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mobility choices @ NRDC. opinions literally everyone's
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Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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CTA plans 24-hour service on Orange Line to Midway, thanks to mass transit bailout
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)
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I am strongly in favor of this change. Over 15 years ago, 5-year old Zachary was killed at this intersection. We have known for years that this is dangerous, and it's past time that we do something about it. Thank you for your leadership on pedestrian safety, @markhumbert.bsky.social.
One car in 10 stops at the slip right turn at Zachary’s Corner. This intersection will be redesigned and reconstructed with funds from Berkeley’s LRDP settlement with UC Berkeley, per my request. It’s a top priority project for our Public Works Dept. Can’t happen soon enough.
February 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I am strongly in favor of this change. Over 15 years ago, 5-year old Zachary was killed at this intersection. We have known for years that this is dangerous, and it's past time that we do something about it. Thank you for your leadership on pedestrian safety, @markhumbert.bsky.social.
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I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
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I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
First edition coming tomorrow! Not too late to subscribe and get it in your inbox!
Given this week's climate backsliding from California's elected leadership—reneging on $750M transit funding and cutting checks to oil companies—I'm reminded that other states have instead taxed oil production to fund transit.
Read about the Colorado way here: www.nrdc.org/bio/alana-mi...
Read about the Colorado way here: www.nrdc.org/bio/alana-mi...
Lessons Learned from Colorado’s Transportation Leadership
A look at Colorado provides examples of how to build a transportation system that is just, equitable, and sustainable.
www.nrdc.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Given this week's climate backsliding from California's elected leadership—reneging on $750M transit funding and cutting checks to oil companies—I'm reminded that other states have instead taxed oil production to fund transit.
Read about the Colorado way here: www.nrdc.org/bio/alana-mi...
Read about the Colorado way here: www.nrdc.org/bio/alana-mi...
Grateful and excited for this new analysis from @cplusc.bsky.social, and love their opportunity cost frame -- what do we lose every time our state leaders greenlight $1 billion for the next wasteful highway project?
What’s the best way to spend $1 billion for transportation?
Our latest report shows the positive impacts of every $1 billion shifted from highways to transit and identifies key policy levers to shift transportation investments away from highway spending.
climateandcommunity.org/research/let...
Our latest report shows the positive impacts of every $1 billion shifted from highways to transit and identifies key policy levers to shift transportation investments away from highway spending.
climateandcommunity.org/research/let...
Letting People Move - Climate and Community Institute
Transportation policy represents a key tool to address both the cost of living and climate crises. In the United States, the shortcomings of today’s transportation system …
climateandcommunity.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Grateful and excited for this new analysis from @cplusc.bsky.social, and love their opportunity cost frame -- what do we lose every time our state leaders greenlight $1 billion for the next wasteful highway project?
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Hey! COME WORK HERE
Job: Illinois State Lead – Save transit, Build clean energy
Team: BEST TEAM IN CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY - @michealpodgers.bsky.social @spears.bsky.social and the rest of us at @climateaf.bsky.social
Location: Remote but in Illinois
Pay: $85-105k
Deadline: SOON! August 4!
Job: Illinois State Lead – Save transit, Build clean energy
Team: BEST TEAM IN CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY - @michealpodgers.bsky.social @spears.bsky.social and the rest of us at @climateaf.bsky.social
Location: Remote but in Illinois
Pay: $85-105k
Deadline: SOON! August 4!
Illinois State Lead - Lobbyist and Strategist
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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July 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hey! COME WORK HERE
Job: Illinois State Lead – Save transit, Build clean energy
Team: BEST TEAM IN CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY - @michealpodgers.bsky.social @spears.bsky.social and the rest of us at @climateaf.bsky.social
Location: Remote but in Illinois
Pay: $85-105k
Deadline: SOON! August 4!
Job: Illinois State Lead – Save transit, Build clean energy
Team: BEST TEAM IN CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY - @michealpodgers.bsky.social @spears.bsky.social and the rest of us at @climateaf.bsky.social
Location: Remote but in Illinois
Pay: $85-105k
Deadline: SOON! August 4!
