SFMTA released new data on Friday showing a 78% drop in speeding at intersections where new speed cameras were installed last year. abc7news.com/post/san-franc…

“Mamdani is also expected to announce the city will build a bike lane network through the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Midwood, Flatbush & East Flatbush, & add protected lanes to Dorchester & Cortelyou Roads in Ditmas Park, & along Brooklyn & Kingston Aves.” nytimes.com/2026/02/12/nyr…

Lindsay Loves Cities Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist Only 1% of land in our largest cities is walkable, yet it accounts for 20% of GDP for the ENTIRE U.S. Walkable urban neighborhoods are the economic engine of America🇺🇸

At what point do we admit that building highways through the center of our cities was a failed experiment? Our streets in Atlanta are insanely clogged because some folks 70 years ago thought it was a good idea. It wasn’t . Let’s tear them out and move on.

MAGA is on the wrong side of history. Anyone that doesn’t recognize this by now is a bad person down to their core.

Millennial purchasing power would reshape cities. They want spacious 3-bed flats in cool city centres or a cute terrace with a walkable high street. They are forced by a broken and yankified development industry to choose between a dormitory box or a semi in the middle of nowhere

Affordability has always been 1 of the biggest benefits of public transportation. A family that can avoid spending $50k or ~$1000/month going from 2 to 1 car or 1 to 0 can save lots of money to pay for child care, tuition, housing, etc. Ride Metro Forward save $ washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…

"A surprisingly small drop in cars on the road—just 5-10%—can dramatically ease congestion, and public transit is one of the most effective ways to get that drop." fastcompany.com/91493803/wheth…

The Passenger Rail Planning Act would raise expectations for American railway planning by directing the Illinois Department of Transportation to plan for high-frequency trains throughout the Midwest. Tell your legislators to support HB4279 and SB3285 at hsrail.org/blog/tell-spri…

American cities give up more than $5 billion a year in foregone tax revenue because of downtown highways, a new report says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

new substack article on a new $400M courtyard block in Brooklyn, the Oosten The Oosten shows that courtyard blocks can be built in the United States—but without smaller parcels they tend to become luxury megaprojects rather than diverse neighborhoods. link below

NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/mam…

New York City needs more space for pedestrians - especially in highly congested areas. My new legislation would require DOT to create 1M sq ft of pedestrian space annually around congested subway and bus stops to improve safety and so we aren’t stuck behind that slow walker.

Kim Dotcom Elon Musk, you pretentious bald fuck with a micro-penis and god complex—you blew $44B on X to stroke your fragile ego after endless ratioings. Your Teslas are flaming deathtraps, SpaceX rockets are pricey fireworks, Neuralink fries brains, and your Mars fantasy is cult bait. You

As of today there are 4 kinds of people who still support Trump: 1. Billionaires 2. Pedophiles 3. Nihilistic assholes 4. Idiots/ marks You can be more than one, but you definitely are at least one

Households that own cars have double the median income of households that don’t—yet we give away public space equivalent to 12 Central Parks to free storage of cars (many of which aren’t even owned by New Yorkers). Free parking is deeply regressive, not an affordability policy.

Report says each $1 billion in public transportation spending returns $5 billion in benefits vist.ly/4u9g5

NYC Mayor Mamdani pitched a 12,000-home project and cited Tokyo's permit numbers in debates. LA Councilmember Raman supported single-family rezoning and transit-housing laws. Both DSA-aligned, and they agree on the need to build more housing. politico.com/news/2026/03/0…

The thing anti-density NIMBYS never understand is that denser urban areas... ...use less land ...thereby creating more open public spaces outside the city. Density is the antidote to sprawl. It creates more open space, not less.

This is literally the map of most walkable area/cities on earth.