“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”
@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
cyclists riding in protected bike lane
A protected bike lane on 30th Street in San Diego increased cycling to more than 130,000 trips per year within four years.
After construction, usage rose by 120% in the first year and continued to grow.
Read the full story by Momentum Magazine: buff.ly/JufGsFr
This is the kind of intel I have been looking for! Time for a road trip I guess
Hahahaha I bought from those girls today actually and that’s how I learned they don’t have my favorite cookies 😫
Photo of a golden retriever staring darts at a cheeseburger and fries on a plate. Also in the background there’s some kids doing things that makes them blurry but they aren’t the main topic of this photo
Get someone who looks at you the way my dog looks at a cheeseburger
If anyone sees Girl Scouts in the bay area selling toffee-tastics please tell me where they are. Please and thank you
My activation phrases...
Come chat with north Berkeley pro-housers today noon-2 at Headlands Berkeley. The Puppy Bowl is playing on the big screen!
A two-column reference chart titled "DOs and DON'Ts: Framing and Terminology" for pro-housing messaging. The left column (green, labeled "Do") recommends everyday, friendly language, while the right column (gray, labeled "Don't") lists jargon, scare tactics, and anti-housing frames to avoid. Examples of preferred vs. avoided terms include: "Housing shortage" instead of "Housing crisis"; "More choices and availability" instead of "Building and construction"; "Homes" instead of "Units"; "Displacement" instead of "Gentrification"; "Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and townhomes" instead of "Missing middle"; "Affordable/unaffordable" instead of "Expensive/inexpensive"; and "Allow homes of all shapes and sizes" instead of "End single-family zoning." The chart contains approximately 20 term pairs total, guiding advocates to use people-centered, accessible language when discussing housing policy.
These DOs and DON'Ts for housing messaging totally slap
welcomingneighbors.us/messaging/
h/t @welcomingneighbors.us
Make everyone irrationally angry and name them Hopkins
It’s true
"Can we adjust to bike lanes in our own neighborhood?
Yes, we can. We can do this. We have to do it. We have to make adjustments that are uncomfortable in our own neighborhoods. Because we have to do our part on this."
- former Berkeley resident Sophie Hahn, May 2022
Too often the City of Berkeley takes action on street safety only after someone has been killed or hurt. Our #visionzero strategy is literally ambulance chasing.
Mayor Mamdani wants to be proactive. Maybe @adenaishii.bsky.social will too. And not just with daylighting, which is already state law.
If you are also pissed off about Berkeley leaders doing backwards shit when it comes to street safety, send a letter before Monday. Do it now! actionnetwork.org/letters/save...
I was mad but not surprised when Sophie Hahn used her power to keep bike lanes from being installed on my high-injury street but for this to be coming from Rashi feels like a betrayal.
Berkeley will never make progress if its leaders do stupid shit like letting the NIMBYS win.
I'm so disoriented by this, partially because 3/4 of the cosponsors claim to be pro-bike. I voted for 2 of them and helped get them elected partially because of that.
bsky.app/profile/wowi...
As if the dearth of consequences for Trump's misdeeds is not discombobulating enough, I apparently live in a city where our political third rail is putting bike lanes on a high-injury street.
Just over a week ago a kid was hit by a car less than 50 ft from my house. (good news: they walked away)
It’s Second Sunday again! Brave the bitter cold and come chat with your friendly neighborhood urbanists in North Berkeley from noon-2pm at Headlands. Look for the NBNow yard sign
If you have any money burning a hole in your pocket for c3 giving, waterside workshops in Berkeley needs a few more donations to meet their year end goal. Donate now! bit.ly/watersidenee...
Heyo, did you know you do have a chance to get your hands on some YIMBY Action merch designed by me? It's cute as hell and there's a bunch of options to choose from. Don't wait too long, you only have until 12/31! yimbyaction.donorsupport.co/page/FUNYSWP...
As someone who loves beavers, I simply had to visit a Buc-ees. What a place. I am transformed
Welp we moved to another street. 2 drivers still ignored the stop sign and flashing lights to pass the bus today! One of them did it as we started crossing the street 😡
The sun is out, the fire pit is on and Second Sunday has started! We are here at Headlands Berkeley until 2ish
It's still against the law to go when the bus's red lights are flashing right?? I wonder sometimes if the rules have changed because so many drivers act as though stopping for the bus is optional
3 drivers passed the school bus today, with its stop sign out and my kids exiting. A new record. I told the bus driver to go on a side street that is more narrow from now on. Longer walk to the bus stop now but at least my blood pressure won't spike everytime the kids come home
Extremely remote looking highway in the Bay Area (280)
Kinda bonkers that this is what it looks like < 30 min drive outside of San Francisco
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Libshi
Found the perfect angle between my eyes and the sun to make a rainbow on this sign today
