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@briannaje.bsky.social
Medical student. Public health nutrition. Community gardener and community organizer. Housing and transit policy. Advocate for healthy and resilient communities. 🌱🚲🩺
📍Southern California ☀️
🏘️🚉 @southbayforward.bsky.social & IE Urbanists
📍Southern California ☀️
🏘️🚉 @southbayforward.bsky.social & IE Urbanists
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We’ve been relying on extracting resources from other areas, both within America and the Global South, at their economic and public health expenses, when we had the long term solution set up long before cars even became popular. Muni has been powered by water for 90 years. We just need more wire.
Want to reduce US reliance on oil? Fund transit and electrify our trains!
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
We’ve been relying on extracting resources from other areas, both within America and the Global South, at their economic and public health expenses, when we had the long term solution set up long before cars even became popular. Muni has been powered by water for 90 years. We just need more wire.
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We need term limits for US Senators, Congressional representatives, and SCOTUS.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
We need term limits for US Senators, Congressional representatives, and SCOTUS.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
Hosting dinners as a radical act of community-building
In my personal newsletter: A look back at our 2025 resolution to host dinner every single Saturday.
Great news: We did it! amandalitman.substack.com/p/our-year-o...
Great news: We did it! amandalitman.substack.com/p/our-year-o...
Our year of Saturday dinners
Reporting back on our 2025 resolution and details on what we'll do for 2026
amandalitman.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Hosting dinners as a radical act of community-building
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
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NEW: Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor Bill de Blasio, but watered down by Mayor Adams in a corruption scandal. buff.ly/T2rESWz
Mamdani Announces Full McGuinness Road Diet, Finishing a Job Halted by Adams - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor…
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NEW: Mayor Mamdani chose the third full day of his tenure to announce that he will complete the full safety redesign of deadly McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint — a project that was created under Mayor Bill de Blasio, but watered down by Mayor Adams in a corruption scandal. buff.ly/T2rESWz
Have spent most of yesterday and today making and eating rice paper dumplings with my family. Delicious way to start off the new year 🥟 😊
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Have spent most of yesterday and today making and eating rice paper dumplings with my family. Delicious way to start off the new year 🥟 😊
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16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷).
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
16 hours in, my guess this was all intended basically as a coup to put VP Delcy Rodriguez in power (likely without her knowledge but 🤷).
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
At least for democracy & human rights, that might be even worse than the "opening shots in a war" scenario.
All speculation, but let me explain:
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The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
"I'm so sorry that we could not have done this earlier...to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you fopr the work that you have done...to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home." — Mayor Mamdani at McGuinness Blvd. presser youtube.com/shorts/uwAYI...
Mayor Mamdani commits to ending traffic violence across NYC on third day in office #safestreets
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The mayor says something really important about something that's bugged me for a long time: that we force grieving families to relive their trauma over and over again as they lobby elected officials asking them to do the right thing. I am so glad to hear him say those days are over.
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Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Russians won't represent their country at Winter Olympics even if Ukraine war ends, IOC chief says
Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Covent...
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
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Earlier this fall, I noticed something odd going on with rail service on Los Angeles's C line. So, I wrote about it, because I could not have asked for a more perfect encapsulation of how schedule design can drive service outcomes.
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/a...
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A Study in Schedule Design
From time to time, I enjoy browsing the LA Metro subreddit. A creature of the East Coast, I am forever fascinated by the Los Angeles’s preculiar mix of ambition and ambivalence around transit…
homesignalblog.wordpress.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Earlier this fall, I noticed something odd going on with rail service on Los Angeles's C line. So, I wrote about it, because I could not have asked for a more perfect encapsulation of how schedule design can drive service outcomes.
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/a...
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/a...
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Good bike parking in downtown Riverside. Covered, spacious, plentiful, good location, thin veneer of security. Only problem: you have to bike through the car's payment booth. Kinda awkward. I've never seen it used. Might be a visibility problem?
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Good bike parking in downtown Riverside. Covered, spacious, plentiful, good location, thin veneer of security. Only problem: you have to bike through the car's payment booth. Kinda awkward. I've never seen it used. Might be a visibility problem?
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Congestion pricing "has been a striking success. Traffic speeds have increased. Pollution is down. The fee is generating a large amount of revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong." Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Notes on New York
The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …
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January 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Congestion pricing "has been a striking success. Traffic speeds have increased. Pollution is down. The fee is generating a large amount of revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong." Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
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Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
January 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Mamdani setting up a permitting reform and land inventory task force is some real sickos yes stuff.
