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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Great interview with @christofspieler.bsky.social, David Copeland, and Mandi Chapa on their new @islandpress.bsky.social book Transportation and the Shape of Cities. www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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Why Your City Feels Built For Cars, Not People
A new book posits that physical space, rather than policy, is the primary constraint for urban transport. I speak to the authors to learn more.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Wrapping up a remarkable @nacto.bsky.social Designing Cities conference with the prolific @christofspieler.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Last day to get to @islandpress.bsky.social booth at APA. A big thank you to our amazing authors who stopped by: Don Elliott, John Zeanah, Oscar Perry Abello, and Danielle Arigoni. @oscarthinks.bsky.social @daniellearigoni.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social #NPC26
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Some of our amazing @islandpress.bsky.social authors are coming to our booth (#308) at APA. Danielle Arigoni (pictured). Sun: 10:00 John Zeanah, 11:00 Oscar Perry Abello; Mon: 10:00 Don Elliott #NPC26 @daniellearigoni.bsky.social @oscarthinks.bsky.social
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
#IslandPress has long championed urban planning literature, publishing foundational books across transportation, street design, & more. Publisher @hboyer.bsky.social & senior editor Stacy Eisenstark discuss the future of publishing for planners—& of @islandpress.bsky.social, newly an imprint of PUP.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
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Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead?
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NYC may have created the design template for the U.S. highway system, but it's now a part of a national movement to reimagine them and reduce our exclusive reliance on cars. New from Ali Sant, author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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New York City’s Worst Highways Can Lead Somewhere Better
The expressways that Robert Moses carved into the city helped inspire the entire American highway system. Now they can be models for community-led reform.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Inspiring interview of @modacitylife.com in the NYTimes. By the way, you can get Melissa's two earlier e-books half off from @islandpress.bsky.social right now (islandpress.org).
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our 50% off print sale is over BUT... If you are still looking to get these books (or any other Island Press titles) be sure to take advantage of our $6.99 ebook sale happening NOW! islandpress.org
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You can get Walkable City Rules by @jeffspeck.bsky.social HALF PRICE, just in time for the holidays (check it out in the NBM holiday gift guide nbm.org/2025-holiday...) and other amazing @islandpress.bsky.social books HALF PRICE until midnight on November 17. Use HALF at checkout. islandpress.org
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide | National Building Museum
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Fabulous book event for Unfinished Metropolis by @benschneider.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Check out our awesome new book by @malgeo.bsky.social front and center at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn @islandpress.bsky.social
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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
On the 🚌 opening up my newest book by @nondriver.bsky.social I love to see how they connect climate and transportation. "we know that if we don't act to reduce emissions now, the disruption our children will have to survive will be even worse."
A person on a bus holding a book "When Driving Is Not An Option" by Anna Letitia Zivarts with a drawing of people waiting at a bus shelter with a bus pulled up at the curb. A person driving a Subaru is in the background of the photo
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Read about @malgeo.bsky.social Matthew Algeo's "delightful" new book, "New York's Secret Subway" in the WSJ www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @islandpress.bsky.social
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‘New York’s Secret Subway’ Review: Tunnel Visions
An inventor in 19th-century New York had been dreaming about a subterranean railway for decades. He’d have to break a few rules to build it.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Strange, I was told congestion pricing would turn Manhattan into a ghost town
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'Call it a comeback': Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times
Visits to office buildings in the city’s commercial districts were up 1.3% last month compared to July 2019, data shows.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
There is still time to read the great selections on the summer reading list from @sightline.org including Arbitrary Lines by @mnolangray.bsky.social and Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman @islandpress.bsky.social @emilyturner2000.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Surdna hosted a wonderful book event for THE BANKS WE DESERVE by @oscarthinks.bsky.social. Learn more about the book @islandpress.bsky.social @donchen.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Great @davidzipper.bsky.social interview with Erick Guerra on Overbuilt. To read more, get the book from @islandpress.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways?
A new book argues that the expansion of the US roadway network has exacted social and environmental costs that far outweigh the benefits.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
"...the data backs up the vibes. The less time you spend in a car, the more likely it is you backed Zohran Mamdani."
