Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Participated in a rally yesterday to ask @ucdavis.bsky.social for safer roads for cyclists on campus after we lost Lincoln Sabini in a car/bike collision on campus in April this year and Tris Yasay in a collision with a trash truck 2022. 010
Reposted by Mark HuisingCory Booker @corybooker.com · 30/09/2026We cannot become numb to this. Reporting via CNN 21279107
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Generally agree with you. Air travel is the likely exception where technohopium promises (batteries, SAFs, hydrogen) are really far away from existing at any kind of useful scale and quite likely never will as OP points out for batteries. 010
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ffs, he's bringing the numbers that inform his scepticism and you attack ad hominem? 111
Reposted by Mark HuisingNoel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 13710307
Reposted by Mark HuisingHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Denmark is trolling Trump. 29370272771
Reposted by Mark HuisingDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project? 15145881293
Reposted by Mark HuisingBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/09/2026keystonenewsroom.com/news/economy... Amazing that the Dems can afford to put these campaign signs on like every corner!keystonenewsroom.comDiesel hits an all-time high in Pennsylvania as fuel prices keep climbingDiesel is $6.41 a gallon in Pennsylvania as of Wednesday, and those higher prices mean more expensive transportation for a long list of everyday goods. 432178
Reposted by Mark HuisingUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This one seems worth repeating. It’s nothing to cheer about though, as the proceeds of ridiculous gas prices fuelled by irrational wars and rampant car dependency go to oil companies instead of to the public as useful carbon taxes. #UrbanTruth 1027970
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Governor Newsom to Support Sustainable Communities, Sign SB 1087. If you want less urban sprawl that locks people out of local affordable homes and into expensive car-centric transportation, please write too: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Governor Newsom to Support Sustainable Communities, Sign SB 1087Twenty years ago, California passed a landmark land-use bill designed to get more homes built near daily destinations. The Sustainable Communities Act has increased investments in transit and safe, wa... 022
Reposted by Mark HuisingBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.latimes.comCopenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new levelCycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi... 18853259
Reposted by Mark HuisingDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Imagine if the media took the words of climate scientists as seriously as it does that rando from Anthropic… Air pollution and climate change from fossil fuel use are literally killing millions of people every year, but sure, let’s focus on the idiocy that “AI is going to kill everyone in 10”. 6372100
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I know that image ;-) Grateful for the work led by the excellent @ryanhart13.bsky.social to make the cover. Appreciate having access to strong international journal from an organization that still values editorial independence (looking at you @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social ). 042
Reposted by Mark HuisingElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Bel was a varsity soccer player for Springfield City School District…He was on the National Honor Society and a member of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps”. He was a legal immigrant, and MAGA couldn’t tolerate his excellence, so now he’s dead.springfieldnewssun.comSpringfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates sayA 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates. 991025618
Reposted by Mark HuisingStreetsblog California @streetsblogca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Gavin Newsom has a national reputation as a Climate Champion. But his record on funding alternatives to driving tells a different story, culminating in leaving major cuts on the table for his successor. cal.streetsblog.org/2026/08/31/s...cal.streetsblog.orgShocked by Newsom's Cuts to Transit? Don't Be. - Streetsblog CaliforniaWhen the going got tough, Newsom looked to cut transportation money that would have reduced car dependency for the last half-decade. 03512
Reposted by Mark HuisingSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 01/09/2026BIG SCIENCE NEWS: Our bill authorizing a $7.5B science bond passed the Assembly. It heads back to the Senate for a final vote today. As Trump tears apart federal science investment, CA must triple down as global science leader. SB 895 — sending the bond to the March 2028 ballot — is a huge step. 2349
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ugh, looks like wildfire smoke is finally catching up with us, as it has with so much of the US this summer. 010
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026three wheels handles and steers very differently, much less nimble. Some people prefer this. Two wheels handles like a bike, you can lean in the corners, and you adjust to the fact that your front wheel is slightly further ahead in no time. Low center of mass helps a lot with extra weight. 010
Reposted by Mark HuisingThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Once the car became the American way of life, we essentially morphed into a series of car companies with a minor country problem." A fantastic video on how cars took over and what we can do to get American biking again, via @climatetown.bsky.socialyoutube.comAmerica Hates BikesYouTube video by Climate Town 425973
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Recommend class 1 frontloader cargo bike, initially thinking it would be my grocery bike. I now ride it everywhere locally . Bosch motor/belt drive is great. Some have front suspension which helps on US roads. Low center of mass and just 2 wheels handles like a bike, not a bakfiets. Good luck! 110
Reposted by Mark HuisingBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/08/202640 kids, separated from their parents, and held in detention by our government, despite committing no crimes. Those were the cases I sat in on today in immigration court. (1/2) 12590231
Reposted by Mark HuisingPBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/08/2026An investigation revealed that glyphosate is being sprayed in California forests at record levels by timber companies and the U.S. Forest Service. to.pbs.org/4xgOgN6 to.pbs.orgU.S. Forest Service, timber companies spraying record amounts of glyphosate in CaliforniaAn investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting has revealed that glyphosate is being sprayed in California forests at record levels by timber companies and the U.S. Forest Service. Glyphos... 20169115
