Reposted by John LloydGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 292110664024
Reposted by John LloydAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me 58142831187
Reposted by John LloydQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 30/10/2023America has a thing called Trunk or Treat where people dress up, drive to a parking lot, and pretend it's ok we don't have walkable communities anymore. 911201292
Reposted by John LloydSergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My 6 year old spends his weekends walking, scootering, & generally being wild all over LA. I don’t worry about his safety because of neighbors who are forced to sleep on the street. I do worry about the cracked sidewalks that trip him. My city spends too much on the LAPD to fix them. 05721
Reposted by John LloydCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 01/10/2026Caltrain ridership continues to grow thanks to enhanced off-peak service due to electrification. Meanwhile Metrolink ridership has stagnated due to service cuts caused by mechanical problems with their diesel trains. #ElectrifyMetrolink 27615
Reposted by John LloydA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listenyoutube.comnondriver30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl... 68641
Reposted by John LloydKen McLeod @kenmcld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The thing that makes a bike lane 'equitable' is that most people can afford a bike even if they can’t afford a car" "the transportation we needed was there all along, just waiting to get better. A bike is magic, and an e-bike is a bike without hills and showers. That’s enough miracle for now." 3194
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026John Roberts: I’m taking away voting rights, women’s rights, and enhancing the power of corporations and a demented executive as I shred the constitution. Also John Roberts: My summer vacations have been ruined, please cry for me.😢 010
Reposted by John LloydBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time." 2349611152
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The death penalty is barbaric, it doesn’t act as a deterrent, and every other advanced country has banned it. Long past time we did too. 071
Reposted by John LloydI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026His entire business model hinges on hoovering up public money and then turning around to use some of that money to promote white supremacy which somehow brings in more public money. 16695179
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A direct result of the Trump administration’s racist policy against Haitian refugees. 042
Reposted by John LloydAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What a glow up! "I will ride Metrolink, Metro, the bus systems… Antelope Valley Transit Authority, Santa Clarita Transit, Glendale BeeLine... to directly hear from the people who rely on these systems.” Longtime Metro executive Jody Litvak will be her board deputy 0605
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026WTF is Elon Musk doing anywhere near this project? 010
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If they can do this to abortion pills they can do it to birth control pills too. 032
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Canadian auto industry about to overtake the US because we elected someone who represents the worst of our impulses, not the best. Someone who’s a stalking horse for the oil industry but too stupid to keep us out of needless wars for oil. 041
Reposted by John LloydKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit. 611979413
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A Dem sweep (House/Senate) in the midterms is the best chance we have for Congress to start holding Trump accountable and to claw back the legislative branch’s functional check on the executive. 010
Reposted by John LloydJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 894264209077
Reposted by John LloydDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Translation: Georgians who use a car little or not at all will subsidize heavy drivers even more than they already are. 810922
Reposted by John LloydPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I really urge people to read Project 2025 and how the Heritage Foundation writes about Title IX elsewhere. These folks believe that Title IX is discriminating against MEN by taking scholarships and opportunities away from guys and pressuring women to do activities outside their ladylike tendencies. 1248
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You’re telling me that a President who infamously mocked a disabled reporter in 2016 wants to make it harder for disabled people to vote, or get educational and medical services they need? 132
Reposted by John LloydDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"E-bike adopters reduced travel costs by 12% and increased physical activity by 14%." doi.org/10.1016/j.ur... 213842
Reposted by John LloydKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is not something you say if you actually like education or children 1532470387
Reposted by John LloydErik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational. 4353102
Reposted by John LloydTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“They’re too young to ride" Nope. They’re ready to ride, it’s our cities that aren’t ready. 1147278
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Expand the court after 2028. Overturn Citizens United. Rule by the oligarchs is at the root of a lot of our problems. 074
Reposted by John LloydNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The tunnel needs to get built and the line needs to be electrified to make the tunnel practical. 411914
John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe it wasn’t a good idea for John Roberts to say Trump doesn’t have to obey the law. 000
Reposted by John LloydOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One weird trick to solve traffic congestion (price it). 419844
Reposted by John LloydGreg Shill @gregshill.com · 28/09/2026Notably, travel times also did not increase outside the congestion zone. This mirrors what we have seen in other aggregate congestion pricing impacts. For example, it was predicted that drivers would change their routes to avoid the zone, creating new congestion; this, too, did not happen. 020455
Reposted by John Lloyd𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 28/09/2026“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym." —Bill Nye, Science Guy. 6581133
Reposted by John LloydMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 28/09/2026When it comes to road safety, cities have two choices: Adapt kids to traffic: keep them indoors and drive them everywhere. Or adapt traffic to kids: make streets safe enough to move as autonomous members of society. The choice says a lot about the kind of city we want to build. youtu.be/O_WjWRmQwtg 311251
Reposted by John LloydKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/09/2026If you're in LA or at UCLA, a reminder that this event is tonight! Would love to see you there. I'm also meeting informally with Scripps colleagues tomorrow morning + packing in another big talk and two more meetings. 19823
Reposted by John LloydLa Bruja Blanca @labrujablanca.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thank you for this. The cruelty is unimaginable. The more people who know, the sooner an end to the cruelty. Americans--vote! 011
Reposted by John LloydBill Wong @ten24get.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In March , the #US under #Trump cast the only NO vote against #UN Resolution on Women's Rights www.ibtimes.com/us-under-tru...ibtimes.comUS Under Trump Stands Alone Against UN Women's Rights Resolution As Vote Passes 37–1 To CheersThe US was the only nation to vote against a landmark gender-equality document at the UN's women's rights body, leading to a standing ovation from 37 nations. 48631
Reposted by John LloydPolitics of Cars @thismachinekillsfascists.bike · 28/09/2026I had just learned of Peter Gleick three weeks ago as a carbrain opponent of bike lanes in California. Then as an active NIMBY. But then, I saw serious defenses of him as a climate scientist. So I tried to reconcile them. Can't. There is a harmful tension. politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/p/peter-glei...politicsofcars.beehiiv.comPeter Gleick, Climate Science, and The Three Ages of WaterAppreciating Expertise in Context of Personal and Professional Bias 161