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SFMTA Muni Alerts (Official) @muni.sfmta.com · 18/09/2026

ATTN: OB 33 rerouting around 18th/Diamond due to disabled Waymo blocking. Rerouting via Eureka, Market, 16th, Sanchez, 18th to reg. rte. Stops Missed: Diamond through Sanchez Board: Hattie OR Church

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

First responders told NHTSA: “We are actually seeing...backsliding of some things that had improved upon, [Waymo robots] are committing more traffic violations” “We’ve seen some behavior we haven’t seen in a few years. … Waymo is frequently now blocking our fire stations from access."

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工an Monroe 🚰 @eean.dev · 29/04/2026

The reverse purge: on this day, laws are enforced

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 26/04/2026

Saw a couple of decorated @idothethinking.bsky.social & @mingweisamuel.bsky.social bus stop benches in Oakland! sfbabc.org 🚌

A wooden bench at a bus stop painted red black and green, with Love U written in yellow

A wooden bus stop bench with a mural on it of faces, stars, and purple green pink background

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Whichever Waymo spokesperson finally said the quiet part out loud about Waymo purposely illegally driving in bike lanes after years of getting away with it by deflecting and/or outright lying about doing it deserves thanks as they transition to a new role, position, and/or job.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Empty robots are ~1% of VMT in San Francisco.

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Maya🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚎 @trains.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

why do transit agencies buy/install these? like just instal benches its probably cheaper. even if you hate homeless people(bad) you can still buy anti homeless benches (less bad than the lean benches)

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Hands Off NYC @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

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Snake Plissken @ralphlorenzo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

we really gotta close 4th street bridge to cars. Stuck waymo was completely blocking the T during rush hour today causing a huge backup.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ugh nevermind, Papan's AB 1557 has now been amended to reduce the speed cap to 16 mph for both Class 1 (pedal assist, currently 20 mph speed cap) & Class 2 (throttle assist, currently 20 mph cap) e-bikes. Imagine if legislators cared this much about 4 mph speed differences for driver of 2 ton+ cars

"This bill would instead define a class 1 electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, that is not capable of exclusively propelling the bicycle, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 16 miles per hour. The bill would define a class 2 electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 16 miles per hour. The bill would provide that, notwithstanding these definitions, an electric bicycle manufactured prior to January 1, 2027, that was equipped with a motor that is not capable of exceeding 750 watts of peak power and otherwise met the legal requirements for the relevant class at the time of manufacture shall retain its classification.
The bill would prohibit a manufacturer from equipping, and a retailer from offering for sale or advertising, any device labeled as an electric bicycle with a motor that is capable of exceeding 750 watts of peak power. The bill would also prohibit a manufacturer from equipping, and a retailer from offering for sale or advertising, any device labeled as a class 1 or class 2 electric bicycle with a motor that is capable of exceeding 250 watts of continuous power or that is capable of providing assistance to reach speeds greater than 16 miles per hour. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $15,000 for a first violation and not to exceed $50,000 for each subsequent violation, upon an action brought by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney. The bill would specify that a violation of this provision is not a criminal offense."

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In other words, AVs will bring about major congestion that governments can’t fix. Happily, there is a solution: Road pricing Managed lanes (like I-66 in NoVA) and congestion pricing (as in NYC) can force AV companies & customers to consider the slowdowns they impose on everyone else.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 08/03/2026

It's a beautiful day to build some benches!

Three people with mitre saws are outside a building cutting lumber.

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Mingwei Samuel 翁明伟 @mingweisamuel.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Built a bench of out reclaimed eucalyptus wood milled by bayarearedwood.com - hard and heavy as hell (weighs more than an 8ft fir bench). Wet with no finish. Eucalyptus lumber gets a lot of hate - maybe undeserved? We will see how this bench ages

a 4ft dudersadt bench made of a pale wood with a unsually shimmery grain pattern (eucalyptus globus). In the background: a similar dark brown bench (stained redwood), a cone, and some tools

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Any Berkeley / Oakland area artists interested in painting some benches? dm me.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 04/02/2026

This year, in honor of Transit Equity Day and Rosa Parks, Transit Columbus and Strong Towns Columbus volunteers cleared bus stops and sidewalks around the city to provide dignity for riders. We built benches to increase accessibility and enable people to rest safely as they journey around Columbus.

