Reposted by Laurel in TransitCalifornia Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) @ceja.org · 25/09/2026Polluting projects like data centers will be easier to build and cost taxpayers up to $100 million per year. EJ communities joined the NO campaign because California cannot weaken environmental protections while Trump is attacking them. 🚫 Vote NO on Prop 45 to protect public health from pollution. 021
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ICYMI I am doing an online talk for California Transit Month on protecting transit's role in multi-racial inclusive democracy, next Monday at 5:30pm Pacific. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 010
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026With the new transfers I recently went from Sonoma County airport to Oakland (SMART, Golden Gate Transit, BART, AC Transit) for $11.05! 010
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Prop 43 won't impact this year's transit measures, but will impact the ability for citizens to pass ballot measures for transit in the future. Vote NO! 092
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Me talking: Protecting transit’s role in multi-racial inclusive democracy, Monday, Sept 28, 5:30-6:30pm. We will discuss how transit is a bellwether for democracy, how it is being undermined, and what we can do in California to protect and strengthen it. #transitmonth us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...us02web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Protecting transit’s role in multi-racial inclusive democracy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Public transit provides access to participate in society for people of all ages, abilities, and incomes. It is not an accident that transit has been the site of many of the US’s civil rights struggles... 020
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We noticed a pattern on our street and are thinking about what it means about human behavior. One side of our street has posted no parking on Saturdays during the day (close to a busy farmers' market). Most Saturdays no one parks there. But on some it fills up with cars and the City tickets. 1/3 130
Reposted by Laurel in TransitRobert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Here in the SF Bay Area personal car trips are the single largest emissions category. Converting car trips to more efficient modes & reducing trip distances via infill development & housing affordability strategies is how we can address this. 19222
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"The freedom to move with dignity is not a convenience – it is a prerequisite for full participation in society." Thanks to @replsimon.bsky.social for speaking up with us against the Trump administration's rollback of civil rights protections in transportation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comPublic transit is a lifeline for countless Americans. Trump is derailing our protections | Lateefah Simon and Guillermo MayerThe US will no longer hold transportation agencies accountable for unintentional discrimination. That’s devastating for those of us who depend on it 1122
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026AC Transit fares remain inequitable -- charging cash riders more per ride with no access to free transfers or weekly caps. And there are no places to add cash to a Clipper card in many neighborhoods. This disparity hits unbanked riders who can least afford to pay more. AC Transit & MTC must fix it 120
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026California has a big gap between what the state says about its support for transit and its actual support in funding! 010
Reposted by Laurel in TransitProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2026Leaders around the world are banking on tech advances to solve climate change. One leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and then burying it underground forever. It sounds practical. Here’s why there's no conceivable way it can work: (THREAD) 1471106428
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 19/06/2026@rideact.bsky.social what does "changed" mean on the real time app? 140
Reposted by Laurel in TransitThe Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 12/06/2026We did a whole episode with Laurel about this recently. It’s important to understand the impacts of these types of decisions. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/02/t...usa.streetsblog.orgTalking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights, Civic Transport — Streetsblog USALet's talk about "disparate impact" — and why the Trump administration wants to gut it. 092
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026🧵 Thread of how, in addition to the Oakland example in the article, Title VI disparate impact complaints have been used as a tool by communities to push back on disproportionate impacts of transportation decisions 182
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Today US DOT rescinded regulations on disparate-impact liability. Sounds wonky but it's a critical way Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has protected communities of color from disproportionate harms from transportation decisions and required proactive analysis on the fairness of benefits 164
Reposted by Laurel in TransitCarter Lavin @carterlavin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Emergency Rally Wednesday in SF to save California's biggest program for affordable housing and public transit from getting gutted and fed to Big Oil companies. We have 3 days to spread the word as far and wide as possible for the rally the day before the vote! actionnetwork.org/events/emerg...actionnetwork.orgEmergency Rally to Tell Gov Newsom Don't Rob Transit and Housing to Fund Giveaways to Big OilThis week, Governor Newsom’s appointees are planning on taking billions of dollars AWAY from public transit and affordable housing programs in order to give big polluters like Chevron permission to co... 12716