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The "my mom hasn't gotten a Social Security check in seven weeks, my cousin lost his job at the VA, and my neighbor's kid's cancer drug trial was cancelled right before the treatment went live" voter is the 2026 voter the Dems need to be laying the groundwork for landing right now.
March 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The "my mom hasn't gotten a Social Security check in seven weeks, my cousin lost his job at the VA, and my neighbor's kid's cancer drug trial was cancelled right before the treatment went live" voter is the 2026 voter the Dems need to be laying the groundwork for landing right now.
Left YIMBY is the way
Fighting back against the regime, the oligarchs, & the systemic forces destroying the lives of working families means taking advantage of every policy option available.
To tackle the housing crisis, we need to build social housing while ALSO removing unnecessary red tape to encourage construction
To tackle the housing crisis, we need to build social housing while ALSO removing unnecessary red tape to encourage construction
Holy shit it's real
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Left YIMBY is the way
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and Rawa Duwaji on Inauguration Day, January 1, 2035, NYC City Hall!
More pictures coming soon - I took a bunch and everyone was beautiful!
Happy New Year, friends. We're gonna win.
More pictures coming soon - I took a bunch and everyone was beautiful!
Happy New Year, friends. We're gonna win.
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and Rawa Duwaji on Inauguration Day, January 1, 2035, NYC City Hall!
More pictures coming soon - I took a bunch and everyone was beautiful!
Happy New Year, friends. We're gonna win.
More pictures coming soon - I took a bunch and everyone was beautiful!
Happy New Year, friends. We're gonna win.
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Can we just celebrate the (literal) platform devoted to transportation advocates — and trans advocates! — at NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration.
What would this even look like in LA for the inauguration of our next mayor??? Yes, I am asking for both your suggestions of mayor and advocates 😉
What would this even look like in LA for the inauguration of our next mayor??? Yes, I am asking for both your suggestions of mayor and advocates 😉
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Can we just celebrate the (literal) platform devoted to transportation advocates — and trans advocates! — at NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration.
What would this even look like in LA for the inauguration of our next mayor??? Yes, I am asking for both your suggestions of mayor and advocates 😉
What would this even look like in LA for the inauguration of our next mayor??? Yes, I am asking for both your suggestions of mayor and advocates 😉
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Rainy flight conditions require alternative transportation options
January 2, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Rainy flight conditions require alternative transportation options
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It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
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a Warrenite with Bernie's message discipline and Obama's charisma is a hell of a thing to watch in action
Mamdani’s best trait so far is that he’s the first DSA elected who seems to understand that Liz Warrenism is correct w/r/t staffing and planning
January 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
a Warrenite with Bernie's message discipline and Obama's charisma is a hell of a thing to watch in action
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i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette
January 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette
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NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will hire Mike Flynn, a longtime presence in New York City transportation planning, as commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Mamdani transition team confirmed to Streetsblog. buff.ly/f7612wn
Confirmed! Mamdani Has Chosen Mike Flynn for DOT Commissioner: Sources - Streetsblog New York City
Who is Mike Flynn, Mayor-elect Mamdani's apparent pick to be the city's next Department of Transportation Commissioner?
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will hire Mike Flynn, a longtime presence in New York City transportation planning, as commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Mamdani transition team confirmed to Streetsblog. buff.ly/f7612wn
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New York City has a new mayor
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
New York City has a new mayor
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The retirement of the MetroCard at midnight tonight is bittersweet for me. In 1983, as a young lawyer, I took a year's leave of absence from my law firm to serve as special counsel to Richard Ravitch, chairman of the NY MTA. He gave me the task of leading a study ...
It's the final day of MetroCard sales—so as we say farewell to an icon, let's take a look at how it all started.
Thank you, MetroCard, for moving New York to the very last swipe.
Thank you, MetroCard, for moving New York to the very last swipe.
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
The retirement of the MetroCard at midnight tonight is bittersweet for me. In 1983, as a young lawyer, I took a year's leave of absence from my law firm to serve as special counsel to Richard Ravitch, chairman of the NY MTA. He gave me the task of leading a study ...
wholesome. my parents will now finally understand why I run around doing all this advocacy stuff.
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
wholesome. my parents will now finally understand why I run around doing all this advocacy stuff.