Eddie Dee SV
@eddiesv.bsky.social
Alternative transportation advocate.
Hee's a thought...to prevent the few picturesque places there are from getting over-run by tourism, how about we build all new places to be picturesque and stop building ugly, soul-less ones?
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hee's a thought...to prevent the few picturesque places there are from getting over-run by tourism, how about we build all new places to be picturesque and stop building ugly, soul-less ones?
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Widening highways over and over again, expecting that to fix traffic is that definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Widening highways over and over again, expecting that to fix traffic is that definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results
@amtrak.com is short of equipment as it is. Even with new Airo trainsets coming on line over the next 1-2 years, they need to keep cars around for expansion.
www.railway.supply/amtrak-begin...
www.railway.supply/amtrak-begin...
www.railway.supply
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@amtrak.com is short of equipment as it is. Even with new Airo trainsets coming on line over the next 1-2 years, they need to keep cars around for expansion.
www.railway.supply/amtrak-begin...
www.railway.supply/amtrak-begin...
Car loan defaults are the highest in 16 yrs. In a country where, in most places, you can't get there unless you drive, we need high-quality transportation alternatives. Car ownership should be a free choice, not mandated by transportation and land-use policies: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Car loan defaults are the highest in 16 yrs. In a country where, in most places, you can't get there unless you drive, we need high-quality transportation alternatives. Car ownership should be a free choice, not mandated by transportation and land-use policies: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
What we lost when cars won
Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them.
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
We need more candidates who support alternatives to driving. Glad to see Graham Platner does.
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We need more candidates who support alternatives to driving. Glad to see Graham Platner does.
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While interesting on a theoretical level, no amount of driver education (or lane building) will fix traffic. We need high-quality options to the car keys so people can bypass traffic altogether.
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
While interesting on a theoretical level, no amount of driver education (or lane building) will fix traffic. We need high-quality options to the car keys so people can bypass traffic altogether.
While interesting on a theoretical level, no amount of driver education (or lane building) will fix traffic. What we need are alternatives to driving so people can bypass traffic altogether.
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
While interesting on a theoretical level, no amount of driver education (or lane building) will fix traffic. What we need are alternatives to driving so people can bypass traffic altogether.
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Cars subjecting Americans to debt servitude. We need high-quality options to the car keys. Legalize transportation freedom.
K-shaped cars: New vehicle prices top $50,000 while auto loan delinquencies keep rising
Look no further than the automotive industry for the latest indication of a potential "K-Shaped" economy for U.S. consumers.
www.cnbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Cars subjecting Americans to debt servitude. We need high-quality options to the car keys. Legalize transportation freedom.
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California High Speed Rail will deliver more value for less than half the per-mile cost than the North Houston Highway Project, which is over budget and more delay-plagued than CAHSR:
Why do they hate California high speed rail? Because it could actually succeed | High Speed Rail Alliance
Against the odds, the project could succeed in bringing true freedom to travelers in America. That is the great threat and promise of CA HSR.
www.hsrail.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
California High Speed Rail will deliver more value for less than half the per-mile cost than the North Houston Highway Project, which is over budget and more delay-plagued than CAHSR:
If people in SF District 4 want the Great Highway re-opened, the closure of which a majority of SF residents voted to support, they should have to pay 100% of the cost of its upkeep.
missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-j...
missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-j...
Joel Engardio concedes election: ‘We are on the right side of history’
District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio badly lost his recall vote. Mayor Daniel Lurie will appoint a new San Francisco supervisor.
missionlocal.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If people in SF District 4 want the Great Highway re-opened, the closure of which a majority of SF residents voted to support, they should have to pay 100% of the cost of its upkeep.
missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-j...
missionlocal.org/2025/09/sf-j...
Transit rally in San Francisco today. Fund Bay Transit!
September 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Transit rally in San Francisco today. Fund Bay Transit!
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"I sometimes don’t like riding my bike because the cars make it hard to ride places by myself. But with Summer Streets, I got a chance to do just that in the street. It’s nice, with all the biking," writes nine-year-old Julian M. from Morningside Heights.
OPINION: 'Summer Streets' Shows That Car-Free Roads Give Kids the Independence They Need - Streetsblog New York City
A 9-year-old shares his experience of riding on DOT’s Summer Streets by himself.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"I sometimes don’t like riding my bike because the cars make it hard to ride places by myself. But with Summer Streets, I got a chance to do just that in the street. It’s nice, with all the biking," writes nine-year-old Julian M. from Morningside Heights.
This is what happens when we design everything around cars. The US does not have a First World transportation system:
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
Traffic near Loudon County schools stirs frustration, raises safety concerns with few immediate fixes
For years, school drop off and pickup lines at Eaton Elementary and North Middle School have frustrated drivers, backing up traffic on two highways.
www.wbir.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is what happens when we design everything around cars. The US does not have a First World transportation system:
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
www.wbir.com/article/traf...