Two people are shoveling a sidewalk along a busy street. The mounds of snow are a couple feet high.

A group shot of eighteen people smiling while sitting on three benches or standing behind them.

A photo of three identical wood benches posed in a row in front of an industrial type space.

A group of people working on constructing a bench together. The pieces and parts are laid out on a red rug. There are people talking in the background.

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Transit Columbus @transitcolumbus.org · 04/02/2026

In total, twenty-nine people worked together to shovel nine bus stops, and build three benches.

Two people lean against large snow piles and smile at the camera. They are on a sidewalk that has been recently shoveled and one is holding a shovel.

Two people measure pieces of wood together on a table.

A lone wood bench sits amongst a cleared patch in a field of snow. There is a fence and a parking lot behind it.

Two people work together to assemble a bench.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for the #AlexPretti memorial ride in Oakland today. It was a huge turnout, even more than shown here at Lake Merritt, as some people peeled off since the start at Rockridge BART. @bikeeastbay.bsky.social @ebbp.bsky.social

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Steve Boland @steveboland.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Your friendly reminder that you should NOT support Gavin for president, in no small part bc the $750M emergency *loan* he agreed to became $590M months later. Gavin doesn’t really care about transit, at best

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Seamless Bay Area @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The campaign to save Bay Area transit kicks off this Friday! Join events happening across the region as we start collecting the 200k signatures needed to get this initiative on the November ballot. luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...

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Michal Migurski @mike.teczno.com · 19/01/2026

SFBABC just published a 40-pager on how we crank out 10 guerilla bus stop benches in a weekend. I’m proud to have helped write, edit, and photograph this alongside @carterlavin.bsky.social, @mingweisamuel.bsky.social, & others. Get the doc sfbabc.org/join or read my post: medium.com/@michalmigur...

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Weeknotes, 2026W02: Benches

For the past year I’ve been helping build bus stop benches. I joined a two year Bay Area project that has built and installed over 100…

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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I've been feeling blue about the world, so to cheer me up, my friend and I did some DIY benching. There are new & improved community AC Transit bus benches at: 6 : Telegraph & Wesbter @ Whole Foods 6 : Telegraph & Woolsey @ Smokehouse 12 : MLK & University @ Trader Joes 27 : Ashby & Shattuck

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

"Why does Sonic need a car?" motherfucker why do YOU? You can run everywhere too if you want to but here you are. Maybe address north american urban design so we can get some 15 minute cities, and quality public transit options.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 06/10/2025

Spotted my first @ehbforbet.bsky.social bench in the wild (at Painter Park). And it’s in a spot that has been in dire need of public seating for a very long time. Thank you, @locallhuman.bsky.social & @ehbforbet.bsky.social !

A bench created during a campaign event for Eric is in painter park near the skate park. Laura’s bike is leaning against it

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 04/10/2025

California Prop 50 ballots are starting to arrive in voters' mailboxes. Don't delay, vote today! #YesOnProp50

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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Mark your calendars‼️ On Saturday, 9/27 we're hosting our first official campaign event‼️ In partnership with the Minneapolis Public Seating Authority, we will assemble community benches for use in neighborhoods across the city. Food, drinks, and good times aplenty! actionnetwork.org/events/bench...

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 07/09/2025

We're happy to see an official Muni sign at Church/Duboce replace our community-installed one after 3 years! They even reused our mounting hardware 🥺 Make your own sign at munisign.org/

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - official

Muni sign for the 22 and N Judah Owl - Safe Street Rebel with munisign.org

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

To put this loan amount in perspective: California is spending $500 million to widen a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 in the northern Bay Area (through a wetland, no less). But $750 million to save the *entire* Bay Area’s transit systems is apparently infeasible.

