Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Who's ready for year 2?! Sign up on our website to learn more and win prizes! reconnectrochester.org/week-without...reconnectrochester.orgWeek Without Driving – Reconnect Rochester 021
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154... 15798154
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/09/2026I've been really into watching dashcam footage compilations lately and I am ready to declare that 99% of the accidents from changing lanes or pulling out of a business on a stroad are the fault of the person who designed the road. 1013513
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street. 301012231
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The cognitive dissonance of car culture is exhausting. People foam at the mouth when you propose funding walkability, bikes, and high quality public transit. They aggressively fight against the exact non-car mobility options that would actually solve the traffic they endlessly complain about. 16980197
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Want the roads in red to be more walk/bike friendly? Please show up Wednesday! Great talking points here nybc.net/index.php?op... 022
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I applaud Doug Ford, I know for me when I’m stuck in traffic I’m always thinking I wish there were more drivers and cars out here. 617416
Reposted by Chaz Goodmanlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/09/2026this stuff loses a lot of regular people like me, wins no one on the right, and undermines efforts to build unity in a coalition that go back to AOC backing biden. with elections right around the corner, does the dem party have a toxic centrist problem? 742841460
Chaz Goodman @chazgoodman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This is why I never understood people who smugly pointed out Bernie Sanders has more than one house and made a lot of money selling his books. Good! When wealthy people care about things that’s how we achieve change. Can we stop gatekeeping progressivism?! 010
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Take the bus and listen to those new tunes safely!!! 031
Chaz Goodman @chazgoodman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It took me five minutes to email the DNC, my senators and rep to complain about this. I plan to call during my lunch break too. Hope you will consider doing the same! 36616
Reposted by Chaz Goodmanryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/08/2026underrated benefit of campaign finance reform is we could exirpate scam PACs and all the other donor swindling scumbags data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 413325
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"By prioritizing the places throughout the county (not just within the urban core) that have the greatest impact on daily life, RTS could make every service hour and mile count." Thank you Christine Corrado from the Brighton Town Board for writing this: reconnectrochester.org/2026/08/top-... 031
Reposted by Chaz Goodmanlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/08/2026"no one will be normal about AOC if she runs for president" is both true and a bad reason for her not to run. you could run the most milquetoast middle of the road clean cut straight white man alive and the right is still going to act like the deranged freaks they are 933910419
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Just our semi-occasional reminder that bikes, e-bikes & scooters don't do this: More Americans have died in car crashes since 2000 than in both World Wars. www.washingtonpost.com/local/traffi...washingtonpost.comMore Americans have died in car crashes since 2000 than in both World WarsAs the opioid crisis takes center stage — almost 100,000 deaths in six years — 190,000 people were killed by speeding, drunk or distracted drivers in that time. 062
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ride and grade Rochester’s bike infrastructure to improve future projects! Visit bit.ly/roc-bike-grading to get started. #rochestercycling 021
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Until Aug 15th, we want as many cyclists as possible to ride this stretch of W Main St once in each direction & submit a grade for its bike infrastructure. For bonus points, spend money at a local business nearby, telling them you appreciate bikeability. reconnectrochester.org/2026/04/new-... 0103
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanRachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 30/07/2026The Sheriff's office gave disgraced former Macedon Chief Fabian Rivera a second $20,000 contract to be director of a youth program. Again evading legislative approval. The other director did not get renewed. Background: rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/the-fabian...rachbarnhart.substack.comThe Fabian Rivera Situation Gets More ConcerningSheriff hired the Macedon sergeant who resigned after driving him home 274
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Their plan is to say as little as possible and win by default, which in their mind is the safest path that doesn't alienate anyone. This misses the opportunity to galvanize the public around important issues, and then they throw up their hands about how the voters are ignorant and apathetic 612667436
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanWomen Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 25/07/2026U.S. cyclist deaths hit a 40-year high in 2025. 1114467
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 26/07/2026📢 We need your help grading new bike infrastructure! 📢 reconnectrochester.org/2026/04/new-... 011
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Two weeks out from our next Local History Bike Tour! Reserve your spot today. 10am-12:30pm, Saturday August 8th. ~8 miles at a casual pace. reconnectrochester.org/localhistory... 041
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Flip the script so that what's extreme is requiring people to buy a $50,000, dinosaur-juice-burning, 6000-lb machine to take the kids to school or get a gallon of milk... ...while riding a $5,000, 70-lb bike powered by a combo of a trickle of electricity and your own two legs is just normal. 642069
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Federally we’ve seen a shift back to car-centric priorities while threatening funding to public transportation and complete streets infrastructure. Here are two simple campaigns you can sign on to show your support...npr.orgDOT cranks up its campaign to strip bike lane references from federal websitesTransportation officials have removed a growing list of safety materials that mention bike lanes from federal websites. Safety advocates warn that's undermining proven measures for reducing crashes. 121
