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Michael Schneider

@michaelschneider.com
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tali mika sofi’s dad, Kat’s husband, LA native. Urbanist. Founder @streetsforall.org

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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 22/09/2026
Buffoons for All !!
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 21/09/2026
“LA doesn’t need a mayor who is skilled at political survival. It needs one who will spend political capital — on housing near transit, on streets that don’t kill people, on a homelessness program that publishes its numbers without being audited into it.” www.dailynews.com/2026/09/20/d...
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Does Karen Bass deserve a second term?
Karen Bass set the standard in 2022. On November 3, hold her to it.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 19/09/2026
Everything that makes my dinner spot in Spain charming is illegal in most of the US: - zero parking - no setbacks - mixed use - single-stair buildings - a street width most fire departments wouldn’t allow I think it should be legal to build this in any US city, by right.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 16/09/2026
This article on @citywatchla.bsky.social by Thomas Glick was a NIMBY's greatest hits of why LA can never be a multimodal city. It was so absurd, I felt compelled to take it apart paragraph by paragraph: michaelschneider.medium.com/the-war-on-c...
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The “war on cars” fallacy
I came across this article on X today and it so perfectly encapsulated a greatest hits of NIMBYism around city design that I felt the need…
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 16/09/2026
Apparently questioning the utility of palm trees in LA makes you both a communist and a terrorist 🤷‍♂️
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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 31/08/2026
“The cemetery has enough customers. Lawmakers shouldn’t help send it more. After years of work to make this street safer, Sacramento is threatening that progress. Politics should never come before human lives” - @michaelschneider.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Planned bikes lanes on Forest Lawn Drive targeted in last-minute language added to bill
A street safety project at the center of a debate between Mayor Karen Bass and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman could be affected.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 02/09/2026
"How much does it cost to write your own law in California? About $500,000. That’s what Forest Lawn and Mt Sinai spent on lobbyists since 2025 to kill one road safety project, on one street, in LA. This week, Sacramento gave them their money’s worth." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Sacramento's micromanaging of a single lane in the Hollywood Hills
Imagine what this precedent buys next. A billionaire who dislikes the housing project down the block. A millionaire who wants a bus lane gone, a park redesigned, a public street bent to private will.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 29/08/2026
The finishing touches on the Mid City Greenway are going in, here is the new Toucan Signal at Rosewood / Crescent Heights. There will also be a bike-only signal at La Cienega and Rosewood.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 27/08/2026
LADOT’s second Toronto barrier installation and the first outside DTLA on Imperial Highway. These will also be used on the Spring/Alameda project, and likely on Ohio. Great option for true Class IV protection. Bravo LADOT — let’s replace all K71’s citywide!
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 26/08/2026
Good morning from Venice Bl
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 19/08/2026
Awesome Beverly Hills bike bus this AM! @coachbalto.bsky.social
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 12/08/2026
Good morning from Santa Monica Bl
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 14/07/2026
Same story in Mexico City
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 10/07/2026
Rush hour in Mexico City
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 28/06/2026
Very multimodal trip with my dad to the Mark Taper Forum
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 26/06/2026
Land use in the Coachella Valley is so wild
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 19/06/2026
"Mayor Karen Bass’ office said the problem dates back to before her election in 2022." This is simply not true. While the applications were submitted before her time, the critical years where nothing happened after the money was won were under her watch. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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L.A. poised to lose $100 million in state grants to fund transportation projects
Los Angeles appears poised to lose in its attempt to keep $100 million in state grant funding for transportation projects in some of the neediest neighborhoods after a state commission declined to hea...
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 07/06/2026
How to start advocating for something, and make it a successful effort. michaelschneider.medium.com/how-to-start...
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 07/06/2026
We could know results twice as fast if @lacountyrrcc.bsky.social worked normal 8 hour days. Why are we only processing/scanning 4 hours a day?
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 04/06/2026
I’m sure the law passed in Sacramento had good intentions, but what exactly am I supposed to do with this information?
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 22/05/2026
Step into my traffic-free world
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 22/05/2026
We literally can't afford to live as car dependent as we do.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 21/05/2026
Do Angelenos even realize what % of their daily stress is caused by having to drive for every trip?
