Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 24/09/2026And that in lieu of memorizing a sequence of numbers he instructs people to ask Janine or Lori, who’ve ostensibly memorized many things for him, and calls it “systems thinking” 020
Reposted by Amy LeeSara C. Bronin @sarabronin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026MAJOR PAPER DROP #2: Anyone claiming AI can read zoning codes is wrong. From academics offering chimerical metrics to private zoning-data companies producing AI slop, too many believe in AI shortcuts: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... This belief is only helping us misunderstand the law faster.papers.ssrn.comKEEPING AI IN ITS ZONEWith zoning-reform fever sweeping local governments, state legislatures, and even Congress, there is an urgent push to understand exactly how zoning works. Unfo 1137
Reposted by Amy LeeDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026They are lowering US flags to half-mast for a week, but if the government really wants to pay tribute to Dolly, they should fund education, the arts, and medical research instead of trying to eradicate them. 311923512
Reposted by Amy LeeReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 20/08/2026If you're confused by the conversations around sex testing and trans athletes and all that, I made a podcast that traces the history of this debate from the very beginning. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts: www.tested-podcast.com/listen/ 18558
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 11/08/2026Big new separated and protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and street trees running from central to south Sacramento on Franklin Blvd! 001
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 28/07/2026Interesting from a policy agenda perspective, but neither surprising nor irrational. 010
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 28/07/2026Super interesting polling results: "One in three U.S. adults (34%) name road-related accidents as their most top-of-mind daily safety risk, more than twice the global average of 14%." Much higher than the one in five (19%) who point to crime and violence. news.gallup.com/poll/712673/... 183
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 25/07/2026Let me see if I can get a preprint ready in time, but if not I can skim a chapter/section out of my dissertation 110
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 25/07/2026You bet! If you want highway and labor content, I have that too ;) 120
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 24/07/2026Also this work from @uclaits.bsky.social, which is exactly about transit and labor: its.ucla.edu/publication/...its.ucla.eduTransit, Belabored: Issues and Futures for California's Frontline Transit Workforce 160
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 24/07/2026Not transit but The Daily from the NYT just did an episode about housing and labor that I put in my mental catalogue for an undergrad course.nytimes.comTrump’s Clashing Goals: More Housing, Fewer Immigrants (Gift Article)A new law aims to speed up building housing around the country. At the same time, the construction sector is reliant on foreign-born workers. 130
Reposted by Amy LeeProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...findingspress.orgMotonormativity and Speed Limits | Published in FindingsBy Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited... 53988371
Reposted by Amy LeeJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/ 7455261988
Reposted by Amy LeeXavier Harmony @transitharmony.bsky.social · 10/06/2026🚨 New paper! 🚨 Does talking about transportation help local election candidates win? 🗳️ Analysing candidates for local office across the United States, I found that transportation issues could be used as a strategic electoral advantage in local elections. Read the article: doi.org/10.1177/1078... 095
Reposted by Amy LeeYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/06/2026Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines carried 4.8 million riders in April—a 44% increase above March, after Link Line 2 was extended to connect Seattle & Bellevue across Lake Washington. Seattle's light rail & streetcar lines are now the most-ridden in the nation, above LA, Boston, or San Diego. 411643329
Reposted by Amy LeeMadeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I’ve taken the wheel from @shanedphillips.bsky.social on the Housing Voice podcast for the next four regular episodes to talk transportation! First up - how has cities responded to the state change in parking requirements around transit stops? 0308
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 24/04/2026Super excited to hear about parking policy change in the PNW from Catie Gould. Tune in on May 7. 092
Reposted by Amy LeeSightline Institute @sightline.org · 20/04/2026What happens when states take the lead on parking reform? Join @uclaits.bsky.social on May 7, with @citizen-cate.bsky.social on passing WA's SB 5184 and @amyelee.com on how CA's AB 2097 is playing out on the ground. Sign up at the link below!its.ucla.eduState Preemption of Parking Minimums: Insights from Washington and California - UCLA Institute of Transportation StudiesWhat happens when states take the lead on parking reform? This event explores the growing movement to preempt minimum parking requirements at the state level, with attention to how policy design varie... 195
Reposted by Amy LeeLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The EPA is no longer going to consider how many potential lives a pollution regulation would save -- just the costs to industry. This is directly counter to EPA's mission. And it will kill Americans. Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution 311347
