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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 07/10/2026
Corporate executives from OpenAI, Meta, Google and Anthropic deflected, attempted charm, and repeatedly invoked their own personal health battles to justify the rapid expansion of their technology at an hourslong New York City Council hearing Monday.
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A Few of the Diseases Invoked by AI Execs to Evade City Council's Safety Questions
New technology, same old tricks.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"In the states examined in this analysis, a drop of approximately 20% in inflation-adjusted rents—as happened in Austin, Texas, and Minneapolis after those cities made reforms—could reduce poverty by 18% to 26% and child poverty by 21% to 38%." www.pew.org/en/research-...
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The Housing Shortage Is a Major Driver of Poverty
Housing costs are usually the largest item in a household’s budget and can determine a family’s financial stability.
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💙🌊Zero Dark Twenty-Nine🌊🌊 @herotimeszero.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump said Nevada has 250,000 noncitizens voting. So DHS went through the list of voters. Guess how many they found. 250,000? No. 2000? Nope. 200? Wrong. They found ZERO noncitizens. Epstein is not a hoax. Affordability is not a hoax. Illegals voting is a big fat orange hoax.
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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 28/09/2026
Monday’s Headlines Get Schooled
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Monday's Headlines Get Schooled — Streetsblog USA
School districts are having second thoughts about electric buses, but not about building schools where kids can't walk or bike.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So much public money lit on fire. The Trump way.
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What happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all went
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.” But what actually happened?
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember in the 1990s when Dominos' drivers killed people bc of the '30 minutes or less' delivery guarantee? This plays out on NYC (and elsewhere) delivery apps -- just behind the scenes. Good to see a Council bill addressing it: www.amny.com/news/nyc-cou...?
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FIRST ON amNY: NYC Council bill would require apps turn over data on time it takes e-bike riding workers to make deliveries | amNewYork
The NYC Council is looking to pass new legislation aimed at requiring app-based delivery companies to fork over data and potentially face new regulations
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frannypat.bsky.social @frannypat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm not crying you're crying
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 26/09/2026
Missed this earlier this month, but Mamdani and the YIMBYs won and City Council approved John Mangin as BSA chair on September 10 citylimits.org/city-council...
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City Council Approves Mamdani's Nominee for Key Housing Post, Despite 'Reservations' - City Limits
Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents' concerns about new developm...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please do something to reduce the numbers of massive vehicles on our streets. @streetsblognys.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/6Dqyn...
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NYC considering higher tolls for SUVs, trucks entering city #mamdani #nyc #truck #suv
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Cap'n Transit @capntransit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Suffolk County accounted for a QUARTER of the road fatalities in downstate NY counties, 2020-2024. Now the people in charge who've been building tons of wide roads want to spend millions of tax dollars to widen Sunrise Highway again. Can we stop this? westchester.news12.com/2026/09/15/s...
County	Fatal motor crashes, 2020-2024
Putnam	34
Richmond	55
Sullivan	62
Ulster	82
Rockland	84
Dutchess	132
Orange	159
"New
York"	172
Westchester	183
Bronx	240
Kings	332
Queens	342
Nassau	351
Suffolk	660
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud
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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In addition, the Reimagining Regional Rail master plan has been released! We finally might get the S-Bahn Philadelphia deserves. Read now: wwww.septa.org/initiatives/...
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Freakin' love this! nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/18/u...
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U.N. General Assembly Season Should Be 'World's Fair,' Not A Gridlock Grind  - Streetsblog New York City
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world...
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
These folks are not just corrupt — they're clowns.
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Amazon threatens to pollute and endanger more if NYC doesn't protect workers. Really awful corporate behavior. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/14/d...
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Amazon's Latest Anti-Union Push Endangers Workers, NYC Streets - Streetsblog New York City
Amazon is constantly touting its e-quad deliveries — but now the company is threatening to pull its bikes off the streets if it can't get its way.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When they tell you that walkability and public transit can't work here, just remind them that it once did until we let a single industry dismantle it.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking
Same text message as in the post, on a new poster from the Urban Truth Collective. Background image is a massive wide freeway, splitting neighbourhoods and filled with cars. #CarDependency #Traffic #Congestion
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/09/2026
Nazi shit
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Cap'n Transit @capntransit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What about a carbon influence footprint? How much do you: • oppose new transit lines • complain about not enough parking • vote for pro-highway politicians • register in AADT counts used to justify road expansion • post glamorous pictures of driving trips • post angry reacts to infill housing
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is straight up *insanity* to talk about engineering our society away from physical activity without mentioning what civil engineers in the US *actually do,* day in and day out. Is this actually invisible to these people?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/09/2026
Today on Volts: disinformation about clean energy is everywhere these days -- online, in local siting meetings, in regulatory dockets. The folks at GoodPower are fighting back with a rapid-response team, an army of local influencers, & new tools to identify bots & fakes. I talk with the CEO.
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How to respond to disinformation about clean energy, at scale
A conversation with Leah Qusba of GoodPower.
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 31/08/2026
The whole analysis starts and ends here. If you're fishing for other explanations, as The Times seemingly does here, you've missed the story about how baseless conspiracy theories infects right-wing urban planning.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a wild statistic (from IIHS, a very reputable research org): "Cellphone use prior to crashes is undercounted in police reports by a factor of at least 7."
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Study shows police reports undercount cellphone use before crashes
Police usually fail to note drivers talking, texting or fiddling with their phones in crash reports, a new IIHS study shows.
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
oh no... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?