Five seconds?! I mean, good to know I guess—but also no wonder everyone is confused about why their card isn't working
June 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Five seconds?! I mean, good to know I guess—but also no wonder everyone is confused about why their card isn't working
June 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Amazing news for clean, safe, affordable transportation in California. Two of the most effective orgs in the space joining forces. Truly love to see it!! Congrats to all involved.
Huge news! We’re joining forces with @kidsafesf.bsky.social and launching @streetsforallsf.org! Both organizations will remain focused on Los Angeles and San Francisco, while using our combined muscle to work even more effectively in Sacramento.
Learn more: streetsforall.org/blog/announc...
Learn more: streetsforall.org/blog/announc...
June 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Amazing news for clean, safe, affordable transportation in California. Two of the most effective orgs in the space joining forces. Truly love to see it!! Congrats to all involved.
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Thermostatic public opinion in action - increases in the share of Americans who say government should do more to solve problems and diversity enriches American culture
We've got some new polling out today looking at the way long-term political trends are shaking out in the current moment, as well as views of the parties.
Record shares a) drawing distinction b/w parties and b) saying government should to more to solve problems
www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...
Record shares a) drawing distinction b/w parties and b) saying government should to more to solve problems
www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...
June 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thermostatic public opinion in action - increases in the share of Americans who say government should do more to solve problems and diversity enriches American culture
What's better than the instantaneous camaraderie around the awkwardness of sharing an extremely full train during rush hour? Uncomfortable physical proximity, empathy in the [relatively low stakes] suffering, extremely space efficient low-carbon travel. It's got it all
May 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What's better than the instantaneous camaraderie around the awkwardness of sharing an extremely full train during rush hour? Uncomfortable physical proximity, empathy in the [relatively low stakes] suffering, extremely space efficient low-carbon travel. It's got it all
For better and sometimes worse, state legislatures and transportation departments are behind the wheel of the electric bus that runs to a clean transportation future. We looked at how they're doing -- more from @carterrubin.com and our colleague Samantha Henningson here: www.nrdc.org/bio/samantha...
States Must “Drive the Bus” on Clean Transportation Solutions
Together, electric vehicles and cleaner, more affordable ways to get around can deliver the necessary pollution and emissions reductions. We need the holistic and healthy transportation system solutio...
www.nrdc.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
For better and sometimes worse, state legislatures and transportation departments are behind the wheel of the electric bus that runs to a clean transportation future. We looked at how they're doing -- more from @carterrubin.com and our colleague Samantha Henningson here: www.nrdc.org/bio/samantha...
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New Boiling Point podcast! This week my guest is NRDC's @carterrubin.com. We talk public transit, housing and California's opportunity to build climate-friendly cities — and why it's been so hard to overcome the political obstacles to doing so. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Traffic, Trains and Trade-Offs
Podcast Episode · Boiling Point · 04/17/2025 · 39m
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April 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New Boiling Point podcast! This week my guest is NRDC's @carterrubin.com. We talk public transit, housing and California's opportunity to build climate-friendly cities — and why it's been so hard to overcome the political obstacles to doing so. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Golden age of American manufacturing 🤝 recreational pickleball in 2025
March 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Golden age of American manufacturing 🤝 recreational pickleball in 2025
CA should use all the tools at its disposal—including more of its discretionary state and federal dollars—to get HSR back on track. Call the Trump admin's bluff by majorly outperforming everyone's extremely low expectations and making this critical project happen ASAP.
ktla.com/news/califor...
ktla.com/news/califor...
Transportation Secretary blasts California high-speed rail spending, opens investigation
As President Donald Trump’s administration makes cuts to government programs, his head of the Department of Transportation announced that federal assistance intended for a major California tr…
ktla.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
CA should use all the tools at its disposal—including more of its discretionary state and federal dollars—to get HSR back on track. Call the Trump admin's bluff by majorly outperforming everyone's extremely low expectations and making this critical project happen ASAP.
ktla.com/news/califor...
ktla.com/news/califor...
