Andrew Allio
@andrewallio.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in History at UC Santa Cruz. Studying infrastructure, transportation, cities. All around dilettante.
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I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
Reading California’s Urban Strategy for California from Spring 1978 (Jerry Brown 1.0 administration).
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
Struck by this section on transportation funding:
h/t @cafedujord.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think a lot about how transportation policy in the 70s was slowly bending towards a multimodal future after freeway revolts and the environmental movement (and how all that progress evaporated with the Reagan admin)
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People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
In 2023, the UC Regents bailed out private equity firm Blackstone by drawing down $4.5 billion from its nearly $25 billion endowment. That amount would cover the in-state tuition and fees for almost 300,000 students. Maybe we stop thinking of the UC solely as an education/research institution?
Despite student protests, UC regents approve tuition hike amid state, federal funding gaps
Despite student protests, UC regents approve tuition hike amid state, federal funding gaps
The University of California board of regents voted Wednesday to renew a "tuition stability" that will hike tuition by up to 5% for each new incoming class. Students from across UC campuses rallied at UCLA to oppose the vote.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In 2023, the UC Regents bailed out private equity firm Blackstone by drawing down $4.5 billion from its nearly $25 billion endowment. That amount would cover the in-state tuition and fees for almost 300,000 students. Maybe we stop thinking of the UC solely as an education/research institution?
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🤖 Sarah Langs 🔁 by John Shea
Most managerial wins in winner-take-all postseason games:
Dave Roberts 7-2
Bruce Bochy 6-0
Most managerial wins in winner-take-all postseason games:
Dave Roberts 7-2
Bruce Bochy 6-0
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
🤖 Sarah Langs 🔁 by John Shea
Most managerial wins in winner-take-all postseason games:
Dave Roberts 7-2
Bruce Bochy 6-0
Most managerial wins in winner-take-all postseason games:
Dave Roberts 7-2
Bruce Bochy 6-0
Pretty sure that bridge is only way in or out of that Coast Guard base. Expect these numbers to grow substantially.
Video taken by @sfchronicle.com reporter Sarah Ravani shows flash bangs used to disperse crowd blocking federal agents from entering bridge to Coast Guard base
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pretty sure that bridge is only way in or out of that Coast Guard base. Expect these numbers to grow substantially.
Look out for one another. Protect our community. Be safe
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October 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This is the way. When it comes to resistance, I am firmly in the Mel Brooks school. Relentless mockery and effective satire. Nothing makes these losers angrier.
I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
October 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is the way. When it comes to resistance, I am firmly in the Mel Brooks school. Relentless mockery and effective satire. Nothing makes these losers angrier.
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if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
November 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything
11 billion is just a little under half the amount needed to get High Speed Rail out of the Central Valley and into the Bay Area, transforming mobility in the state.
Or we can spend it so that people can drive from the booming metropolises of Novato and Vallejo.
Tough call.
Or we can spend it so that people can drive from the booming metropolises of Novato and Vallejo.
Tough call.
The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
11 billion is just a little under half the amount needed to get High Speed Rail out of the Central Valley and into the Bay Area, transforming mobility in the state.
Or we can spend it so that people can drive from the booming metropolises of Novato and Vallejo.
Tough call.
Or we can spend it so that people can drive from the booming metropolises of Novato and Vallejo.
Tough call.
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Administrators of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social can let the Trump administration pick off campuses one by one.
Or they can stand together, resist this abomination, and win the gratitude and support of their state and their >2 million living alumni.
CC: @governor.ca.gov
Or they can stand together, resist this abomination, and win the gratitude and support of their state and their >2 million living alumni.
CC: @governor.ca.gov
Why elite colleges aren't pushing back on Trump, and why silence is dangerous
Their caution, one expert notes, is "potentially fatal for the university as we know it."
www.motherjones.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Administrators of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social can let the Trump administration pick off campuses one by one.
Or they can stand together, resist this abomination, and win the gratitude and support of their state and their >2 million living alumni.
CC: @governor.ca.gov
Or they can stand together, resist this abomination, and win the gratitude and support of their state and their >2 million living alumni.
CC: @governor.ca.gov
I understand why people come to this conclusion. Prices are high, travel expensive, etc.
It's not just one event, though. The Super Bowl is a week long spectacle. 14-16,000 work the game itself. And there are concerts and fan fests open to the general public. Not to mention the diversity of...
It's not just one event, though. The Super Bowl is a week long spectacle. 14-16,000 work the game itself. And there are concerts and fan fests open to the general public. Not to mention the diversity of...
October 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I understand why people come to this conclusion. Prices are high, travel expensive, etc.
It's not just one event, though. The Super Bowl is a week long spectacle. 14-16,000 work the game itself. And there are concerts and fan fests open to the general public. Not to mention the diversity of...