Reposted by Laurel in TransitTransbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 06/05/2026California regulators want to give billions to Big Polluters and cut transit and affordable housing funding. Speak out to defend public transit and make sure polluters pay! actionnetwork.org/letters/carb...actionnetwork.orgDon't let big polluters weaken one of the best greenhouse gases reduction programs in the world. Tell CARB to Remove the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive mechanism now.Last year, the California legislature passed a reauthorization of California’s Cap-and-Invest program extending this critical system that reduces pollution while shoring up funding for ratepayer relie... 0127
Reposted by Laurel in Transit21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Pour one out for the Hilton staff who are working perhaps the worst shift in food service history rn. 195222233258
Reposted by Laurel in TransitNPR @npr.org · 05/04/2026People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."n.prIn 1978, they stopped buses — and helped launch a disability rights movementPeople in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride." 5653154
Reposted by Laurel in Transitjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 04/04/2026Detroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after (livable) wage hikeshare.googleDetroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after wage hikeThe increase in graduating bus drivers follows a new union contract that increased driver pay by about $6. 12741564
Reposted by Laurel in TransitStreetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 03/04/2026This week's episode of Talking Headways discusses transit agency power dynamics, the loss of public sector capacity, and how the Trump administration is looking to gut civil rights enforcement for transportation projects.buff.lyTalking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights, Civic Transport — Streetsblog USALet's talk about "disparate impact" — and why the Trump administration wants to gut it. 031
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Yes, it has cleared the internal federal review. We haven't seen the language yet. They should post it 1 day prior on the Federal Register in "Public Inspection". This internal review looks like they are trying to do it as a final rule with no public comment period. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo...reginfo.govOIRA Conclusion of EO 12866 Regulatory Review 011
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Always a pleasure to talk with Jeff @theoverheadwire.com! (Less a pleasure to hear my own voice recorded.) Thanks for having me on to highlight the threat to civil rights protections in transportation. Watch this space for updates on the pending US DOT rescission of Title VI regulations. 132
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026So glad my Congressmember is leading on this critical issue! We have a long history of discrimination in transportation in the US and disparate impact analysis is a critical check before important transit fare and service decisions. 071
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Great quote! BART does allow the Bay to function. The photos in this article seem selectively taken to make BART seem empty. My regular experience at rush hour is standing room only. It is not the pre-pandemic sardine levels, but still 'take your backpack off' levels. (efficiency=shorter trains) 061
Reposted by Laurel in TransitAlliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 23/02/2026HUD has to read every comment we submit. Be a wrench in their plans to scapegoat immigrants & make families homeless ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/letters/keep...actionnetwork.orgTell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed!HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to ... 011
Reposted by Laurel in TransitPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them. 1541911231
Reposted by Laurel in TransitMinnesota AFL-CIO @mnaflcio.org · 19/12/2025ICE abducted two members of CWA Local 7304 at their workplace, New Flyer in St Cloud. Both men had come to the US from Laos legally as small children and had worked at New Flyer for over 20 years.cwa7250.orgAN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL - Two CWA Members Abducted at Work by ICE in St Cloud, MNCommunications Workers of America Local 7250, CWA, Labor Union 18047
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The Clipper fare system upgrades in the Bay Area have great benefits - free transfers, fare caps, open payment. But unfortunately they leave behind people without access to Clipper. This is pronounced on AC Transit where cash riders don't have access to a weekly pass www.kqed.org/news/1206773...kqed.orgClipper 2.0 Leaves AC Transit Cash Riders Behind | KQEDTransit advocates are calling attention to recent updates to Clipper that fail to extend savings to people who pay with cash to ride AC Transit. 041
Reposted by Laurel in Transitderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/12/2025The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow 507385357428
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 03/10/2025The main threat to transit isn't crime, it is the federal government threatening funding and rolling back civil rights and environmental justice protections. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...commonwealthbeacon.orgThe real danger facing the T - CommonWealth BeaconThere is a clear threat to our public transit system here in Boston, and it is not crime or “vagrancy.” It is the systematic clawing back of federal funding and the withdrawal of environmental justice... 020