Reposted by Mark HuisingObserving The City @observingthecity.ca · 18/08/2026Morning commute on a bike lane that Doug Ford wants to rip out. 21 bikes and 4 cars clearing an intersection in 23 seconds. Which mode fights congestion? 13506137
Reposted by Mark HuisingStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/08/2026Fighting back works. After tens of thousands of public comments & emails, the Senate paused the OMB Proposal until December. Now, we need to stop the proposal entirely. Contact your MoCs and tell them to Revoke the Rule at the link: zurl.co/tp9xz #OMB #Vought #Science #StandUpForScience #StopVought 16531
Reposted by Mark HuisingRosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A Dutch bank has warned that Europe risks falling into a “doom loop” in which climate damage slows economic growth, prompting governments to weaken climate policy, and so leaving the continent even more exposed to future heatwaves. euobserver.com/232026/eu-fu...euobserver.comEU fuelling economic ‘doom loop’ by weakening climate rules during record heatwave, Dutch bank saysDutch bank Triodos argues that by prioritising “competitiveness” over tougher carbon pricing amid this summer's heat crisis, the EU is leaving its economy more exposed to future climate shocks. 2270141
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026It is the same for Davis and even our traffic planners do not acknowledge that road damage and many collisions where people sustain injuries or worse are caused in large part by most people taking a heavy single occupancy car for every trip... 161
Reposted by Mark Huisingrru.eurosky.social @rru.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026Amazing #bikesky thread this. 5400 miles in two years, $31 in charging costs; would have been $750 for an electric car and double that in gasoline. Saving much, much more on financing, insurance and maintenance, obviously. Families should have one car for long trips (and endless bikes) 074
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026saw it somewhere else first, did not note where 🙁 030
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Agreed! Although there is a very clear cost-savings to be had compared to owning multiple cars. Almost everyone in a (sub)urban setting takes short local trips - and they do not need to be by car. What is often missing is the infrastructure to make it safe. 0161
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026We have a ways to go, but good enough to envision that we can get there if we try ;-) 000
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Enabling this choice by investing in a network of protected active mobility infrastructure separate from cars and from sidewalks benefits everyone: fewer cars on city streets means less pollution, less congestion, and more safety, better public health, and more fun ;-) 15/15 1655
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An e-assist makes it so easy for people of a wide range of ages and abilities to travel many of their local trips by active mobility transportation options instead of by car, provided the local infrastructure is safe (=physically protected from cars). 14/15 1492
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Cars are dangerous for people outside of them, they are LOUD, they pollute the air and water (microplastics from tire wear for starters), which is a significant public health concern. Plus, cars require a TON of public space to drive and park that all of us subsidize indirectly. 13/15 1584
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Important broader context: I can afford to live close to where I work, which should be normal, but isn't. There are enormous affordable housing and public transit aspects to consider here that I do not want to ignore but also cannot change on my own - unlike my own transportation choices. 12/15 1532
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Importantly, 100% of the miles I traveled by eBike instead of car are local miles on city streets I share with other people where cars make least sense and do most harm: 11/15 3753
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Now my family (5) still owns a car and we drive it for around 5000 miles each year - out of city trips. Splitting our car miles evenly between both drivers in my household, I used my e-bike for approximately 50% of my land-based miles. 10/15 1461
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This means that this spending generates no tax revenue for the city, which is saddled with the enormous cost of maintaining roads for cars to drive local trips that are crumbling as cars get heavier and heavier 9/15 2654
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026With the exception of money spent at local repair shops and insurance middlemen, this amounts to hundreds of millions hemorrhaging from our local economy, no longer available for residents to save, invest in home ownership, or spend at their discretion in local restaurants, bars, and shops. 8/15 1683
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026That's 1.5 times our entire city budget, each year, spent on vehicles that costs over 50k MSRP on average, financing one of the most rapidly depreciating asset known to man, insurance from national brokers, fuel from large oil companies or IOU's and maintenance/repairs often at car dealerships. 7/15 1614
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The larger cost of car ownership for Davis residents is $15,366. In Davis alone, across 25,322 households that on average own 1.72 cars, we spend 389 million USD to finance, insure, maintain and fuel cars (in that order). 6/15 1471
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Had the car still been powered by an internal combustion engine, I would have used around 245 gallons of gas to drive those 5400 miles, which in CA today would have cost me $1367 dollars. 5/15 1581
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Had I taken a car for these trips - as most Americans do - I would have used around 1870 kWh, if the car was electric. I would have had to pay PG&E around $750 - equivalent to four months of electricity for the average CA resident in Yolo county, assuming I charged at home. 4/15 1551
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026For all of these trips, 5400 miles, I used around 77 kWh of electricity. That is slightly more than a single charge for a typical US EV battery, at an electricity cost of around $31 dollars to travel a cumulative distance of Davis to Washington DC and back. 3/15 1939
Mark Huising @huisinglab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026These 2700 trips are all local trips to work, dropping kids off at school, groceries, errands. We barely use our car in town. 2/15 1651