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Samuel Santaella

@samuelsantaella.bsky.social
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Lifelong outer-borough #NYC resident; #climatechange and #trafficviolence realist; proponent of #bikeNYC, trains, trees, & many more for all. Less active rn, but not absent. 🌐 nycstreetsutures.wordpress.com

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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 1h
The B6 is a top 4 ridership bus in the city. Although its not the highest ridership section that's getting bus lanes, I'm looking forward to increased reliability across the board.
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 1h
Now there will be protected bike lanes, bus lanes, *and* a partial green wave on DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues. Exciting!! Desperately Needed Bus and Bike Lanes Are Coming to Brownstone Brooklyn - Streetsblog New York City
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Desperately Needed Bus and Bike Lanes Are Coming to Brownstone Brooklyn - Streetsblog New York City
Bus riders and bike riders in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill are about to get much faster and safer rides, thanks to the Mamdani administration's decision to place bus and bike lanes on two…
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StreetsPAC @streetspac.org · 05/10/2026
Very sorry to see that the National Youth Bike Council is closing its doors, but in just a few years, they had an outsized impact on the discourse around cycling and young people. It's up to all of us in the advocacy space to keep building upon their terrific work.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them. Meanwhile:
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I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO WORK @algoestowork.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The stupidity in the way micromobility is framed is driving me insane.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fine, if people on bikes are expected to follow the same rules as cars, then I guess we're gonna have to start acting like motorists.
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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 02/10/2026
How to Use the ‘Emergency Streets’ Strategy to Move From ‘Crash Response’ to System Change
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How to Use the 'Emergency Streets' Strategy to Move From 'Crash Response' to System Change — Streetsblog USA
A deeper look at the inner workings of the 'Emergency Streets' process, and how it could lead to lasting change.
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In 2025, New Yorkers broke voter turnout records in both the Primary & General Elections. Let's keep building on that momentum and encourage NYers to keep making history by voting in the upcoming election. Visit nycvotes.org to register to vote, find your poll site, review voting dates & more!
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olivier_rbxl @olivier-rbxl.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Health-care coalition calls for maintaining bike lanes.
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Better Billion + Fair Fares > free buses
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New York, let's do Broadway next. There are some good stretches here and there, such as through the Flatiron District, but there's a lot of street left to do.
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If it's a carbrain online, I like to drop this link cyclingfallacies.org/en/8/the-wea... (Contains one photo of cycling in the snow)
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“The weather isn’t right”
If it’s too cold, or wet, or hot to cycle, then it’s generally too cold, or wet, or hot to go out at all. When the streets are designed well, you are no more at the mercy of the weather when cycling, than you are when walking.The Netherlands and Denmark routinely experience very cold winters, but good management of conditions, including clearing snow from major cycle routes, ensures that cycling remains practical as a mode of transport for most people. People still walk there when it's rainy, or cold, or hot – and they still cycle too. Research suggests that in cities with high-quality cycling infrastructure, people continue to cycle regularly even if the weather is bad. It is only in places with poor or absent cycle networks that cycling levels drop off in adverse weather.While there may be some places with such extreme conditions that cycling is genuinely difficult, for most places this isn't true, and in no way justifies failing to provide a safe and attractive environment for cycling.
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Thompson Ave Bridge is getting a much needed bike lane, but there is an even more important connection that needs to be made!
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3,555 bike lane obstructions have been reported to our app so far this month from at least 121 cities. Almost 1,000 of those obstructions were reported from Chicago alone. These are the top reporting cities so far this month:
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/09/2026
If you would like to feel old, it's been 16 years since Chris Christie canceled ARC.
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NYC DOT Projects Bot @nycdotprojects.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Broadway Vision Design Update - presented to Manhattan Community Board 5 in September 2026
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 25/09/2026
The City has to make Citi Bike affordable again!
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 24/09/2026
Ballot proposal 3 "would remove some steps that delay major transportation projects, in hopes of speeding up street safety initiatives, including bike and bus lanes, by 33%... allowing the DOT to start working on projects before presenting to community boards"
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 24/09/2026
“Stay in bloody Holland and don’t come mess up our lives with your nonsense.” “Cycling extremists.” “Mobility propagandists.” “Idiots.” “A new breed of slugs and rats.” “Who invited these clowns?” “Out to cause harm.” “Zero empathy towards anyone who needs to get around.” “Revolting, evil people.”🧵
A middle aged couple in casual business attire pose for a photo in an industrial courtyard in Tartu, Estonia.
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The EU is regulating US vehicles before the US does it 😭
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pledging absolute allegiance to ExxonMobil just to go pick up a rotisserie chicken.
