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Charlie Todd

@charlietodd.com
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That guy from Improv Everywhere. Advocate for cycling, transit, and walkable cities. charlietodd.com

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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 02/08/2026
I found the NYPD tow pound in Red Hook where they store thousands of seized illegal mopeds.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 24/07/2026
Already did it! improveverywhere.com/2014/08/05/t...
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The Subway Spa - Improv Everywhere
When the temperature on subway platforms is over 100 degrees, the best option is to turn it into a literal sauna. More
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If civic nerd comedy is your thing, boy do I have a pack of nerds for you. Looking forward to shitting up @charlietodd.com's show next week:
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 25/06/2026
Green wave signal timing is a game changer. It’s win-win-win. Bikes going 15 mph can go endless blocks without stopping and therefore never run reds or speed, cars slow down to a safe speed and also hit every light which is faster in the long run, and pedestrians reap the huge safety benefits.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19/06/2026
The number of people at the Knicks parade today were roughly equal to the combined population of Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana & Alaska. So if you heard about any issues in NYC today, but not about any crimes in those states, you know the agenda of that media.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What a vibe shift from the last two mayors. He really gets what makes this city, or any city, great.
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 16/06/2026
Make Citi Bike affordable again
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 14/06/2026
Got to tour Astoria’s world class bike lanes and open streets with @misernyc.bsky.social yesterday. Then after the Knicks game I biked around on a Citi Bike for two hours and watched New Yorkers pedestrianize every street in midtown.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 17/04/2026
A local politics round table at a comedy theatre? Come see @katiehonan.bsky.social (THE CITY) and @mikescollins.bsky.social (Seth Meyers writer) discuss the latest NYC news and controversies at UCB Theatre this Thursday at 7. $10 tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...
a promo poster for Not In My Backyard at UCB Theatre on April 23 at 7 PM with photos of the panelists
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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is the only way to get better bike infrastructure and maintenance. The people in power have to actually bike (and not just an annual photo op)
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 27/03/2026
Anthems for a 17-year-old bike lane
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 23/02/2026
The mighty M11 bus taking passengers down 9th Avenue during the blizzard this morning in Manhattan.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It's been three weeks since the storm. Shovel out these cars, tow them, and turn the space into bike parking, public seating, on-street garbage containerization, bioswales... anything other than car storage would serve more people than this.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 11/12/2025
For one block at 31st it’s TRIPLE wide
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 10/12/2025
I’ve seen a lot of sketchy parking placards on the streets of NYC, but this Trooper Surgeon “on official medical business” may be the funniest. “I can park wherever I want in the middle of Manhattan because I’m giving State Troopers botox” is next level.
A pink car that says need money for Botox on the side of it in giant lettersA pink sports car with a medical doctor license plate and an advertisement for a Botox serviceA parking placard for a trooper surgeon on official medical business
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 03/12/2025
I added 264 googly eyes to some dumb ads on a Citi Bike dock.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 30/11/2025
lol every example photo of the “bad” things in the TA plan is beautiful. Kids playing in the street!
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 29/11/2025
Escape your parents home, go for a walk, and listen to us gab about New York City news and politics. We go deep on Santacon, outdoor advertising, street parking, and how YIMBYs were the big winners in the Mamdani/Trump meeting. Featuring @anildash.com!
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Anil Dash, Patrick Keene, Milly Tamarez
Podcast Episode · Not In My Backyard! · 11/28/2025 · 1h 5m
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 19/11/2025
Come see our NYC politics round table with very funny comedians and the Internet’s @anildash.com next week at UCB. Cheap tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 18/11/2025
There's been an increasing amount of NYPD vehicles on Central Park walking paths lately. It's beyond me why they think it's a good idea to "patrol" Bethesda Terrace by parking an SUV and idling. Or why they to drive on the paths to use the restroom at a playground.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all. We do NOT need health insurance companies at all. Period. They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 26/10/2025
I’ve lived in New York for 24 years and have never been canvassed before these two nice men knocked on my apartment door this afternoon. The Zohran army is real, and the fact that Senators Schumer and Gillibrand are sitting on the sidelines is not going to end well for them.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 12/10/2025
Bike parking shelter on 17th Street by Union Square. The giant bike network map is a nice touch.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 12/10/2025
I am very excited for a mayor who has thousands of Citi Bike miles under his belt.
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Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The long-awaited separation of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge falls just short of greatness, as DOT has yet to update the lane markings and add enough wayfinding, five months after Adams unceremoniously kicked cars off a shoulder road. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/10/e...
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Eyes on the Bridge: Queensboro Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Paths Are Almost There - Streetsblog New York City
Call it getting stuff almost done.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 09/10/2025
Awesome story about Not In My Backyard! and other local political comedy shows.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 29/09/2025
The man in blue is biking on the wrong side of the two way bike lane. He doesn’t know this because @nyc-dot.bsky.social hasn’t changed the outdated markings on the ground, over three months after they moved all pedestrians to the other side of the Queensboro Bridge. Needlessly dangerous!