It's not just one event, though. The Super Bowl is a week long spectacle. 14-16,000 work the game itself. And there are concerts and fan fests open to the general public. Not to mention the diversity of...
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I was in Portland last night for a soccer match. The only thing I saw burned to the ground was the opposing goalkeeper by this rocket from Olivia Moultrie.
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I was in Portland last night for a soccer match. The only thing I saw burned to the ground was the opposing goalkeeper by this rocket from Olivia Moultrie.
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The Amah Mutsun are getting #LandBack within their ancestral territory of Juristac, in the Pajaro watershed, for the first time since dispossessed by mission San Juan Bautista.
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A Land Back Success for the Amah Mutsun Within Its Historical Territory - Bay Nature
The tribe has been without a land base for more than 200 years.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Amah Mutsun are getting #LandBack within their ancestral territory of Juristac, in the Pajaro watershed, for the first time since dispossessed by mission San Juan Bautista.
baynature.org/2025/09/20/t...
baynature.org/2025/09/20/t...
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For context on what $500M could pay for, that is exactly 3x the amount that California budgeted for its *statewide* grant bike/pedestrian program that only pays out every 2 years.
So it's a sinking highway for 25k people in the North Bay vs 6(!) years of bike/ped funding across the entire state.
So it's a sinking highway for 25k people in the North Bay vs 6(!) years of bike/ped funding across the entire state.
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
For context on what $500M could pay for, that is exactly 3x the amount that California budgeted for its *statewide* grant bike/pedestrian program that only pays out every 2 years.
So it's a sinking highway for 25k people in the North Bay vs 6(!) years of bike/ped funding across the entire state.
So it's a sinking highway for 25k people in the North Bay vs 6(!) years of bike/ped funding across the entire state.
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My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
www.thenation.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My new piece, up now @thenation.com: "If only trans activists had known what size check to cut for Chappelle, they could have shut him up years ago and saved themselves all the picketing at Netflix." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
One of my favorite games is spending the term trying to figure out what class was in the room before I teach. A good way to get folks talking in a general ed class since they'll usually have a better idea than I do.
For those of you professors who are team “you erase the boards when you come in, not before you leave,” I would like to let you know that I lectured about the history of vaginal and rectal fistulas today and i am sure the prof coming in after me appreciates that i erased the board before i left.
September 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
One of my favorite games is spending the term trying to figure out what class was in the room before I teach. A good way to get folks talking in a general ed class since they'll usually have a better idea than I do.
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streaming platforms have robbed us of the randomness that used to be both an essential property of tv watching and a quality that mitigated its addictiveness somewhat. we were wholly beholden to whatever happened to be on! if we didn’t like any of it we were obligated to go do something else!
September 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
streaming platforms have robbed us of the randomness that used to be both an essential property of tv watching and a quality that mitigated its addictiveness somewhat. we were wholly beholden to whatever happened to be on! if we didn’t like any of it we were obligated to go do something else!
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People occasionally talk about the streetcar conspiracy, but nobody ever really talks about how so thoroughly the private car has become an immovable pillar of American society through decades of propaganda that very few people can imagine society being constructed differently
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
People occasionally talk about the streetcar conspiracy, but nobody ever really talks about how so thoroughly the private car has become an immovable pillar of American society through decades of propaganda that very few people can imagine society being constructed differently
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whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.
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One of the biggest things we want readers to take away from “Life After Cars” is that learning to *see* cars is step one on the path to realizing a better world.
I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.
September 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One of the biggest things we want readers to take away from “Life After Cars” is that learning to *see* cars is step one on the path to realizing a better world.
This rules
September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This rules
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It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated:
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
So you know how many views Charlie Kirk’s memorial got online in TOTAL now a day later ?
26000
Folks are having “dialogues” to see both sides with folks who can’t top a mid level anime food influencer
At some point we admit they aren’t being bullied . They’re racists weaponizing cowardice
26000
Folks are having “dialogues” to see both sides with folks who can’t top a mid level anime food influencer
At some point we admit they aren’t being bullied . They’re racists weaponizing cowardice
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated:
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
Bouie don’t miss example #58295
it's all about that "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)"
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September 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bouie don’t miss example #58295
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Hakeem Jeffries voted for Charlie Kirk Day but still isn’t sure if he’ll endorse Zohran Mamdani. This is why the approval rating of the Democratic Party is lower than Trump’s or the GOP.
September 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hakeem Jeffries voted for Charlie Kirk Day but still isn’t sure if he’ll endorse Zohran Mamdani. This is why the approval rating of the Democratic Party is lower than Trump’s or the GOP.
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This is what crossings in front of schools should look like.
Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.
Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.
September 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is what crossings in front of schools should look like.
Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.
Raised crossing, short crossing distance, 20mph speed limit, close street trees for calming, protected bike lane, two-way road narrows to a pinch point / cars have to slow down and take turns.