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Sign on to the @bikeleague.org letter campaign urging congress to hold USDOT accountable for politicizing safety and erasing protections for vulnerable road users here: action.bikeleague.org/page/100481/...action.bikeleague.orgZero Funding for Biking and Walking Through 2031 121
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester @reconnectroc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026@americawalks.bsky.social is urging congress to oppose the BUILD America 250 Act which proposes cutting transit funding by 20%. Also cutting funding options which support safe walking and biking, while also threatening to cut previously awarded grants. Sign on here: actionnetwork.org/letters/fund...actionnetwork.orgCongress Is Choosing Highways Over PeopleCongress is advancing the BUILD America 250 Act—a transportation bill that cuts funding for walking, biking, and transit while increasing highway spending. Meanwhile, pedestrian deaths are still incre... 011
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 24/07/2026My favorite things with these profiles is how none of them ever actually articulate what their politics are! 3688059
Chaz Goodman @chazgoodman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The most transit rich city in the country where the majority of residents don’t drive will lose a tiny percentage of the massive amounts of public lands they devote to storing inactive private vehicles and it’s headline news. 010
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanTricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026*nodding solemnly with full comprehension* yes, I see. there’s a special kind of kid who can’t play sports or go to the bathroom 113847802
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man. 415192904460
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible. 700292477242
Reposted by Chaz Goodmanonion person @junlper.beer · 28/06/2026ironically this groups main problem is the problem the democratic party has, in that it’s purely reactive. they don’t promote a positive agenda that speaks to people, always on their back foot, defensive. this inspires no one 1294267455
Chaz Goodman @chazgoodman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Every statement I’ve seen from Hakeem Jeffries is either the blandest shit ever or hostile towards FDR style progressivism. How is this wet noodle the minority leader?! 000
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanSarah Krienen M.A. @sarah-krienen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My husband took 2 months of paid family leave after our baby was born and it was absolutely instrumental for my physical and mental health after birth. I don't have data on it but I'm convinced that fathers taking more parental leave would lower the rate of postpartum depression significantly. 101024126
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanGinny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Sometimes I think about how it's considered the grownup adult position to say that its too disruptive to our economy to rapidly transition off fossil fuels, but at the same time the grownup adult position to say that you will all lose your jobs to ai, better get used to it 182
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanBethany Keats @bethanykeats.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Buried in the middle of this article, blink and you'll miss it, is the actual issue: illegal bikes. "many of them illegally modify their rides to reach high speeds" Govt and media are too eager to stoke hate for legal ebikes and we are poorer for it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comVicious cycles or transport revolution? The ebike battle raging in QueenslandAggrieved pedestrians and push-bike riders are pitted against those who see e-mobility as a ‘once in a generation’ chance to change the way we travel around cities 715238
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanTara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 15/06/2026This. Over and over ad nauseum. We could house people, and make people much safer on the streets, if we didn't allow a loud, affluent, privileged few to derail so many projects. 17212
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/06/2026We've reached the point where you don't even need to "stop" it. You can go back to allowing solar and wind development that the market will favor because it's now substantially cheaper than any other form of energy. Reframe the problem as Republicans hampering renewables as a source of cheap energy. 18716179
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace. 650310058410
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 20/05/2026As of May 19th, Rochester residents have given this stretch of Exchange/Ford an average of 3.5 stars (out of 5). Ride & grade new bike infrastructure anytime: reconnectrochester.org/2026/04/new-... 022
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanRachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 15/05/2026Great piece on third spaces. Glad to see more coffee shops opening past 3 p.m. Mercantile on Main is a great addition. It's a good thing for city planners to focus on.rochesterbeacon.comRochester's blueprint for belonging - Rochester BeaconIn the heart of the city, new “third places” are popping up—spaces where people can gather and build connection. But will they draw a genuine cross-section of the community? 2123
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 15/05/202669° for Saturday's George Eastman Bike Tour! Only ~45 minutes of actual riding time at a casual pace. Learn George Eastman's story on a bike. www.eastman.org/george-eastm... 063
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanReconnect Rochester Cycling @roccycling.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A high of 62° expected Fri for Bike to Work Day! Give biking to work a shot. Use our ROC Easy Bike map or request a custom low-stress bike route. If you work in or near downtown, swing by our pit stop at the Union St cycle track & East Ave between 7:30-9:30am. reconnectrochester.org/bike-resourc... 031
Reposted by Chaz GoodmanMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 09/05/2026Cities across China are reaching the limits of car-centric growth, rapidly rebuilding cycling networks, expanding transit, and reclaiming streets for people. It’s both a beacon of hope and a warning sign: the future of urban mobility isn’t smarter cars. It’s fewer cars. WATCH: youtu.be/34ea138K9d0 211422