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Dan Miller Oct 3, 2023

Ny_jc_gal_76 Oct 2, 2023

Caveat: I know NYC could do better with regard to bicycle infrastructure. But. I had such an awesome ride yesterday morning that was through 3 boroughs and at least 60%, possibly more, was protected bike lanes. It was just so pleasant and I realized how much better things are now than they were when I started exploring the city by bike just about a decade and a half ago. So many more protected bike lanes. So much more bike route signage. Hopefully things just keep improving. #bikenyc #BikeTooter

Dan Miller Sep 14, 2023

Wrote up a thread about housing productivity and automation on Bluesky; check it out over there if you're so inclined (and if you want an invite code, ask me!) https://bsky.app/profile/meelar.bsky.social/post/3k7f4l3f36u2r

Dan Miller (@meelar.bsky.social)

This is a pretty interesting podcast episode about the high costs and low productivity of construction. In case you don't want to check out the whole thing, though, there's an interesting point about 15 minutes in. THREAD. #urbanism+ www.theringer.com/2023/9/12/23...

Bluesky Social

Dan Miller Aug 9, 2023

🚲Aug 8, 2023

Pardon the Franglish

Dan Miller Aug 7, 2023

Harvey J. Miller Aug 7, 2023

This battle over congestion pricing is a classic example of the liberal blind spot towards cars. Some Democrats are progressive on every issue, except reducing driving.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/nyregion/congestion-pricing-phil-murphy-new-jersey.html

New Jersey’s War on Congestion Pricing Brings Charges of Hypocrisy

A lawsuit that Gov. Philip Murphy of New Jersey has filed against New York’s congestion pricing plan has reignited a border war and led to charges of hypocrisy.

The New York Times

Dan Miller Jul 27, 2023

Gernot Wagner Jul 27, 2023

Law of unintended consequences: make it tougher for e-bikes, get more deliveristas on mopeds
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/07/27/e-bike-gas-mopeds-delivery-workers
#nyc @streetsblognyc #bikeNYC

More Deliveristas Are Turning to Gas-Powered Mopeds: ‘I Don’t Have a Place to Charge the Electric Bike’ - Streetsblog New York City

Workers say that longer delivery distances are also prompting the switch.

Dan Miller Jul 26, 2023

Doctor Memory Jul 26, 2023

JFC. I was wondering what happened to the Tubman $20 bill, and apparently the answer is "stuck inside a bureucracy that thinks it's reasonable and fine to take longer to design and release a new piece of currency than it took to go from the first Mercury launch to Apollo 11." I fucking despair. https://wapo.st/3Q79KJA

When will Harriet Tubman adorn the $20 bill?

The Biden administration promised to speed up the process of replacing Andrew Jackson with the famous abolitionist. But Tubman’s boosters say the process is dragging on at a glacial pace.

The Washington Post

Dan Miller Jul 10, 2023

This is a really interesting question that deserves to be taken seriously. If you were a self-driving car company that wanted to maximize market share, what laws would you want to see, and how would they harm pedestrians, cyclists, or others? https://sfba.social/@SafeStreetRebel/110691492665636982

ConeSF – Week of Cone (@[email protected])

Remember how jaywalking was invented by car companies to avoid having to address their safety problems? Public space was taken away from pedestrians and reserved for corporate interests by the law. There's already talk of how laws that protect pedestrians are inconvenient for self-driving cars. Recently, gig companies like Uber and Lyft spent tens of millions of dollars to push through laws that allow them to better exploit workers. What new laws are self-driving car companies going to introduce? What do you take for granted today that will be criminalized tomorrow?

SFBA.social

Dan Miller Jul 10, 2023

Show thread

Bread and Circuses May 3, 2023

I like this quote:

“The problem is that electric cars are popular with politicians precisely because they provide an excuse to avoid doing harder things, like rebuilding our cities, or changing the habits of lifetimes. Persuading people to switch from their old gasoline car to a shiny Tesla is much easier than persuading them that they can live without a car. Hence governments are pushing electric cars, often with incentives that make no sense.” - Daniel Knowles, author of Carmageddon

Dan Miller Jul 6, 2023

Andres Jan 16, 2023

Look, #NYC may have completely lawless roads with drivers breaking traffic laws with impunity, but on the bright side at least the executive branch can ALSO break laws with impunity because our city council doesn't hold anyone accountable either.

https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-street-where-cyclist-was-killed-has-been-ignored-despite-other-deaths-residents-say

#FuckEricAdams

Brooklyn street where cyclist was killed has been ignored despite other deaths, residents say

Sarah Schick, a 37-year-old mother of two, is the fourth person to have died within a half-mile of the intersection with Second Avenue since 2017, according to Transportation Alternatives.

Gothamist

Dan Miller Jun 27, 2023

Clive Thompson Jun 27, 2023

Denver last year offered subsidies for buying electric bikes

Their first 600 were snapped up in 10 minutes. Demand was *huge*

Denver ended up issuing over 4,700 (about 2,300 of which went to low-income residents)

Research shows it reduced car-miles driven in the city by 100K a week

My takeaway?

We should have ebike subsidies *everywhere*, and *now*. Cheaper than electric car subsidies, and arguably even more catalytic

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-subsidize-e-bikes-900a862b8e76

"Friend" link https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-subsidize-e-bikes-900a862b8e76?sk=dea9f07c0dab4be831ee50a197360f95

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