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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Somehow we have twisted ourselves up into an immigrants = good and transplants = bad urban discourse perspective. We should make it easier for everyone to move to opportunities and build the lives they want.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A thing that shaped my housing views is spending years living in gentrifying neighborhoods because it was the only place I could afford with a decent commute to my job. You should absolutely respect your neighbors but everybody is just trying their build a nice life and land prices rule all.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That left turn into Wawa should be banned. That turn isn’t safe and there are logical detour options that almost as quick.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sounds great. Please do one of those things.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wish we had better data on this. You can see the large construction sites around town but the missing middle construction is easy to miss.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There is an affordable housing building boom in Cville right now and it’s basically a non story. I’m not sure what to make of this.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Amtrak VA schedules are screwed up for 5 years because of the Long Bridge project and now they are cancelling all trains to DC for 9 days in October for track work. I sincerely hope all this pain will result in noticeably better service.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Some pedestrian infrastructure actually inconveniences walkers in order to make it more convenient for drivers (beg buttons and pedestrian overpasses). A lot of people don’t realize this.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have been to Taybeh a few times and I hate that this is happening to the people who live there.

I’m OK with politicians taking some unprincipled positions to win elections so I hope it’s that and not an honestly held position.

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I’m in the Bronx in a bar packed with Liverpool supporters and the vibes are extremely good!

Maybe this is smart politics but I am profoundly turned off by this kind of bland populism.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m old enough to remember when “electrify everything” was one of our key strategies for addressing climate change.

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USDOT is being run by a man who uses “libtard” in public remarks.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It would be a crime against football if Argentina win this.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I think it’s easier to criticize a blatantly corrupt intervention in the rules of the game than the mistreatment of Iran due to geopolitics. Especially when none of the big football powers want to be seen by the US as siding with Iran.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Whenever that song comes on Jim Carrey’s voice pops in my head: “That John Denver’s full of shit, man!”

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Reposted by Danny Yoder

here’s the reason gentrification discourse is so cursed: housing development is good, and displacement is bad the problem is that many people think development causes displacement, when in reality development prevents displacement. and the word “gentrification” conflates all of the above

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I think that is my favorite one of the tournament. I would never wear the shirt of our continental rivals but I do love the way it looks.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

There are some great kits this World Cup!

That was a quarterfinal match against Germany! It was a clear handball! If they had VAR back then, the US could have advanced to the semifinals! I am also still upset about that.

I don’t have high expectations for the knockout rounds but this is the most fun group stage of my life! If they win their first knockout match and then crash out, this will have been an amazing World Cup.

I watched the game at Superfly and biked over to Kardinal Hall to pick up some food and was impressed by the bike racks! A group of 5 or 6 people just biked away before I took this. The parking is quite limited but people will find a way to get here if the vibes are good!

I wasn’t convinced by Pochettino but I have to admit that he is a genius.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The World Cup bike racks are overflowing.

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We pour millions of our tax $ into downtown parking garages so they will have customers but they will fight the City on bike lanes because they believe their customers are incapable of driving one block over!

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I regularly ride my bike downtown to give these businesses owners my money and they all show up at council with the most ridiculous arguments against protected bike lanes!

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I’m listening to the public comments to Council about the downtown bike lane proposal and I’m going to lose my mind.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It’s also fascinating to hear pro-walkability people frame the primary benefit of multi-modalism as making more room for F-150s on the highways. I don’t like it but you have to win the argument you’re in!

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I want to bottle up some of that optimism and enthusiasm for the future and implant it into people who don’t want to build a strip mall on every single patch of grass in the world.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I listened to some Texas electeds and transportation officials talk about the future and wow do they love growth. I hate the sprawl more than most but it is refreshing to encounter leaders who want more people to move to their localities!

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I love the dramatic pregame shot of the stoic VAR crew. They are in top physical condition and ready to watch some replays.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

When should I turn on the game to watch him get booed by thousands of New Yorkers?

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I’m not sure who or what is helped by the childish nicknames.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Seems odd that AASHTO, an association funded by state DOTs, is allowed to charge people money to access the engineering manuals they create to guide public infrastructure investment.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sadly, the primary contribution of American city planning is a scarcity of homes.

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Level of Service. It’s a traffic engineering metric that measures vehicle delay of a roadway.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Imagine if we had no roads. Building them wouldn’t improve LOS because there are no car trips and therefore no delay. That’s kind of how our bike network is now for 90% of the population. Since those trips don’t happen, engineers can’t measure them.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Another metaphor I’ve been contemplating is LOS. We spend millions to improve vehicle LOS but there is no comparable metric for non-auto trips that don’t happen because people don’t feel safe.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Has anyone checked the Appalachian Trail?

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Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The highway user fee model has been broken for years. The gas tax has been flat for decades and fuel efficiency is increasing. Instead of addressing this we just pour more general tax revenue into highways, slash transit, and slap a fee on EVs in a climate crisis. Madness.

Danny Yoder @dannyyoder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Our federal transportation policy is going in the wrong direction.