Alan
@akgerber.bsky.social
he/him
literally just some guy— mostly shooting the shit about transportation/climate change/architecture/urban planning/economics/land use
also computer stuff
literally just some guy— mostly shooting the shit about transportation/climate change/architecture/urban planning/economics/land use
also computer stuff
"I hope [Zohran] can accomplish the same sort of things that Hoan and Zeidler did here" — my Milwaukee mom
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"I hope [Zohran] can accomplish the same sort of things that Hoan and Zeidler did here" — my Milwaukee mom
midtown east: where main transportation is neither mass transit nor car but a secret third thing (walking)
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
midtown east: where main transportation is neither mass transit nor car but a secret third thing (walking)
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I grew up in Milwaukee, what happens when socialists are in charge is that you buy your lawn fertilizer from the government which makes it out of your poop
This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I grew up in Milwaukee, what happens when socialists are in charge is that you buy your lawn fertilizer from the government which makes it out of your poop
*guy who just watched a movie about the Romanian revolution on an airplane voice"
this whole ballroom affair is just like when Ceaucescu tore down half of the old city of Bucharest to build a palace
this whole ballroom affair is just like when Ceaucescu tore down half of the old city of Bucharest to build a palace
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
*guy who just watched a movie about the Romanian revolution on an airplane voice"
this whole ballroom affair is just like when Ceaucescu tore down half of the old city of Bucharest to build a palace
this whole ballroom affair is just like when Ceaucescu tore down half of the old city of Bucharest to build a palace
I grew up in Milwaukee, what happens when socialists are in charge is that you buy your lawn fertilizer from the government which makes it out of your poop
This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...
What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I grew up in Milwaukee, what happens when socialists are in charge is that you buy your lawn fertilizer from the government which makes it out of your poop
went to see The Photograph and the print there is detailed enough that you can see it's a bike route lol
September 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
went to see The Photograph and the print there is detailed enough that you can see it's a bike route lol
Found a weird suburb, 800sqft poured concrete houses on narrow streets with one big park rather than yards to deal with post-WWI housing information
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...
Kate Gleason was behind ER's Concrest development
The pioneering female engineer made an indelible mark on the village's physical landscape.
www.democratandchronicle.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Found a weird suburb, 800sqft poured concrete houses on narrow streets with one big park rather than yards to deal with post-WWI housing information
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/l...
hello @dieworkwear.bsky.social i read this post of yours from 6 years ago
dieworkwear.com/2019/05/25/t...
with your bowling along cite about how people mostly don't have clubs like that anymore
we do have a club like that here in nyc & have lots of nice fun outside by bike & train
www.nycadv.com
dieworkwear.com/2019/05/25/t...
with your bowling along cite about how people mostly don't have clubs like that anymore
we do have a club like that here in nyc & have lots of nice fun outside by bike & train
www.nycadv.com
The Amazing Style of British Cyclists — Die, Workwear!
On a Sunday afternoon in May of 1955, a ragtag group of forty people crammed themselves into The Black Swan, a cozy pub in the market town of Leominster, England. They were responding to a letter published in The Bicycle magazine the previous October. Penned by W.H. Paul — a thin, bespectacled man better known [...]Read More...
dieworkwear.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
hello @dieworkwear.bsky.social i read this post of yours from 6 years ago
dieworkwear.com/2019/05/25/t...
with your bowling along cite about how people mostly don't have clubs like that anymore
we do have a club like that here in nyc & have lots of nice fun outside by bike & train
www.nycadv.com
dieworkwear.com/2019/05/25/t...
with your bowling along cite about how people mostly don't have clubs like that anymore
we do have a club like that here in nyc & have lots of nice fun outside by bike & train
www.nycadv.com
also a fascinating piece of local NYC history from an unusual but illuminating lens (about how the Port Authority totally obsoleted the spatial logic of most NYC industrial space & adjacent neighborhoods especially along the docks in Lower Manhattan & inner parts of Brooklyn)
🧵 BOOK REVIEW:
'The Box' by Marc Levinson is all about shipping containers.🚢
No joke; it's the most interesting book about logistics that I have ever read.
Its tagline is: 'How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'.
Here are ten takeaways from The Box:
1/n
'The Box' by Marc Levinson is all about shipping containers.🚢
No joke; it's the most interesting book about logistics that I have ever read.
Its tagline is: 'How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'.
Here are ten takeaways from The Box:
1/n
September 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
also a fascinating piece of local NYC history from an unusual but illuminating lens (about how the Port Authority totally obsoleted the spatial logic of most NYC industrial space & adjacent neighborhoods especially along the docks in Lower Manhattan & inner parts of Brooklyn)
I think it is good for politicians to live in housing they can easily afford because it means they can take moral stands that may risk their reelection without risking their home
It also means they needn't cozy up to those that may employ them (or hire them for "consulting") when out of office
It also means they needn't cozy up to those that may employ them (or hire them for "consulting") when out of office
August 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think it is good for politicians to live in housing they can easily afford because it means they can take moral stands that may risk their reelection without risking their home
It also means they needn't cozy up to those that may employ them (or hire them for "consulting") when out of office
It also means they needn't cozy up to those that may employ them (or hire them for "consulting") when out of office
Duffy is not just from Wisconsin but rural Wisconsin and would also soil himself riding a @ridemcts.bsky.social bus, and hates all trains as it is an article of faith among Wisconsin Republicans who also threw away a fully funded Intercity rail service from Chicago to Minneapolis in 2010
Strongly suspect that Sean Duffy appears to soil himself at the thought of riding the subway for the same reason that it’s a great small-d democratic institution: it’s one of the few places where you routinely find yourself in close proximity to people of all races and income levels.