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 15/05/2026
Not only does Mexico City protect its bike lanes well with very inexpensive barriers, but they also blink at night to be extra visible. Protected bike lanes don’t have to cost a fortune.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 07/05/2026
Even with an iconic transit line opening, @metrolosangeles.bsky.social sends out an email giving instructions only for people driving; apparently they’re even validating 🙃
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 05/05/2026
Downtown Culver City
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 30/04/2026
Amazing to me that the Mayor of LA sent out an email update on her plans for climate action improving infrastructure and there's zero mention of bike or bus lanes, Measure HLA, first/last mile to Metro, or anything else that would actually help reduce VMT. Instead it's about EVs!
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 29/04/2026
At this point Santa Monica feels like another planet compared to LA
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 29/04/2026
There’s only one candidate running for CA Senate District 24 who is a champion of safer streets and building more housing at the scale we need. Vote for @johnericksonwh.bsky.social by June 2, we need a fighter like him in Sacramento!
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 27/04/2026
Another magical CicLAvia in the books.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 25/04/2026
LA’s first real modal filter outside of Hollywood is officially in the ground! Sweetzer and Rosewood
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 24/04/2026
Despite all its problems, I still love LA. It’s worth fighting for.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 19/04/2026
Thank you @cd13.lacity.gov
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 15/04/2026
The man who never met a freeway he didn’t want to widen, and who is currently chair of the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social board, Fernando Dutra, lost re-election last night! Good riddance.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 13/04/2026
Sometimes LA streets are just 🪄
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 12/04/2026
Wanna save $45 and skip traffic? 🚲 to @dodgers.com Stadium!
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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 09/04/2026
Listen to @michaelschneider.com speak with Congresswoman Laura Friedman yesterday on her bill to unlock federal dollars for technology to eliminate police changes. Not only could this lead to safer streets for all, but also to the end of police helicopters in LA! youtu.be/T-GWS8OLtzU?...
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LIVESTREAM Annoucning Next Gen Road Safety Act
YouTube video by Rep. Laura Friedman
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 09/04/2026
The more LA’s leaders and bureaucracy try to sidestep the will of the voters, the more taxpayer dollars will be wasted on lawyers. Enough games!
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 08/04/2026
Cochran / Pico Rush hour
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 31/03/2026
American fire departments: - demand wide (unsafe) roads - multiple car-length red zones for hydrants - huge fire trucks Somehow in Japan: - trucks half the size that still put out fires - tiny zones for hydrants (helped by no street parking) - narrow (safer) roads everywhere
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 28/03/2026
Meanwhile in Japan… Having an amazing bullet train system with 4 minute headways since the 60s wasn’t good enough so they’re doing this. I’m so tired of the US spending nearly all its transportation money on car infrastructure. I want nice things in my country too.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 21/03/2026
Cities can change People can change too
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 20/03/2026
Santa Monica Bl West Hollywood 830pm on a Thursday 🚲🚲💨💨
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 15/03/2026
Only in LA is it somehow legal to create parking spaces that by definition you have to drive *on the sidewalk* to park in them. We’ll never get close to Vision Zero when pedestrians are such an afterthought.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 10/03/2026
From 10pm - 6am, we should lower the volume of sirens. There’s way less traffic, and so the need to be noisy is less. The few cars on the road would respond to flashing lights and perhaps a quiet siren, and there’d be way less noise pollution / people woken up at night.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 07/03/2026
After the death of a pregnant mom riding a bike with her family, Traci Park all of a sudden cares about bike lanes. But the bike lanes they’re proposing aren’t safe! They’re door zone bike lanes. Even after a tragic death, protected bike lanes aren’t being considered.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 28/02/2026
Traci Park came into office deriding Bonin’s road safety improvements. Now, all of a sudden, she cares about Pershing — a street that HAD a bike lane and lost it thanks to NIMBYs. LA deserves Councilmembers who care about road safety all the time, not just in response to tragedy.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 23/02/2026
Good morning from San Francisco’s green painted protected bike lanes. We can’t even afford to replace broken plastic bollards in LA right now 🫠
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 17/02/2026
Why do Caltrans projects take so long and cost so much? A multi-year study in the 5th round of outreach to consider creating a project to build bus lanes for a few miles.
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Michael Schneider @michaelschneider.com · 17/02/2026
How is it legal for @nbcla.com to hover since 6am above my house like this and wake us all up earlier than we’d like? How many other households were woken up because they decided to do this? Why are they allowed to do this completely arbitrarily?
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