In deep red South Carolina, the president helped stoke apprehension of a deeper red surge ahead of November’s US midterm elections
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety @iihs-hldi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🆕 IIHS news | A new study from IIHS data confirms that far more drivers are using cellphones in the lead-up to crashes than is reflected in police reports. Read the latest IIHS news release: go.iihs.org/news-police-reports
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...
Separated bike-lane with people riding in Montreal.
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 19/08/2026
"'She goes this way every day. She was on her way to work when she got hit,' said Osman Cevallos, 60, of Rockaway, who told Streetsblog he was Pec’s boss at the Sonic... 'If there was a [bike] lane, maybe it wouldn’t have happened. It’s a crazy street,' he said."
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
NEW! Calling for a moratorium on ‘Trump says’ headlines Includes 18 New York Times ‘Trump says’ headlines in a recent 3-month period that spread misinformation presswatchers.org/2026/08/call...
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Calling for a moratorium on ‘Trump says’ headlines | Press Watch
18 New York Times ‘Trump says’ headlines in a recent 3-month period spread misinformation
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Don't re-abandon rail, Mayor Mamdani! Support QueensLink. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/05/m...
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OPINION: Mamdani Is Making a Catastrophic Mistake on QueensLink - Streetsblog New York City
Many residents of Queens have supported the QueensLink project that would extend the M train from Forest Hills to the Rockaways. Yet on May 22, the Mamdani administration renounced the project and thr...
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
for personal reasons i dislike how the discourse has swung from "climate scientists are hysterical alarmists" to "climate scientists failed to warn us how bad it would be" without stopping at "thank you, you were right, here's a gift basket"
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This IMO is the best ongoing study of NYC congestion pricing. An update w/data thru 6/26 is encouraging: "The toll raised cordon-area speeds by 11%, with little effect on air quality, consumer spending, or foot traffic. Speeds also rose outside the cordon." shoshanavasserman.com/papers/the_n...
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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
what a healthy society
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wish when Musk "predicts" money won't matter someone would ask him why he's not giving any of his away.
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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Here's a schematic of the work of Donald Appleyard that ALL serious transportation experts & urbanists should know but I'd wager 90% DO NOT - including many of my best friends working in the field. Want to know what he did? Rather than me explain just view the video in the attached post below!
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
As a boy, my grandparents wouldn't dream of buying a Ford b/c Henry Ford—who was long dead by then—had been a rabid antisemite. 40 years later, I'm amazed that so many people who deplore xenophobia remain willing to buy a Tesla.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/07/2026
Is it stunning? Or is it something literally every sentient person knew already? Something that the media should have been able to point out a long time ago, without waiting for an official admission?
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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com · 24/07/2026
This should be highlighted in every tight congressional race in California, NJ, PA, Illinois, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Virginia, etc. Let the people there know that by voting for a Republican, they are voting to deny their own states funding www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Only one country voted against a UN declaration to reduce crash deaths. Want to guess which one? Info: www.linkedin.com/posts/overwh...
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No. This thinking needs to change. Apartments are homes and should not be thought of merely as buffers between busy roads and 'real' neighbourhoods. Just stop. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Text: This follows a public meeting where neighbourhood critics told city council that denser housing does not belong near their detached houses, but should be directed instead to busier roads, closer to transit and closer to other buildings that are taller.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Seems bad: "Anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering chemicals."
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Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
A surprisingly common substance was found to have a causal relationship with the kind of brain damage associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Tom Broderick @trumbullbrod.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Obviously you can’t anticipate a microburst, but you’re really starting to see the combination of climate change and exurban sprawl development making us more vulnerable when extreme weather hits. So many roads+power lines to protect and clear after these events. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
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'Came out of nowhere': How a Connecticut town is grappling with serious storm damage, outages
"It just kind of came out of nowhere," one resident said of the storm. "There was almost no warning."
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Like English buildings without windows when taxed by # of windows. Or French buildings with Mansard roofs taxed below the roof line. Welcome to the 99 unit New York building. @strongtowns.org gothamist.com/news/how-a-t...
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How a tax break program killed 538 affordable apartments in NYC
A property tax break that incentivizes smaller developments is hurting the city’s affordable housing goals.
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Daniel Comeaux @danielcomeaux.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New NBER paper finds that the congestion zone in NYC sped up emergency responses by over a minute - about 5-6%. Great stuff! www.nber.org/papers/w35414
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Congestion Pricing and EMS Response Time: Evidence From New York City
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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padresalsa.bsky.social @padresalsa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Yeah!!
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 04/07/2026
This remarkable before-and-after look at Utrecht shows that great cities aren't transformed overnight. They evolve through steady, people-first decisions that reclaim space from cars, add greenery, and make everyday cycling safer and more enjoyable. READ @bicycledutch.bsky.social: buff.ly/cYsimzy
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Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Recent case in Toronto: man mixes up the pedals on his 6000-lb EV, launches it through three rooms of a daycare, killing a child. bsky.app/profile/thes...
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Love to see these beautiful bois in the wild.
New postal truck
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I am once again asking you to consider how AVs affect sprawl, congestion and emissions. This study of Boston found that AVs would increase total driving ~40% & reduce transit use by ~10%. (Many people would switch to AVs from transit and/or move away from the CBD.) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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MultiModalUnit @multimodalunit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Now do e-bike vs. EV vs. ICE cars Just How Much Are E.V. Drivers Saving With Gas Prices Still High? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/u...
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Just How Much Are E.V. Drivers Saving With Gas Prices Still High?
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