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 29/09/2025
I passed a rare 20 mph street today in the Queens neighborhood of Corona. Advocates fought for 10 years to get Albany to give us the right to set our own speed limits, and one year later we’ve lowered it to 20 on just a handful of roads. Our next mayor should quickly roll this out in every hood.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 28/09/2025
34th Ave in Queens is just spectacular. 5 years ago this was 4 lanes dedicated to the moving and free storage of private vehicles. Now it’s a park that stretches more than a mile and connects multiple schools. And it’s a great bike connector from Astoria to Flushing Meadows.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 23/09/2025
Also, this is a nice opportunity to convert it to a big wide 2-way lane? Which would get lots of e-bike delivery drivers who need to go south out of the park. think about it, @nyc-dot.bsky.social
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 22/09/2025
Get your comedy and local politics fix in one stop this Weds night at UCB Theatre on 14th. We’ve got Gersh from Streetsblog, comedian Molly Gaebe, and Council Member Erik Bottcher on the panel. $10 tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-... @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org
A flyer promoting Not In My Backyard show
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 18/09/2025
We’ve got a great panel at our local politics show next week. Gersh from Streetsblog! Comedian Molly Gaebe! And Council Member Erik Bottcher! It will be both funny and smart. Get tix!
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Improv Everywhere @improveverywhere.com · 06/08/2025
Thousands of New Yorkers surprising sunbathers while following instructions at our annual Mp3 Experiment. Full video on our site: improveverywhere.com/2025/08/06/t...
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 23/06/2025
Come out this Weds night to UCB Theatre for an election recap show with a stacked panel: @rachelholliday.bsky.social (THE CITY), @alexgoldmark.bsky.social (Planet Money), and Peter Grosz (Veep, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!) Tickets: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 20/06/2025
In case anyone needs an afternoon to celebrate how amazing this city is: 2,000 strangers will be following ridiculous instructions via headphones in Hudson River Park tomorrow. A fun activity to do after voting for someone who likes NYC and lives in NYC. Details: improveverywhere.com/2025/06/17/m...
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Mp3 Experiment 20 - Full Details - Improv Everywhere
Full details for Improv Everywhere's Mp3 Experiment 20 Project, happening on June 21, 2025 in NYC.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 13/05/2025
Especially considering de Blasio announced it in 2021.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 12/05/2025
I made it for myself, but they were in fact for sale: www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7415...
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Zohran & Brad & Zellnor & Jessica & Adrienne by improveverywhere
Don't rank Andrew Cuomo for Mayor. Instead rank these five candidates, in any order! Or rank other ones, as long as they are not Andrew Cuomo.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Congestion pricing works.
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Just About Everything That’s Changed Since Congestion Pricing Took Effect
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
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Jeff Coltin @jccoltin.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This t-shirt caught my eye on the Upper West Side. @charlietodd.com made it himself. Then he spent five minutes trying to convince a Cuomo-Blake-Myrie supporter not to rank the former guv, but she wouldn’t relent saying “we need an asshole to fight an asshole.” (i.e. Trump)
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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 07/05/2025
two days until @vocabaret.bsky.social sets out to determine THE single most ridiculous thing Eric Adams has ever said, featuring special guest @charlietodd.com! Join us at the table of success (in-person or VOD) by getting your ticket now caveat.nyc/events/vocab...
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Vocabaret: Eric Adams
New York's home for wordplay comedy since 2019!
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 21/04/2025
Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥
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Governor Kathy Hochul @governor.ny.gov · 21/04/2025
The cameras are staying on.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 22/03/2025
The bike infrastructure in New York, New York casino is woefully inadequate. You can’t just put up a sign and call it a day. We need physically separated lanes in this food court. The casino mayor has been slow rolling the Greenwich protected bike lane for years. He has to go.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 24/02/2025
Even for a true congestion pricing believer like me, it's shocking how well it's working. It's earning $49 million a month for the subway while making our streets so much more pleasant (including for those who have to drive!) Win win win.
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Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals. (Gift Article)
Revenue figures from the Manhattan tolling plan showed that the program is on track to raise billions for mass transit repairs.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Great work by @streetfilms.bsky.social on this video documenting yesterday's rally in support of congestion pricing and against Trump's meddling in city and state politics. Congrats @misernyc.bsky.social for organizing this event so quickly.
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New Yorkers Rally in Times Square to tell Trump Congestion Pricing is Going Nowhere!
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 12/02/2025
Some very exciting opportunities to redesign Manhattan's west side waterfront and make it more pedestrian and cyclist friendly are on the horizon. Great op-ed by @jlef423.bsky.social!
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 03/02/2025
We’ve got Council Member Carlina Rivera on our panel show at UCB Weds night along with late night writers @salgentile.bsky.social (Seth Meyers) and Michael Cruz Kayne (Colbert). Come join us! I promise only 5% of the show will be me celebrating congestion pricing. Tix: ucbcomedy.com/show/not-in-...
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Not In My Backyard!, Live and LIVESTREAMED!
NYC’s most opinionated comedians debate all the local issues causing drama in your neighborhood’s Facebook group. A panel of New York’s most opinionated comedians, journalists, and politicians debate ...
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 18/01/2025
Two blocks north of the Congestion Relief Zone border. Anecdotally, there was zero Friday rush hour traffic on 9th Avenue again this week. Unheard of.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 11/01/2025
The pedestrian has a “don’t walk” sign.
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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 10/01/2025
9th Ave on Friday afternoons typically looks like a parking lot as it’s the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. It’s difficult to even cross the street as a pedestrian, w/total gridlock blocking every crosswalk. Not so on the first Fri evening rush of congestion pricing. Things are moving right along.
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