What if CEQA applied to local zoning codes and then zoning- compliant developments were exempt? Green and brownfield projects still had to do CEQA, maybe infill projects of a certain size regardless of zoning compliance. Would also save countless hours of city council meeting time. Is this something
2025 is the Year of California "Permitting Reform," says @buffywicks.bsky.social .
California lawmakers in both chambers are hammering out 20 bills to rejigger the approval process for housing projects.
calmatters.org/housing/2025...
California lawmakers in both chambers are hammering out 20 bills to rejigger the approval process for housing projects.
calmatters.org/housing/2025...
‘Too damn hard to build’: A key California Democrat’s push for speedier construction
Oakland Democrat Buffy Wicks said California lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction.
calmatters.org
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What if CEQA applied to local zoning codes and then zoning- compliant developments were exempt? Green and brownfield projects still had to do CEQA, maybe infill projects of a certain size regardless of zoning compliance. Would also save countless hours of city council meeting time. Is this something
At a cafe, overheard someone recounting the most delightful and wholesome experience of rediscovering public transit (and walking) after being encouraged by their son to try electrified Caltrain. Ran a fun errand, drank a beer with lunch, avoided driving in the rain, ran into a friend. So sweet
February 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
At a cafe, overheard someone recounting the most delightful and wholesome experience of rediscovering public transit (and walking) after being encouraged by their son to try electrified Caltrain. Ran a fun errand, drank a beer with lunch, avoided driving in the rain, ran into a friend. So sweet
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Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
Legend. Leaves behind an incredible legacy!
Don was so generous with ideas. He’d say “See I think, if we just…” and then invite you in on some elegant natural experiment or clever policy solution, and nudge you to run with it. RIP to a great mentor.
I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.
February 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Legend. Leaves behind an incredible legacy!
Important insights rom Adele Gedig at the Center for Neighborhood Technology -- CNT has been at the forefront of understanding the role of compensation as a critical pillar of effective public engagement in transportation planning and policy-making:
cnt.org/stories/why-...
cnt.org/stories/why-...
Why We Must Compensate Community-Based Organizations in Transportation Decision-Making
cnt.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Important insights rom Adele Gedig at the Center for Neighborhood Technology -- CNT has been at the forefront of understanding the role of compensation as a critical pillar of effective public engagement in transportation planning and policy-making:
cnt.org/stories/why-...
cnt.org/stories/why-...
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extremely cool job at CARB analyzing transportation information to help us meet our climate goals. Application due by 1/20
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
January 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
extremely cool job at CARB analyzing transportation information to help us meet our climate goals. Application due by 1/20
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
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To put this another way: thanks to investment in rail & mass transit and the rapid emergence of EVs at scale over the last five years, China seems set to top out its oil consumption at ~1/5th the per capital consumption of the USA.
Chinese state-owned oil major Sinopec has joined CNPC in predicting peak oil demand in China, which it sees happening in 2027 at 16 million barrels per day (or 800 million metric tons per year).
oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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December 20, 2024 at 3:30 AM
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Thank you @sammyroth.bsky.social for this beautiful interview! What a gift to receive in my email this morning, and so much for all of us to learn from John Francis' wisdom and perspective -- excited to watch the doc.
After a 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill, John Francis took a 17-year vow of silence. He didn't ride in motor vehicles for 22 years.
After Exxon Valdez, he helped write new clean water rules.
I interviewed John about his inspiring life for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
After Exxon Valdez, he helped write new clean water rules.
I interviewed John about his inspiring life for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Column: After an oil spill, he took a vow of silence. Today he preaches kindness
Looking for environmental inspiration as 2024 comes to a close? Try watching "Planetwalker."
www.latimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Thank you @sammyroth.bsky.social for this beautiful interview! What a gift to receive in my email this morning, and so much for all of us to learn from John Francis' wisdom and perspective -- excited to watch the doc.