Reposted by Amy LeeTimmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Why is advancing ambitious climate legislation hard even in “deep blue” states? Here’s a systematic study of 6 years of lobbying data and 8 years of testimony in a state that sees itself as a climate leader, but is struggling with implementation of its bold targets. Guess who are obstructing? 0187
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 07/01/2026What! I've never seen the early seasons! Can I borrow it sometime? 110
Reposted by Amy LeeMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 05/01/2026If you could snap your fingers and remove 10% of the vehicles causing traffic and clogging up the streets, would you do it? That power exists, and it's called congestion pricing. 29120
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 07/01/2026It sounds like you're describing Murder She Wrote. Or my go-to for a cozy, humorous, doesn't turn into a busman's holiday, 3-in-1-episode mystery: the GBBO. 120
Reposted by Amy LeeProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comReducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidenceReducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi… 1916555
Reposted by Amy LeeDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/11/2025Today on Volts: sustainable transportation policy is under comprehensive attack by the federal government, but states can soften the blow. Specifically, governors have a little-understood authority to transfer existing federal funds to EV charging, bike lanes, & transit. But time is running out!volts.wtfHey governors: you can salvage sustainable transportation, but you need to do it quick!Liya Rechtman lays out the playbook for governors to salvage clean transportation using existing federal funds before it's too late. 212942
Reposted by Amy LeeCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 05/11/2025tired: leaders throw folks under the bus wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane 236567
Reposted by Amy LeeJack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Seattle No Kings from the monorail 221118702984
Reposted by Amy LeeGiulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 15/10/2025This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc... A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)cssn.orgGlobal Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science NetworkClimate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment. 27740
Reposted by Amy LeePeter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Happy centennial! It’s worth noting that originally this body, the first national traffic engineering institute, was funded 100% by one automobile manufacturer: Studebaker. It was named the Erskine Bureau after the company’s president. In 1935 the Automobile Manufacturers Association took it over. 3425
Reposted by Amy LeeUCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @uclaits.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The Jan 2025 LA fires showed how urban wildfires endanger transit riders and ppl w/o cars. 📊 Among transit riders surveyed: - 28% relied on rides from others - 21% used transit to evacuate - Black respondents were most likely to evacuate via transit (42%) www.its.ucla.edu/publication/... 051
Reposted by Amy LeeMadeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Our multi-campus research team shared preliminary results from our work about the evacuation experiences of transit riders with LA county transportation and emergency management professionals yesterday! Can’t wait to release these findings publicly later this summer 1104
Reposted by Amy LeeMarcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/06/2025Same street, two years apart. Rue Charles Moureu. 0101
Reposted by Amy LeeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2025There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point. 163174195365
Reposted by Amy LeeETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...etsc.eu20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report findsA new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant… 511533733
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 06/06/2025A springtime trip to Buenos Aires was where I first encountered jacarandas, which is absolutely part of why I love LA’s so much 010
Amy Lee @amyelee.com · 04/06/2025So much is terrible these days but it's also jacaranda season in Los Angeles, which is beautiful from the ground and absolutely stunning from air. 3783
Reposted by Amy LeeNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant." 311286940
Reposted by Amy LeePhil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 08/05/2025As federal data infrastructure is gutted, we'll lose a window into the vast local health disparities. But those disparities will remain because place is an engine of health provision and stratification, not just an analytic vessel. New essay from me in UAR: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 15314
Reposted by Amy LeeUCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @uclaits.bsky.social · 28/04/2025🚨 Job alert: UCLA ITS is hiring a founding Staff Director for a new parking policy center! Work with top scholars, shape reform, and carry on the legacy of Donald Shoup. 🅿️ Learn more & apply by May 17: www.its.ucla.edu/202...its.ucla.eduNew job opportunity: Parking Center Staff Director - UCLA Institute of Transportation StudiesJoin the UCLA ITS team. We're looking for a founding staff director to lead a newly established parking center. 04214
Reposted by Amy LeeHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...stanforddaily.comWhat DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities. 1383782888
Reposted by Amy LeeNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Yes, the famously private freeway system and the famously private airport systems 845667