Join America Walks and panelists, Amy Cohen from Families for Safe Streets, Jodie Medeiros from Walk San Francisco and Kea Wilson from Streetsblog USA for a vital webinar on advocating for safer vehicle policies.

New Paltz poll site is already PACKED in the first hour of Early Voting sites opening in Ulster County.

Halifax gets far more snow than the Hudson valley. If they can do this, so can we!

Why do more people need to buy a home? Why should homeownership be the goal for everyone? I hear many worrying about the barriers to home ownership. But is owning a home just a means to an end? And if so, what is that end? Perhaps that is what we should be focusing on.

There is no easy way to talk about this. This week the UN announced we are on track to reach up to 3.1° Celsius of warming. We are slated to blow past the goals of the Paris Accords. Here's what this means. (1/9) 🧵

We need to defeat this fascist scum. If you're a leftist in a swing state, and you can't compel yourself to tactically vote for Harris to defeat Trump: Swap your vote. Get a leftist in a blue state to vote Stein, and vote down this Nazi freak. x.com/Acyn/status/18…

Could this be considered a form of democracy?

Too good.

The automobile industry invented “jaywalking” because pedestrians were getting in the way of cars taking over cities. In 2023, more than 90% of jaywalking tickets issued in New York went to Black and Latino people. Jaywalking legalized in New York City theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

Market Street Railway Company, San Francisco, 1927. Assertions to the effect that “people preferred to drive” are guesses in the guise of explanations. In cities, a small minority of motorists degraded street car service.

The fact is, the top 10% wealthiest make the same amount of emissions as the bottom 50%. We all need to reduce emissions, but also the rich need to be drastically taxed so their consumption can be reined in, and wealth can be redistributed.

New legislation will help NY NACTO members expand automated enforcement: 🏫City of Kingston can launch a speed camera pilot program in up to 3 school zones. 🚦NYC DOT can now install red-light cameras at up to 600 intersections—four times the current limit of 150 intersections.

Now would be the time to grow a spine, Kathy.

The American middle class is generally in the top 20% globally.

And free fares, a la Kansas City and Ulster County NY, help as well!

"Unfortunately, your box was apparently one pound too heavy for the carrier aircraft, which experienced a massive mechanical failure, resulting in a geyser of jet fuel raining down on a nearby bird sanctuary." mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-…

One hundred years + 8 days ago: On Monday, December 15, 1924, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover opened the two-day National Conference on Street and Highway Safety. We today are immersed in its legacies.

lmfao in case you needed proof of how stupid NYC’s new outdoor dining rules are, L’industrie (top slice shop in the city) just parked an old school bus outside and turned it into a dining area

“Save a life, hit a bollard” - to the tune of “save a horse, ride a cowboy” World Bollard Association™

Excellent piece on the unjust handling of Gary White’s death.