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NYC's Upset Election Was Drawn Along An Odd Line: Car Ownership - Jalopnik
Car ownership and transit ridership serve as a shorthand for someone's entire living situation — and, apparently, their politics.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Amazing closing plenary by Charles T. Brown @nacto.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Hey, @nacto.bsky.social Designing Cities attendees, you can get your hands on a free copy of ARRESTED MOBILITY by Charles Brown, closing plenary speaker, if you can get to this Little Free Library first. It is wishing 1/2 mile of the conference. @islandpress.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
An exciting new book from Charles Brown! nextcity.org/urbanist-new... @islandpress.bsky.social
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Why Planners and Policymakers Must Address Structural Barriers to Mobility
Arrested mobility, coined by author Charles T. Brown, threatens the ability for Black people to move freely in public.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Own goal nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/24/d...
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Disorder in the Court: U.S. DOT Lawyers Upload Memo Admitting Their Congestion Pricing Case is Weak - Streetsblog New York City
Lawyers advising U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy make it clear: His case to end congestion pricing is weak.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
When we fight, we win.
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Congestion Pricing Will Live On for Several Months After Court Agreement
State and federal officials agreed to a timeline in their court dispute over the tolling program that is likely to leave it in place until the fall. Other threats to the program still loom.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Want to join me for this Transportation Alternatives event?
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
People have the power to take our democracy back. This right here helps to prove that after Musk quite literally tried to buy votes yet again to manipulate our government.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Definitely calling 311 on this parking situation.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
@islandpress.bsky.social books in Oslo (with IP author Dan Piatkoswki)
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
😍😍😍 @islandpress.bsky.social
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Stop Everything You’re Doing and Build a Bicycle Sidecar for Your Dog. momentummag.com/stop-what-yo...
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Stop Everything You're Doing and Build a Bicycle Sidecar for Your Dog
Momentum Mag is closed for the rest of the day, something came up.
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MTA Metro-North Railroad @mtametronorth.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It is National Transit Employee Appreciation Day! We've achieved record on-time performance while delivering exceptional customer service, and it is all thanks to the hard work and dedication our employees bring every single day.
Promotional image for National Transit Employee Appreciation Day on March 18, 2025, featuring six cartoon-style employees, smiling and dressed in uniforms.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
You get a $4.99 @islandpress.bsky.social ebook, and you get a $4.99 Island Press ebook wherever ebooks are sold until midnight March 2. Get great new releases including THE BANKS WE DESERVE by @oscarthinks.bsky.social and BUILDING FOR PEOPLE by @holz-bau.bsky.social
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great reading list with a number of @islandpress.bsky.social books @mnolangray.bsky.social, @jeffspeck.bsky.social , @humantransit.bsky.social , @mikelydon.bsky.social , @copenhagenizers.bsky.social mryangorman.medium.com/a-short-poli...
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A Short Policy Reading List: Housing, Planning, and Transportation
I recommend these 14 perspective-shifting books, + newsletters, video shorts, organizations, and conferences
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Congestion pricing makes NYC safer www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/22/c...
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Congestion pricing makes NYC safer
Just more than a month ago, crossing the chaotic streets of Manhattan with my daughter meant taking a chance with her life, especially as she’s a toddler who would rather run free. We live in the g…
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Oscar Perry Abello @oscarthinks.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What a strange time for a book to come out, especially one that’s a lot about racial justice and racial equity and inclusion and the interplay between public policy and private sector. And yet. Today is publication day for my first book, The Banks We Deserve. Buy it now: buff.ly/4gn36It
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 04/02/2025
A new poll by Morning Consult shows that 59 percent of voters say Trump should “allow congestion pricing in New York City to continue,” the polling company said in a statement.
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Tuesday's Headlines: Is Congestion Pricing Finally ... Popular? - Streetsblog New York City
Earth to President Trump: Don't cancel congestion pricing! Plus other news.
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Heather Boyer @hboyer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Interesting article that heavily features the great Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why
In Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of destruction.
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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In uncertain times, it’s important to remember that we have the power to make a difference. Whether you’re looking to transform your community or advocate for sustainable practices, our books offer the tools you need. This week, enjoy 50% off all Island Press books! Use code HALF at checkout!
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