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 15/09/2025In the continuing attacks on civil rights and environmental justice today the Federal Transit Administration withdrew its circular on Environmental Justice issued in 2012. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...federalregister.govNotice of Withdrawal of Environmental Justice GuidanceThe Federal Transit Administration withdraws guidance document Circular 4703.1, Environmental Justice. 110
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This is my fear for the future of transit, sponsors determining service. It will create inadequate and inequitable service levels and we now lack the credible threat of federal Title VI enforcement. Support for everyone in PA fighting for transit funding! 070
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Join me tonight at this virtual panel! 010
Reposted by Laurel in TransitTransitCenter @transitcenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The millionaire’s tax in Mass is providing critical funding to the MBTA, and has resulted in the elimination of subway slow zones, trains that are moving faster, and the hiring of more bus drivers to expand service. Tax the rich, fund transit. 212439
Reposted by Laurel in TransitChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/06/2025remember to breathe they want you to stop, but you shouldn't 7491107
Reposted by Laurel in TransitOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025as much as anything, Andrew Cuomo's campaign represents the bipartisan consensus at the top that consequences and standards are for other, lesser, working class plebes. destined to suffer what they must for the outcomes others merely would prefer. But No Kings should mean No Nobles either. 91520333
Reposted by Laurel in TransitJessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com 367292656279
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 01/06/2025This is heartbreaking and infuriating on so many levels. All of the details illustrate how our society is designed for some and against others. The $1.5 million bond for both parents makes the injustice so clear. Zero consideration given to what is best for the surviving 10 year old. 6448
Reposted by Laurel in TransitErik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 13/05/2025New: States say the Trump Admin is holding emergency relief and transit funds "hostage" in retaliation for not complying with immigration directives. "More cars, planes, and trains will crash, and more people will die as a result."courthousenews.comStates accuse Trump administration of holding emergency relief hostage over immigration policyState attorneys general filed two lawsuits on Tuesday accusing the executive branch of withholding essential funds for not complying with federal immigration directives. 5204106
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 13/05/2025If this wasn't real, it would be the plot of a nerd's action movie. The bad guys are trying to break into the Library of Congress to steal all of the copyrighted material to feed into their earth destroying machines and the librarians have to fight back to save humanity! 061
Reposted by Laurel in TransitAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 11/05/2025No surprise that the federal data grab continues to fuel the AI race. And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress. Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov. 4429211
Reposted by Laurel in TransitHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/05/2025Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.politico.com'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in MemphisThe company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations. 13872163369
Reposted by Laurel in TransitLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...welcometohellworld.comThey don't need a warrantA federal kidnapping in Worcester 28057263022
Laurel in Transit @laurelintransit.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A judge issued a TRO in a case brought by @kingcountymetro.bsky.social challenging changes to the FTA Master Grant agreement. I learned from reading the legal filings that FTA changed their master grant agreement to say federal requirements includes executive orders and cooperating with ICE. 100
Reposted by Laurel in TransitJamie Pew @jpew.bsky.social · 08/05/2025ClimatePlan is searching for a new director. This org acts as the nerve center for all sorts of bright, equity-oriented sustainable transportation and land use policy advocates across California - come work with us!! cal.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/i...cal.streetsblog.orgInterested in a Job Fighting Climate Change? Climate Plan Seeks New Director - Streetsblog CaliforniaThis coalition of nonprofits working to shift California's transportation infrastructure towards sustainable and equitable travel is looking for someone to lead their new campaigns 064
Reposted by Laurel in TransitChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...nyc.streetsblog.orgPolicy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists - Streetsblog New York CityQuietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications. 38074131739
Reposted by Laurel in TransitKate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social · 02/05/2025"Mobility justice demands that we confront the surveillance, policing, and xenophobia ... It demands we stop asking people to prove their worth before they can move without fear. It means acknowledging our streets, sidewalks, and bus stops are not neutral but political" Ruth Rosas 1115