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Ryan Jerman

@ryjerman.bsky.social
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picking hills to die on

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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone.
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Andrew Bowen (he/him) @acbowen.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New Freeway Exit bonus episode just dropped. Me in conversation with @colinparent.bsky.social about his new report “Powerless Brokers: Why California can’t build transit.” Have a listen! www.kpbs.org/podcasts/fre...
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BONUS: Abundance in transportation
California needs better public transit. But building new bus and rail lines is difficult and expensive here. A new report says to make things easier, the state needs to get out of its own way.
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Bus operators in my city are unionized and the ones at the top of the experience scale will make around $80k before overtime* by the end of their contract. Uber would prefer they lose pay, healthcare, and retirement, and drive their own depreciating equipment and beg every passenger for 5 stars.
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Ryan Jerman @ryjerman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It’s hard to imagine squandering a great transit investment any worse than UTC does.
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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The fact that a plan that involves substantially increasing the volume of car traffic over the Cabrillo Bridge isn’t dismissed out of hand shows how deeply unserious park and city leadership are. Climate, transit, and walkability shouldn’t have to be reasserted for every single project.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but roughly 100% of drivers are on their phone at every stoplight.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It's not complicated.
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Andrew Bowen (he/him) @acbowen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
City traffic engineers will be SHOCKED to learn that green paint does not, in fact, protect cyclists from massive vehicles with poor visibility.
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Ryan Jerman @ryjerman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The audio in this clip is glorious.
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L. Harrison Jerome @lhjseattle.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Hunter Biden has 3 hours to build a neighborhood coffee shop anywhere in these yellow areas without being prosecuted:
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Ryan Jerman @ryjerman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Terrific thread. When you need a car to get anywhere, that favors big retailers that can afford vast parking lots. The result is wealth getting sucked out of communities, as the money spent on both transportation and shopping overwhelmingly goes to the pockets of faraway corporations.
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