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Duffy is not just from Wisconsin but rural Wisconsin and would also soil himself riding a @ridemcts.bsky.social bus, and hates all trains as it is an article of faith among Wisconsin Republicans who also threw away a fully funded Intercity rail service from Chicago to Minneapolis in 2010
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
I think Mark Gorton should also give $250k to @davecolon.bsky.social (who I ranked first for council in D35)
June 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think Mark Gorton should also give $250k to @davecolon.bsky.social (who I ranked first for council in D35)
Fun fact: many NYC grocery stores are already owners' coops eg Key Food and Ideal Food Basket
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Food
www.idealfoodbaskets.com/about-us/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Food
www.idealfoodbaskets.com/about-us/
Key Food - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fun fact: many NYC grocery stores are already owners' coops eg Key Food and Ideal Food Basket
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Food
www.idealfoodbaskets.com/about-us/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Food
www.idealfoodbaskets.com/about-us/
New York is the Milwaukee of America
June 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
New York is the Milwaukee of America
tonight's community board committee meeting is at the same place as this tragic outcome of Cuomo's mismanagement of COVID-19
politicsny.com/2020/04/08/e...
politicsny.com/2020/04/08/e...
Eight Bodies Left Several Days In Crown Heights Nursing Home
The corpses of eight elderly people were reportedly left for days in a nursing home on the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Northern Crown Heights border before the city
politicsny.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
tonight's community board committee meeting is at the same place as this tragic outcome of Cuomo's mismanagement of COVID-19
politicsny.com/2020/04/08/e...
politicsny.com/2020/04/08/e...
very hot day bike commute checklist:
- thermos full of ice cubes to suck on
- ice pack on neck
- ultralight clothing from Muji/Uniqlo
- slow pace
- ebike on high
- thermos full of ice cubes to suck on
- ice pack on neck
- ultralight clothing from Muji/Uniqlo
- slow pace
- ebike on high
June 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
very hot day bike commute checklist:
- thermos full of ice cubes to suck on
- ice pack on neck
- ultralight clothing from Muji/Uniqlo
- slow pace
- ebike on high
- thermos full of ice cubes to suck on
- ice pack on neck
- ultralight clothing from Muji/Uniqlo
- slow pace
- ebike on high
Reposted by Alan
The Milwaukee rally is at the site of a proud moment in the city's history
June 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Milwaukee rally is at the site of a proud moment in the city's history
there's a great book about this
May 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
there's a great book about this
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"Direct vision" trucks would save lives of solid waste workers and those in other industries.
Thursday Is Pickup Day for Headlines — Streetsblog USA
"Direct vision" trucks would save lives of solid waste workers and those in other industries.
usa.streetsblog.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Direct vision" trucks would save lives of solid waste workers and those in other industries.
Seen: businessman in pinstriped suit buying a pint of ice cream and slipping it into his leather briefcase
April 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Seen: businessman in pinstriped suit buying a pint of ice cream and slipping it into his leather briefcase
this is what we think of kings in New York
galleries.lafayette.edu/2019/01/02/w...
galleries.lafayette.edu/2019/01/02/w...
February 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
this is what we think of kings in New York
galleries.lafayette.edu/2019/01/02/w...
galleries.lafayette.edu/2019/01/02/w...
Oyster Bay, of course, requires a resident's sticker to park at its beach during the congested beach season
Assembly Member Jake Blumecranz complained to Lieber that the MTA is taking advantage of Oyster Bay by instituting congestion pricing. OYSTER BAY
February 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oyster Bay, of course, requires a resident's sticker to park at its beach during the congested beach season
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What flexposts say: "We could use steel bollards but a bollard might scratch a car and that would be a tragedy. So, we're going to use these instead — things literally designed to be run over — because protecting even one car from a scratch is worth thousands of pedestrian deaths every year."
Because city agencies are typically reactive, not proactive; crews aren’t scouring the city for downed flexposts. But in a rare victory for municipal services, explains @johnsurico.bsky.social, if you tell them, they will come.
You — Yes, You — Can Fix New York City's Flimsy Bollards - Streetsblog New York City
An easy Department of Transportation form will get most wrecked flexposts back upright, writes John Surico.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What flexposts say: "We could use steel bollards but a bollard might scratch a car and that would be a tragedy. So, we're going to use these instead — things literally designed to be run over — because protecting even one car from a scratch is worth thousands of pedestrian deaths every year."