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Traveling on an electric train at the moment wondering about the thought process behind “let’s not invest in rail but put people in inefficient individual metal boxes that are parked 90% of the time.”
September 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Traveling on an electric train at the moment wondering about the thought process behind “let’s not invest in rail but put people in inefficient individual metal boxes that are parked 90% of the time.”
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California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri is working to accelerate the construction of the CAHSR project and bring in private sector funding:
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How AI Data Centers Could Save California High-Speed Rail
Trump is clawing back $4 billion, but CEO Ian Choudri has a host of new ideas—including leasing land for data centers—to raise more revenue for the costly project.
www.forbes.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri is working to accelerate the construction of the CAHSR project and bring in private sector funding:
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www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
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www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
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It’s still amazing to me that we’ve basically let ourselves be tricked into buying that THIS is what “freedom” looks like. #CarDependency
August 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It’s still amazing to me that we’ve basically let ourselves be tricked into buying that THIS is what “freedom” looks like. #CarDependency
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Each year, air pollution from US oil and gas kills an estimated 91,000 Americans, making it the 8th most common cause of US death, and afflicts ~210,000 US kids with asthma. Pollution-related illnesses disproportionately affect Black and Asian communities.
The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States
Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.
www.science.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Each year, air pollution from US oil and gas kills an estimated 91,000 Americans, making it the 8th most common cause of US death, and afflicts ~210,000 US kids with asthma. Pollution-related illnesses disproportionately affect Black and Asian communities.
This is awful. My heart goes out to the family. She was killed by traffic engineers and an indifferent city government. It's time to start filing wrongful death lawsuits against cities over this stuff.
My daughter Robyn was killed in New York City doing bicycle messenger work on June 24th, 2019 due in part because of unsafe road conditions. I fully support a safer McGuinness Boulevard.
@fam4safestreets.bsky.social
@familiesforsafestreets.bsky.social
@transalt.bsky.social
@fam4safestreets.bsky.social
@familiesforsafestreets.bsky.social
@transalt.bsky.social
Robyn Hightman Found a Life on Bikes. In an Instant It Was Gone.
The miraculous and tragic story of a life transformed by cycling
www.bicycling.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is awful. My heart goes out to the family. She was killed by traffic engineers and an indifferent city government. It's time to start filing wrongful death lawsuits against cities over this stuff.
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Building the California High Speed Rail is cheaper than building the equivalent highway and aviation capacity that California will need if the project is not finished:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Building the California High Speed Rail is cheaper than building the equivalent highway and aviation capacity that California will need if the project is not finished:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
Building the California High Speed Rail is cheaper than building the equivalent highway and aviation capacity that California will need if the project is not finished:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Building the California High Speed Rail is cheaper than building the equivalent highway and aviation capacity that California will need if the project is not finished:
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
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The effects of the State of PA's cuts to transit will cascade to Amtrak. No one ever suggests de-commissioning roads to save money. It's time to recognize that transit is no less essential.
SEPTA cuts may 'lead to deterioration' of Amtrak services across the Northeast
Amtrak officials said SEPTA cuts may impact trains between Philly, New York and Harrisburg as well as services throughout the Northeast Corridor.
www.nbcnewyork.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The effects of the State of PA's cuts to transit will cascade to Amtrak. No one ever suggests de-commissioning roads to save money. It's time to recognize that transit is no less essential.
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Sharrows used to make sense in theory, but are now mostly useless and possibly dangerous.
momentummag.com/sharrows-use...
momentummag.com/sharrows-use...
Sharrows used to make sense in theory, but are now mostly useless and possibly dangerous
Road sharrows are about as effective as trying to protect yourself from a charging rhino with a wet paper towel
momentummag.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sharrows used to make sense in theory, but are now mostly useless and possibly dangerous.
momentummag.com/sharrows-use...
momentummag.com/sharrows-use...
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“We have bears, coyotes and snakes around here, but by far the biggest safety concern for me with my kids is cars.”
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.
Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“We have bears, coyotes and snakes around here, but by far the biggest safety concern for me with my kids is cars.”
Spot on.
Dublin City Council wants us to ‘be sound’, but safe behaviour starts with safe streets. Instead, we get PR stunts, victim-blaming, and cycle lanes straight out of a sadistic parody.
Read my take on their recent campaigns on my Substack.
Read my take on their recent campaigns on my Substack.
You want us to be sound, Dublin City Council? Then build safe streets.
Dublin City Council’s latest campaigns willfully miss the point—safe behaviour starts with safe infrastructure.
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Spot on.