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SFist @sfist.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The team of anonymous transit activists who put benches at Muni stops that had no benches in June has struck again, adding 12 new benches to bench-less bus stops in the Lower Haight, Bayview-Hunters Point, and Potrero Hill. sfist.com/2025/08/22/g...

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‘Guerilla Bench’ Activists Back At It, Install 12 More Lovely But Unauthorized Benches at Muni Stops

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

When a Waymo blows past a stop sign or illegally stops in a red zone, by design, there is no driver present to take responsibility. But what happens when a self-driving vehicle gets pulled over in Los Angeles? By @marinamasako.bsky.social Full story: lataco.com/waymo-traffi...

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tschuy 🏳️‍🌈 @tsch.uy · 06/08/2025

I wrote an op ed for the Chronicle about how important AC Transit's new redwoods service is, with the agency taking a bet on transit as a way of life, not just a commuting tool: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

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The East Bay just got some good, and much-needed, transit news

OPINION: “Good news is in short supply. But on Sunday, AC Transit is launching its new Realign bus network — and that’s something to celebrate,” Evan Tschuy writes.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

IDEA: on one-way streets, let's make the sidewalks one-way too! To walk in the other direction, you'd first travel one block perpendicularly, to the next street over. Or maybe that would be ridiculous and we shouldn't do bike lanes that way either? Hard to say

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donoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

amazing, we added computers to a failsafe system from the 1860s and made it worse. who could have predicted this

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Transbay Coalition @transbaycoalition.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Transbay Coalition Co-Founder @carterlavin.bsky.social spoke to ABC7! yesterday about the importance of cities fully legalizing community-led bus stop bench installations in order to encourage & promote this pro-transit act of community care. abc7news.com/post/wooden-...

A screenshot of a news clip showing Transbay Coalition Co-Founder Carter Lavin sitting on a bench that was built and installed by community members. Carter is a large white man with short black hair and beard and is wearing a blue checkered button down shirt and blue jeans.

There is a chyron in the left hand corner with his name and title

The wooden bench is light brown and clean

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

This is a nuanced perspective on the relationship between NWS cuts and the disaster in Texas: NWS got the forecasts right, but lacked staff who could preplan with and warn local officials of the dangers. P www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Not enough people are talking about the embarrassing state of the @bart.gov faregates. BART claims that their "Next Generation Fare Gates" are able to allow up to 40 passengers per minute. Anecdotal observations show that they're managing less than 1/3 of that, closer to 12 px/minute.

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Danielle Baskin @danielle.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

a lot of bus stops in SF are literally just a pole you have to stand next to, but today some guerilla-installed benches suddenly appeared diy cozy architecture >>>>>

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This 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

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Chron.com @chron.com · 13/06/2025

Will self-driving Tesla endanger Texas streets? Austin activists staged a demo on Thursday highlighting flaws in the company's "full self-driving" feature: bit.ly/45ZX3bc

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

Hot pink chairs and benches stacked up in a protest with protesters hiding behind them as law enforcement fires upon the barricades with rubber bullets and tear gas

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RIOS rios.imagines Images of the bright pink Civic
furniture line that we designed for@grandpark_la "The Park for Everyone," being used by LA
protesters stopped us in our tracks. These pieces were designed to move, adapt,
welcome, connect - and now protect. We stand in solidarity with our city during moments of civic expression in support of unjust treatment, and we are reminded of why we design: for our community, diversity, and a sense
of belonging.
Photo by: David Ryder-AFP/Getty Images

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Safe Street Rebel @safestreetrebel.com · 09/06/2025

benches have gone up at bus stops around the Mission and parts south. thanks sfbabc.org !! everybody deserves comfort and dignity while waiting for the bus

a senior sitting on a bench waiting for a bus at Mission/Powers

people on a bench waiting for a bus at 26th/Mission

somebody sitting on a bench at 18th/Mission

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Crosswalk Collective LA @crosswalksla.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The city of LA has removed three of our crosswalks in the past two weeks amid a budget crisis. We're now getting requests to put in crosswalks that were planned and committed to by LADOT, then rescinded for lack of funds ... where is the money for removals coming from?

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