Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1hOpen Mic on the Open Street! Thanks to the good folks at the Commissioner Bar and Park Slope Open Streets for letting my kid organize this. 0220
Reposted by Doug GordonAlex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social · 6hAAA's Your Driving Costs 2026 report came out last month. Unsurprisingly, the researchers found that the average cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has shot up—it's now estimated at $12,863/yr or $1,072/mo. newsroom.aaa.com/2026/09/aaa-...newsroom.aaa.comAAA: New Vehicle Ownership Costs Hit $12,863 Annually – AAA Newsroom 14217
Reposted by Doug GordonRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7hToday in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...washingtonpost.comMore than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesignBeginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court. 3071322833
Reposted by Doug GordonNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2hFamilies deserve guidance grounded in science, and the Trump administration’s abrupt changes to seven childhood vaccines are reckless. I sued to protect our kids and make sure every family can trust the advice they get from their pediatrician.spectrumlocalnews.comDemocratic-led states sue Trump administration over childhood vaccine scheduleThe lawsuit seeks to restore the recommended childhood vaccine schedule to protect against 18 diseases 313138
Reposted by Doug GordonThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7hLife After Cars continues to be a big seller at @communitybookstore.bsky.social in Brooklyn. They're down to their last copy yet again. Go get it if you're in the neighborhood! www.lifeaftercars.com 0394
Reposted by Doug GordonKentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 09/10/2026Measles hits the 100-case mark in Kentucky From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/09/m...kentuckylantern.comMeasles hits the 100-case mark in Kentucky • Kentucky LanternKentucky has now confirmed more than 100 cases of measles as the state grapples with its highest case load this century. 32427
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4hLose the Prime branding and this is how I want my funeral procession to go. 2790
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h"And an extended impeachment investigation could uncover the kind of pervasive wrongdoing, even criminality, that could lead to real accountability for other figures in the administration." 100%. Lutnick, Hegseth, the Trump kids, Kushner and others have a lot to fear from impeachment procedings. 0263
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h"Even in the absence of a conviction, the impeachment process is a valuable political tool. It underscores, for the public, the simple fact that the president is unfit to serve."nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Begging to Be ImpeachedThe president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense. 2315
Reposted by Doug GordonMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 6hMy cousin is a senior director at a major tier 1 auto supplier. Biggest car guy I know. Used to own a F150 Raptor. Texted me out of the blue asking if I heard of the book “Life After Cars”. His coworker recommended it to him and he’s loving it. Unreal!! @thewaroncars.bsky.social 117019
Reposted by Doug GordonThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7hLess than a month until our big live show at Hunter College on Fri, Nov 6th w/ Janette Sadik-Khan. We'll be celebrating her pioneering street transformations AND looking ahead as Mayor Mamdani now has a chance to make NYC streets truly world class. Tickets: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration... 0291
Reposted by Doug Gordonvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 20hThis is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3554941396
Reposted by Doug GordonBoba Cyclist 정 @bobacyclist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A driver caused a massacre in the Bronx today. Ran through a crosswalk and a red light and struck a bunch of people and five cars. What will the city council’s 17 e-bike bills do to address this?bronx.news12.comAt least 9 hurt, 3 critically, after car strikes pedestrians and other cars in AllertonSurveillance footage obtained by News 12 shows a white sedan fly through the busy intersection, plowing through a group of people in the crosswalk and hitting multiple cars waiting at the light. 716631
Reposted by Doug GordonT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 09/10/2026::low whistle:: apple.news/AbOgHERrCRnG...apple.newsUS surpasses 4,000 measles cases, infections confirmed in 45 states, CDC data shows — ABC NewsMost cases are among those unvaccinated or with unknown status, CDC data shows. 7295107
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A kid was hit crossing the Bedford Avenue bike lane by an e-bike rider and that bike lane was ripped out by the last mayor and still hasn't been restored by the current mayor. 0331
Reposted by Doug GordonGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Far too many people simply hate children for existing 212174311
Reposted by Doug GordonAllison Hantschel @allisonhantschel.com · 09/10/2026If more of them talked like that, more of them would. 91151158
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Do we really expect our children to act like adults just so adults can act like children?”nyc.streetsblog.orgCycle Of Rage: One Crash Shows How Reckless Car Drivers Ruin Kids' Childhoods - Streetsblog New York CityWe want our kids off their phones and reading books in the library. Too bad drivers don't give a shit. A rant from Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman. 119554
Reposted by Doug GordonThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/10/2026“All Americans should probably watch this film like their life depends on it.” Sheelah Kolhatkar reviews the new Elon Musk documentary. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comIn “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?” 820277
Reposted by Doug Gordone.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand 682990842
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Imagine if a daycare center only installed electrical outlet covers one at a time after a toddler shocked himself, rather than just identifying all the outlets and covering them at once. That's basically the modern US city government approach to fixing streets. 016140
