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Graham Bishai

@grahambishai.bsky.social
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Transportation planner in Baltimore Getting around should be dignified, accessible, safe and fun. 🚲🚏🚌 (he/him)

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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The people want trains!!!
bpr.org
Rail advocates are stepping up their efforts to make the Asheville-to-Salisbury train a reality
The project is already in the federal government’s pipeline. The big question now is how local governments will fund their part of it.
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Cool new research on who gets roundabouts from my colleagues! 👇 usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/26/i...
usa.streetsblog.org
Are Roundabouts Just For Rich People? — Streetsblog USA
And if not, how do we get more of them in the low-income neighborhoods that need life-saving infrastructure the most?
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 04/03/2026
RESULT: Rodney Sadler defeats state Representative Carla Cunningham in a Democratic primary in North Carolina. Cunningham had provided the state GOP with the decisive vote last year to pass a bill forcing compliance with ICE.
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Myelita Melton @myelita.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We do not want your private ICE prisons in North Carolina! No where. Not now. Not ever! We won't back down and we won't give up! #NCPOL #Pinks www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
charlotteobserver.com
ICE protesters turn their attention to private prison company in North Carolina
The company wants to hold people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a closed private prison in Eastern North Carolina.
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Effective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 09/11/2025
Mamdami-style sign reading "Through-Running for Penn Station"
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
theguardian.com
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
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ceej @ceej.online · 21/09/2025
it’s unconstitutional to not like me
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Seth LaJeunesse @sethlaj.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
To get us to joyful biking, walking, and rolling, we must address the foundation of this effervescence: safety and security. Until we all enjoy objectively and subjectively safe places to bike, walk, roll within and through, we will be postponing joy. Let’s no longer postpone joy. 🚲 🚶🏻 🦽
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I call bullshit Source: www.vtpi.org/safer.pdf
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence. www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...
wcpo.com
At least 2 students shot at high school in Colorado, authorities say
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
My friends/classmates are so cool and started a podcast! Give em a follow before it’s mainstream!! ⤵️⤵️
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Spotted in Bologna: A city-friendly Citroen Ami. One of many affordable European minicars that Americans can't buy.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 09/08/2025
As a teen, Kambran Young was shot alongside his friend after they attempted to rob a parking lot attendant's stand. Then, Young was prosecuted for his friend’s killing and convicted of murder under the ‘felony murder’ doctrine. boltsmag.org/alabama...
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A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for
An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
In response to a UEFA post celebrating a famed Palestinian footballer who was killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes, Mo Salah asks, “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?”
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me: “Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”
A photo of labor activist Chris Smalls, talking into a mic
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Cities of Lions @citiesoflions.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thank you to all those help to keep our communities nice places to live!
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Calling all ppl who #walk, #bike, or #roll in #ChapelHillNC & #CarrboroNC! If you encounter damage to greenways, bike lanes, sidewalks, or other pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure, please report it! Disaster response efforts tend to miss these sorts of things, but we know how critical they are... 🧵
screenshot of crowdsourced mapped disruptions to pedestrian and bicycle connections due to tropical storm chantal in Chapel Hill, NC
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Worth noting that Zohran won Hakeem Jeffries district. Hakeem might not endorse him, but Hakeem’s constituents already have!
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
“The “American Dream” of suburban life, with its promise of comfort, space, and upward mobility, was sold alongside a vision of car ownership as freedom. In reality, it is an illusion—one built on policies and designs that made driving the only practical choice.” meteamedia.org/28410/spotli...
meteamedia.org
Narrow path to safety: Car dependency threatens individuals - METEA MEDIA
Cars roar past as students step onto a narrow gravel path just outside Metea Valley High School. There’s little to separate them...
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sarah 🌞 @saarah62.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
lorde’s new album is out today
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#PedBike people!!! The amazing @pedbikeinfo.bsky.social is building a national database on the monetary costs of different kinds of #pedestrian & #bicycle #infrastructure, and needs data from professionals across the US. More info & how to contribute ⤵️ #BikeSky #RoadSafety #ActiveTransport
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is a fantastic answer www.reddit.com/r/Micromobil...