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MTA News @mtanewsroom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Climate change is already affecting Metro-North’s Hudson Line. A $19.7 million contract will advance plans to improve drainage, reinforce slopes and retaining walls, and reduce flood risks between Spuyten Duyvil and Hastings-on-Hudson—a stretch used by 25,000 riders each weekday.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As @doctorow.pluralistic.net says, "Geometry hates cars." Transportation in cities is a space problem, not a tech problem.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 23/09/2026
My biggest ding against Hochul - who is clearly getting my vote in a few weeks over that chud from Long Island - is that she hamstrung the city by promising never to use the variable congestion pricing mechanism the law permits.
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You can really see the difference in SE Queens. Much, much appreciated
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Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just doing a bike lane instead of pedestrianizing the rest & making it the East Side’s High Line would be a big missed opportunity (especially w the MTA digging up Park Ave in the 40s & 50s for a decade+)
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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 23/09/2026
I'll believe it when I see it... Virtually every fare change the MTA has made in the last ~4 years have made things less flexible and more expensive for riders. They don't seem to be learning any lessons.
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYC DOT is hiring for a ton of jobs to scale up bike lane and greenway implementation, if anyone is interested. We really need them fully staffed with great people, so please pass around. cityjobs.nyc.gov/jobs?q=micro...
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🚲Bike JC🗽 @bikejc.org · 22/09/2026
Big meeting Wednesday evening on bus rapid transit on JFK Blvd!! Come out and support!
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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
A small digger trying its hardest to dig out the Ever Given ship that has run aground. It says, “Structural Problem” on the giant Ever Given and, “Making different personal choices” on the tiny digger.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more likely to break traffic regulations? Research at the University of Helsinki provides some answers.”
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The fast and the furious: Research shows that owners of high-status cars are on a collision course with traffic | University of Helsinki
Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more li...
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking
Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth
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I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO WORK @algoestowork.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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NYC DOT Projects Bot @nycdotprojects.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Thomson Avenue, 44th Drive to Van Dam Street, 44th Drive, 23rd Street to Thomson Avenue - presented to Queens Community Board 2 in September 2026
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To be clear, any mayor or city council can do their own version of this in their city. The differentiator is will, or excuse. If they’re not, it’s because they’re choosing not to, either because they’ve wrongly convinced themselves they can’t, or because they don’t want to badly enough (or at all).
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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really dug this one we repubbed from @mouthbreather718.bsky.social (lol), about the rising omnipresence of attention-destroying advertising on transit, and why "but agencies need revenue" is a really poor excuse for allowing public space to be blanketed in corporate slop.
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Are Brain-Rot Transit Ads Ruining Our Commutes? — Streetsblog USA
Advertisements give transit systems across the country badly-needed revenue. But how much is too much?
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Adam Fisher-Cox @adamfishercox.com · 10/09/2026
Announcement pollution is one of those things that’s a huge problem but complaining about it sounds like nitpicking. It’s a respect and safety issue. Training riders to tune out announcements has consequences when you finally announce something important!
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Jehiah @jehiah.cz · 18/09/2026
This has to be a typo right? The Mayors Management Report says that the desired direction for annual cost of CitiBike membership is UP??
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elayamakan.bsky.social @elayamakan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The MTA said the work on the Jamaica train washer won’t be finished until 2028. The agency also reported they plan to shut down the car washer on at the 207th Street yard, which services trains on the 1, A & C lines. That project is scheduled to be finished next year, along with the fix at Canarsie
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Exteriors of NYC subway trains covered in grime while MTA repairs car washers
An MTA spokesperson said the dirty cars were a byproduct of "one of the most comprehensive train wash rehabilitation program undertaken in the agency's history."
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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
⏰ Tomorrow is #BusFestival! Presented by the #NYTransitMuseum and @MTA.info New York City Transit, Bus Festival is FREE and runs rain or shine: 🚌 BUS FESTIVAL 2026 📆 Saturday, September 19, 10am-3:30pm 📍 Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park 🎟️ FREE Learn more at nytransitmuseum.org.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 18/09/2026
gas prices up more than 30% over last year, definitely a good time to kill your transit system
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're finally regulating vehicle sizes and weights, electrifying train lines, and making way for e-bikes, right
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a must-read and hits on so many key issues related to e-bikes specifically and micro-mobility broadly. Draconian e-bike laws like the one in New Jersey threaten the mobility and freedom of nondrivers, but our country refuses to consider them amid this intensifying moral panic (or ever).
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hell yes. Now we can finally put up "Motorist Dismount" signs and force drivers to exit their trucks and slowly walk them through mixed-use zones, exactly like cities constantly force people on bikes to do.
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Samuel Santaella @samuelsantaella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
soooooooo Norfolk Southern's electrifying now, right
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The LIRR Today @thelirrtoday.com · 17/09/2026
👀👀👀 I was buying some tickets from Germany's Deutch Bahn and tried paying with my pre-tax transit card. Much to my surprise, it not only didn't decline, but it actually converted Euros to dollars, approved, and substantiated the transaction. Nice!!
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Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is good, though I'd like to know the dimensions of the bikeway (reporters need ask this!). Let's stop building for 2005 #bikenyc traffic with 8-foot 2-way bikeways
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