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is good, but if it takes a blood sacrifice before a street can be made safer then something is fundamentally wrong with city leadership. Boston has dozens upon dozens of dangerous intersections like this. What's the plan to fix them *before* people die? 310415
Reposted by Doug GordonAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/10/2026New Yorkers: there will be a protest tonight at 5:30 at Foley Square, if you can make it. 05426
Reposted by Doug GordonGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remarkable how consistently the Trump administration has adopted the aesthetics of mass shooters, from their schizophrenic social media aesthetic to livestreamed executions to masked men with long guns roaming our streets with impunity. Nihilist violent extremism as statecraft 8924205
Reposted by Doug GordonJon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trying to think of more than one 2026 project that required real political capital. In the one, Fordham Rd, Mamdani downgraded the project For real fights, like reversing Adams' cars-back-in-parks or fixing Bedford Av 🚲 lane, he has shied away Far weaker & less innovative than de Blasio's 1st year 33412
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's Yglesias-like in its wrongness. "People I personally find annoying would get more traction if they would be less annoying and cater their messages to what *I* find acceptable." Okay. Good luck with that. 0391
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is a form of social-media-induced psychosis where someone sees one post and thinks it represents the sum total of a movement. Tom Flood creates a wide range of images, from the stark and direct to to lighthearted and humorous. And anyway, you don't need to be polite to Doug Ford of all people. 1894
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The protest worked. The mayor announced the "Green Wave" program to expand protected bike infrastructure and install other street safety upgrades. There are times when it pays to be polite, but there are also times when we need to flip some tables. 0525
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In 2019, after 17 people were killed riding their bicycles in 6 monhts, advocates staged a die-in in Washington Square Park rightfully shaming Mayor de Blasio for doing nothing. The signs and chants did not hold back, saying the mayor had blood on his hands... 2706
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's just another version of respectability politics which never works, at least not by itself. You need the whole spectrum, from the folks working the halls of power to the people carrying torches and threatening to storm the castle. 1251
Reposted by Doug GordonJehiah @jehiah.cz · 09/10/2026There is always a @placardabuse.bsky.social angle. Note the (presumably) ICE vehicle with NY registration but no front license plate. 📸 @noahhurowitz.bsky.social 0245
Reposted by Doug GordonOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I like it and I'd like more of it 196128142362
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026haha sickos yes meme, but for democrats accurately describing Republicans. 0380
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I also think that "just take the parking" is a good strategy for reducing all the idling that happens with ASP. Another way in which cars ruin everything. We all suffer from dirtier air because drivers can't be bothered to plan ahead. 0391
Reposted by Doug GordonSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Interesting that they’ve learned that people will react positively to socialism if it is defined correctly so they’ve had to stop doing that. 631150
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NYC doesn't have the capacity at its impound lots. 260
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If we want a cleaner and more resilient city we really gotta reduce the amount of free parking everywhere. 1341
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"DSNY estimates that about half a million drivers fail to move for their sweepers every week. As a result, debris remains on the street and ends up blocking catch basins, worsening the increasingly frequent flooding in the city, according to a spokesperson."nyc.streetsblog.orgProspect Heights Tried a Lighter Approach to Street Cleaning Enforcement — It Didn't Work - Streetsblog New York CityThe city cut the days drivers in a small sliver of Brooklyn had to move their cars for street cleaning — and they still broke the rules! 6464
Reposted by Doug GordonCllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Japan has just made 30km/h (I.e. 20mph) the default in most residential roads due to the evidence-base from EU cities. etsc.eu/japan-makes-...etsc.euJapan makes 30 km/h the default speed limit on most residential roads - as European city survey shows significant safety benefitsJapan has lowered the statutory speed limit on most of its residential streets from 60 km/h to 30 km/h, effective 1 September. The new limit applies automatically to roads narrower than 5.5… 313941
Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Should also be shown to all Tesla owners and prospective buyers. 2355
Reposted by Doug Gordonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 457172632659
Reposted by Doug GordonJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026guy's not fucking around 8801123
Reposted by Doug GordonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8650721844
Reposted by Doug GordonMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026Therefore, the main takeaway from the Netherlands shouldn’t be to just build more bike lanes. It should be to make the act of getting on a bike easy at first, and let the network grow from there. As Dutch planners learned long ago, the most important part of your bike plan is actually the car plan.🔚 211111
Reposted by Doug GordonMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 08/10/2026The better approach is to create the conditions for cycling first: build demand; then invest in high-end infrastructure where the numbers justify. Not every street needs a protected lane, and sometimes the most important intervention is just a street where cars have been slowed, filtered or removed. 410314