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 17/06/2025
In response to a Q from @maxrn.bsky.social, Lander said: "This is a critical time to have a mayor who will stand up to ICE and stand up to Donald Trump... I am very grateful to the other mayoral candidates who came out here to call for my release and I really hope New Yorkers will elect one of us."
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
7y/os deserve to be able walk home from the grocery store without getting run down by a speeding SUV on a road designed for speeding—not existing/getting food as a family.
abcnews.go.com
Parents charged with manslaughter after their 7-year-old son fatally struck by car in North Carolina
The child was attempting to cross the street outside of a crosswalk with another boy when he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee, police said.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
In a normal, multi-party political system, we would have a center-left and left-wing party. Voters could choose who to vote for, and it would result in a proportional number of seats in Congress. Instead, we all have to pretend our preferred policy stances are politically optimal. It’s so dumb.
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Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Third places are nearly nonexistent without walkability.
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ceej @ceej.online · 26/05/2025
turned my boulevard into a native prairie using the “fuck it we ball” method of planting. bought a native prairie mix and a bunch of flowers, herbs, and forbs and scattered it all over with no plan
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Defector @defector.com · 16/05/2025
The New York Times really asked Ms. Rachel if she’s paid by Hamas: defector.com/the-new-york...
defector.com
The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector
The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are…
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Deportation for honking his horn at an undercover ICE officer
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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Hannah 🤮 @krahan31.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Just had to stop what I was doing to go pee. Very annoying. Hope it never happens again.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Radio silence from US news on the NYC mob that came out to support Ben-Gvir—an Israeli warlord with a racism resume too long to recount—chanting “death to Arabs,” burning keffiyehs and shoving and kicking a bystander for blocks, calling her a “waste of semen.” The double standard is appalling.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
they should make a vibe that shifts to good
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory. www.ft.com/content/8459...
80+% of both Democrats and Republicans believe America would be better off if more Americans worked in manufacturing, but < 30% say that about themselves.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2025
me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Concern for “free speech” by the right was always a facade for a reactionary culture war, antagonistic to the civil liberties that create it. It’s a victimhood complex of absolutists who get butthurt the second someone challenges their ideas. Their glee in criminalizing dissent is no surprise to me.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Great news out of Paris! www.reuters.com/world/europe...
reuters.com
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Imagine if the Democrats were as aggressive with fighting fascism as they are with texting me 10 times a day wanting $5
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Percent of births financed by medicaid, by state, 2023
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Next time you're driving in circles searching for a place to park, take a moment to think of Donald Shoup. He spent his life trying to bring sanity to parking policy. RIP to a champion of urbanism as well as common sense.
nyc.streetsblog.org
Death of a Legend: Donald Shoup, Parking Reformer - Streetsblog New York City
The OG of understanding how "free parking" isn't free has died.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
In 2025 we will not be accepting bureaucratic excuses for why the transit agencies (the MTA, NJ Transit, Amtrak and the PA) that oversee one of the most rail-rich regions in the world can’t provide dignified service to their riders. Great article.
liamblank.com
Beyond The Terminal Trap: Why (And How) Through-Running At Penn Station Must Prevail – Liam BlankMe
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
not to beat a horse that should be dead already but anyone working in the safe, equitable mobility space really ought to know that policing and enforcement are not the same thing. we just chose to enforce safe streets through policing in the US, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The North Carolina Supreme Court is helping overturn a democratic election for a pathetic sore loser. Allison Riggs won reelection to the NC Supreme Court in the November General Election 2024, fair and square. Except according to the guy who lost. MAGA is so disgusting.
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Graham Bishai @grahambishai.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Can someone explain to me why every train and airport terminal in the world can manage to put all the departures (across various operators) on a single board, except New York Penn Station? We need through-running and we can’t even coordinate a damn monitor screen.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
WATCH: “I believe they did that because what we’re doing is having an effect… They're being petty. But that's not going to stop us. Amazon warehouse in Queens, NY gushes water out onto the striking workers' picket line in below freezing temperatures. (H/T @btnewsroom.bsky.social )
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