.
I wanna know if she'll meet with the #AntiFascistFrog!
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Highlights For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement. Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design. Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically. Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street. There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This study should be read by every policymaker and traffic engineer.

Hey @bart.gov Biking and Birding and BART - oh my!
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The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

The story of the rails-to-trails movement is one of the most epic, controversial, and still ongoing tales in the history of American advocacy. And now, it’s finally getting a film that’s worthy of that epic narrative.

One-third of Angelenos do not drive Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

Regular reminder to Democratic legislators and executives: Not touching exclusionary residential zoning is exactly what the MAGA Playbook (aka Project 2025) calls for on page 511.
@governor.ca.gov, please sign SB 79!

Great Museum in Richmond, CA. Run by national parks.

We haven’t won a war since multicultural America fought fascism.

Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.

More of this, please.

Tell these fucking fascists that the people of this country despise them, hate them, and do not welcome them anywhere they go.

Some people are taking responsibility for telling the truth and speaking up for their communities. And it doesn't have to do with age or experience. This is leadership that comes from moral clarity.

I’ve been looking around for the most credulous mid-campaign piece about Trump’s obviously fatuous Project 2025 disavowal, and I think it might be this one from Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Secretary of Defense: Unconstitutional acts that are also crimes against humanity will be documented on X.

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Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

🔥Capitulation and Fascism: Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and DEMENTIA!

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What a pathetic lie, JD. Nobody’s arguing for benefits for people who are undocumented.

But now that we’ve cleared that up, are you saying you WILL support continued ACA health care tax credits for millions of U.S. CITIZENS?

That’s what we’re fighting for!

Brass band members being hauled on cargobikes

Every few months, I haul a marching band on cargobikes. We’re doing it again soon! Carla Cargo, my DMs are open!

A cargobike with a trailer loading six feet high with crates sits next to a trailer by a river

Bikes can do so many more things than most people think. Today’s wonderful example is Carla Cargo’s feature on @mountvernontrail.org’s bike-based volunteer trail maintenance work. www.carlacargo.de/heroes/carla...

Amazing to see the ease with which Johnson lies.

Update on "Who Goes Nazi"
"MAGA appeals to people who need to feel special, who need enemies to blame, who need simple answers to complex problems. It attracts those who mistake confidence for competence, who confuse being loud with being right, who think that admitting uncertainty is weakness."

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?